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Wednesday, September 30, 1908
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The Headlines
HEARST LETTERS STOLEN YEARS AGO; John D. Archbold's Story of How the Published Missives Got Away. SOME OF THEM RESTORED He Has No Idea How Many Changed Custody Altogether -- Thief a Trusted Subordinate.
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
- Rumi (1207)
- Jean Perrin (1870)
- Pope Nicholas IV (1227)
- Nevill Mott (1905)
- Hans Geiger (1882)
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
42,982 days ago
(117 years, 277 days)