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Saturday, May 1, 1909

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The Headlines

ALDRICH TRIPLES MAXIMUM TARIFF; Rates to Force Concessions Abroad Three Times Those of the Payne Bill. POWER LEFT TO PRESIDENT He May Appoint a Tariff Commission -Customs Court Is Created -- Duty of 5 Cents on Coffee, 10 on Tea. ALDRICH TRIPLES MAXIMUM TARIFF

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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

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Aristocrat

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Working Class

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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

42,770 days ago

(117 years, 65 days)