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Wednesday, May 26, 1909
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The Headlines
BRITAIN IS EAGER FOR OUR SUPPORT; United States Warned That Germanic Wave Would Ultimately Reach South America. ENGLAND OUR BREAKWATER One Writer Suggests That an "America Day" Be Regularly Celebrated There and Empire Day Here.
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
- John Wayne (1907)
- Pope Clement VII (1478)
- Mehmed III (1566)
- Abraham de Moivre (1667)
- Dorothea Lange (1895)
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
42,744 days ago
(117 years, 39 days)