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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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Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
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Working Class
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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)