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Monday, November 9, 1908
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The Headlines
MOFFAT TO NAME SENATOR.; Colorado Banker's Quarrel with Senator Guggenheim Aided Democrats.
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
- Ivan Turgenev (1818)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
- Edward VII (1841)
- George II of Great Britain (1683)
- Hermann Weyl (1885)
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
42,942 days ago
(117 years, 237 days)