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Saturday, May 29, 1909

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The Headlines

STIRRING WAR-TIME VERSE; An Appreciation of Northern and Southern Poetry of the Civil War, With Especial Reference to H.H. Brownell and His Magnificent Tribute to Lincoln. POEMS CREATED BY PATRIOTISM. Partisanship No Longer Prevails in a Consideration of Anything Associated with the Conflict Between the States.

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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

42,742 days ago

(117 years, 37 days)