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Wednesday, July 22, 1908
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The Headlines
GRAND JURY INDICTS THREE RACING MEN; Owner Engeman and President Fitzgerald of Brighton Track and John Cavanagh. CHARGE, ABETTING GAMBLING Counsel Appears at Police Headquarters at Midnight to Announce That They Will Surrender.
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 Ludwig Hertz (1887)
- Janusz Korczak (1878)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784)
- Selman Waksman (1888)
- Philip the Handsome (1478)
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
43,052 days ago
(117 years, 347 days)