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Wednesday, March 17, 1909

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The Headlines

TARIFF BILL READY FOR HOUSE TO-DAY; Final Changes Made to Suit Cushman, New Member of Ways and Means Committee. SHORT MESSAGE FROM TAFT Only 333 Words In It and Both Houses Are Highly Pleased by Contrast with Roosevelt. TARIFF BILL READY FOR HOUSE TO-DAY

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet

Percy Wenrich

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

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

42,814 days ago

(117 years, 109 days)