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Monday, November 30, 1908
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The Headlines
WARD THE SCULPTOR IS CRITICALLY ILL; Dean of the Craft in America Stricken at His Washington Heights Home. A STATUE UNFINISHED Many Examples of His Art Here and in Other Cities -- Suit Over the Sheridan Statue.
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
- Winston Churchill (1874)
- Mark Twain (1835)
- Jonathan Swift (1667)
- Theodor Mommsen (1817)
- Gustaf Dalén (1869)
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
42,921 days ago
(117 years, 216 days)