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Wednesday, April 7, 1909
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The Headlines
TORNADO KILLS MANY.; Five Known Dead and Others in Ruins at Aberdeen, Miss.
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
- William Wordsworth (1770)
- Gabriela Mistral (1889)
- Francis Xavier (1506)
- Pope Clement XII (1652)
- Charles Fourier (1772)
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
42,794 days ago
(117 years, 89 days)