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Sunday, October 25, 1908

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The Headlines

SYRACUSE HOLDS PRINCETON TO 0 -- 0; New York State Eleven Outplays Tigers in a Surprising Contest NASSAU NEVER DANGEROUS At No Time During the Battle Does the Orange and Black Threaten Their Opponents' Goal Line.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Shine On, Harvest Moon

Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1908

  • Take me out to the ball game

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

42,957 days ago

(117 years, 252 days)