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Tuesday, July 14, 1908
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The Headlines
HITCHCOCK RENTS CAMPAIGN QUARTERS; The Taft Fight to be Directed from Tenth Floor of Metropolitan Life Tower. CONFERENCE WITH SHELDON The National Chairman Says Taft Will Probably Make No Speeches Until After Sept. 1 -- To See Sherman.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Shine On, Harvest Moon
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Gustav Klimt (1862)
- Cardinal Mazarin (1602)
- Gavrila Derzhavin (1743)
- Arthur de Gobineau (1816)
- Buenaventura Durruti (1896)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
Ford Model T (Assembly Line), Geiger Counter & Cellophane.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
43,060 days ago
(117 years, 355 days)