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Friday, January 15, 1909
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The Headlines
LEVEE BREAKS, FLOODS TOWNS; Citizens of Visalia and Porterville, California, Take to Rafts.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Molière (1622)
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
- Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)
- Mihai Eminescu (1850)
- Edward Teller (1908)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
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
42,875 days ago
(117 years, 170 days)