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Saturday, November 21, 1908
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The Headlines
IMMUNITY, PERHAPS, FOR ROCKEFELLER; His Lawyer Gives Warning That Government Has Made Him Its Own Witness. KELLOGG'S SHARP CROSSFIRE Witness Admits That of Standard's $70,000,000 Capitalization in 1882 Only $56,000,000 Was Paid In.
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
- Voltaire (1694)
- Pope Benedict XV (1854)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903)
- René Magritte (1898)
- Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768)
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
42,930 days ago
(117 years, 225 days)