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Thursday, December 3, 1908
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The Headlines
CROKER HITS BACK; MEETS A NEW ATTACK; Dr. Wise Tells Him the Moral Code Knows No Limitations, if the Penal Code Does. JUDGES BETRAYED THE CITY What an Example to Youth! Cries Dr. Wise -- Croker Says He Is Out of Politics Now -- Fought Tweed.
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
- Joseph Conrad (1857)
- France Prešeren (1800)
- Rajendra Prasad (1884)
- Charles VI of France (1368)
- Manne Siegbahn (1886)
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
42,918 days ago
(117 years, 213 days)