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Thursday, June 3, 1909
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The Headlines
TAFT DEFEATS HIS BROTHER.; A Warm Day for Golf, but He Enjoys the Match.
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
- George V (1865)
- Josephine Baker (1906)
- Jefferson Davis (1808)
- James Hutton (1726)
- Georg von Békésy (1899)
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
42,737 days ago
(117 years, 32 days)