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On the date

Monday, February 15, 1909

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The Headlines

Front Page 4 -- No Title; SHOT HIS TWO BROTHERS. Both Vantrins Dying of Wounds Inflicted in the Shooter's Home.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet

Percy Wenrich

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

  • The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.

    Wikipedia →

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

42,844 days ago

(117 years, 139 days)