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Tuesday, December 15, 1908
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The Headlines
HUGHES INQUIRY INTO WALL STREET; Committee of Nine Bankers, Lawyers, and Economists to Investigate Exchanges. WELL-KNOWN NEW YORKERS Ex-Mayor Schieren, Prof. Clark, S.H. Ordway, and Horace White Among Those on the Commission. HUGHES INQUIRY INTO WALL STREET
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
42,906 days ago
(117 years, 201 days)