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Sunday, August 2, 1908
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The Headlines
LABRADOR NEEDS HELP.; Dr. Grenfell Says Dreadful Suffering Has Been Caused by Hurricane.
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
- Mahmud I (1696)
- Constantine I of Greece (1868)
- Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834)
- John Tyndall (1820)
- Myrna Loy (1905)
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
43,041 days ago
(117 years, 336 days)