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Monday, August 3, 1908
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The Headlines
WILL OPPOSE SALE OF PROVIDENT LIFE; Supt. Kelsey Will Try to Delay Transfer to Inter-Southern Company. TWELVE STATES INTERESTED Intending Purchaser Is Not Allowed to Write Business in New York -- Colorado Official Censures Action. WILL OPPOSE SALE OF PROVIDENT LIFE
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Shine On, Harvest Moon
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
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Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Habib Bourguiba (1903)
- Stanley Baldwin (1867)
- Haakon VII (1872)
- Frederick William III of Prussia (1770)
- Alfred Deakin (1856)
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
43,040 days ago
(117 years, 335 days)