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Tuesday, May 4, 1909
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The Headlines
MRS. MACKAY AWARDS PRIZES.; School Boy and Girl Get $25 Each for Essays on Woman Suffrage.
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
- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825)
- Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655)
- Wang Jingwei (1883)
- John Hanning Speke (1827)
- Horace Mann (1796)
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
42,767 days ago
(117 years, 62 days)