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Monday, January 25, 1909
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The Headlines
FIRE SCARE IN STAR THEATRE.; Woman Groundlessly Cried Fire, and Audience Got Out -- No One Hurt.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Robert Burns (1759)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
- Robert Boyle (1627)
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736)
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
42,865 days ago
(117 years, 160 days)