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Thursday, September 10, 1908
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The Headlines
CROKER IS FOR BRYAN, ALSO FAVORS BETTING; Thinks Republican Anti-Trust Laws Have Not Helped Condition of the Individual Citizen. GAMBLING IS HUMAN NATURE America with Hughes Anti-Betting Laws Is a Free Country No Longer -- King Edward the Finest Sportsman.
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
- Arthur Compton (1892)
- Pope Julius III (1487)
- Charles Sanders Peirce (1839)
- Georges Bataille (1897)
- Henry Purcell (1659)
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
43,002 days ago
(117 years, 297 days)