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Sunday, January 10, 1909

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The Headlines

SUES AGED HEIRESS FOR BROKEN TROTH; Dr. Kirke Stanley of New York Seeks $150,000 from Mrs. Jeannette Deere Chapman. PLOW INVENTOR'S DAUGHTER Widower Says They Were to be Married Jan. 11, 1905, and Go to Europe -- Defendant Worth $2,000,000.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet

Percy Wenrich

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1909

  • Peary to the Pole

Tech Check

Toaster, Silencer for Guns & Instant Coffee.

Cost of Living (1900)

Loaf of Bread

$0.05

Gallon of Gas

$0.10

Average Home

$3,200

New Car

$1,000

Time Elapsed

42,881 days ago

(117 years, 176 days)