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Friday, October 9, 1908
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The Headlines
WITNESSES DENIED TO COL. STEWART; No Testimony Before Retiring Board That "Exile" Is Able to Perform Army Duty. TO TAKE STAND HIMSELF Two Army Surgeons Testify That Stewart Is Afflicted with Heart Disease -- 35 Years' Ailment.
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
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Emil Fischer (1852)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
- Charles X of France (1757)
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
42,973 days ago
(117 years, 268 days)