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Tuesday, November 24, 1908

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The Headlines

DOUBLE AUTO KILLING SHOCKS COMMUNITY; Ossining Authorities Hot on Trail of Men Who Ran Down Kramer and Purdy. MANY CARS RAN OVER THEM One Man Found Who Admits That His Car Hit Something Near Gate of Rockefeller Estate.

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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

42,927 days ago

(117 years, 222 days)