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Sunday, October 4, 1908
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The Headlines
PARIS NOW FEARS FIRE.; Sees Little Chance of Saving Art Treasures if Louvre Should Catch.
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
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1822)
- Buster Keaton (1895)
- Jean-François Millet (1814)
- Louis X of France (1289)
- François Guizot (1787)
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
42,978 days ago
(117 years, 273 days)