On the date

Saturday, August 15, 1908

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The Headlines

A PREHENSILE PITTSBURGER.; Young Man Found Unconscious, but Hanging by His Toes.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth

The must-have

You Share a Birthday With

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1908

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

43,028 days ago

(117 years, 323 days)