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Monday, October 26, 1908
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The Headlines
DENY ARCHBOLD HAS POWER OVER BENCH; Ex-Gov. Stone and Pennsylvania Judges Give Out Statements On New Oil Letters. HEARST CALLED A PIRATE No Complete Reply from Justice Elkin Yet -- Pennsylvania Politicians Are Almost in a Panic.
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
- Georges Danton (1759)
- Napoleon Hill (1883)
- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800)
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685)
- Andrei Bely (1880)
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
42,956 days ago
(117 years, 251 days)