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Saturday, July 18, 1908
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The Headlines
PLAN STOCK COMPANY FOR DELMONICO'S; It Is Also Intimated That the Restaurant May Move Uptown Once More. NEGOTIATIONS ALREADY ON But ex-Judge O'Brien Denies That They Will Succeed -- Vanderbilt Corner as New Site.
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
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
- Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552)
- Vidkun Quisling (1887)
- Vasil Levski (1837)
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
43,056 days ago
(117 years, 351 days)