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Sunday, April 18, 1909

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The Headlines

$17,500 BATTERY DEFEATS PHILLIES; Marquard and Meyers Hold the Quaker City Team in Hollow of Their Hands. THREE HITS AND ONE RUN Giants Find Pitcher Moore Easy Enough and 33,000 Enthusiastic Fans Cheer Their Excellent Playing.

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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

42,782 days ago

(117 years, 77 days)