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Thursday, March 11, 1909
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The Headlines
MAY RELEASE MRS. SARGENT.; Magistrate Endeavoring to Learn If Children Are Well Treated.
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
- Torquato Tasso (1544)
- Urbain Le Verrier (1811)
- Frederik IX (1899)
- Vannevar Bush (1890)
- Marius Petipa (1818)
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
42,820 days ago
(117 years, 115 days)