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Saturday, September 26, 1908
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The Headlines
HASKELL OUT; DU PONT, TOO; Both Parties Ridding Themselves of Men Suspected of Trust Affiliations. GOVERNOR ACTS SUDDENLY At Midnight Announces His Resignation as Treasurer of the Democratic Committee. PRESIDENT FORCED DU PONT Intimation In Washington That There May Be Further Housecleaning on Republican Side.
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
- T. S. Eliot (1888)
- Martin Heidegger (1889)
- Pope Paul VI (1897)
- Ivan Pavlov (1849)
- George Gershwin (1898)
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
42,986 days ago
(117 years, 281 days)