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Saturday, August 29, 1908
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The Headlines
BOSSES RENEW FIGHT TO DEFEAT HUGHES; Encouraged by Assurance That the President Will Keep His Hands Off. NO DICTATION, THEIR CRY Woodruff Declares That Interference In State Fight Would Invite Disaster at Polls.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Shine On, Harvest Moon
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
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
43,014 days ago
(117 years, 309 days)