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Monday, September 14, 1908
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The Headlines
LONDON THRONGS SEE CATHOLICS PARADE; No Such Gathering Since Queen Victoria's Funeral -- Some Few Jeer, Most Merely Curious. CARDINAL GIBBONS SPEAKS Cardinals Wear Red Robes -- Many Clergy Carry Vestments Over Arms -- Host Elevated on Cathedral Balcony.
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
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769)
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580)
- al-Ma'mun (768)
- Margaret Sanger (1879)
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486)
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
42,998 days ago
(117 years, 293 days)