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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.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
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You Share a Birthday With
- David Ricardo (1772)
- Lucrezia Borgia (1480)
- Ahmed I (1590)
- Gratian (359)
- George H. Hitchings (1905)
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
42,782 days ago
(117 years, 77 days)