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Sunday, December 6, 1908
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The Headlines
GATTI-CASAZZA TO RUN METROPOLITAN; Directors Re-elect Him for Three Years, but Fail to Re-elect Andreas Dippel. SINGERS SPOKE FOR DIPPEL Executive Committee Told Them There Could Be No Division of Authority -- He Inspired Singers' Letter.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
42,915 days ago
(117 years, 210 days)