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Tuesday, July 20, 1909
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The Headlines
GERMAN NOBLES GRILL AMERICANS; Crown Prince's Set Stick to Suits Against N.E. Barnes for Alleged Stock Swindle. WILL NOT SELL OUT TO HIM Roll of Meeting Like Court List -- Stock Was Peddled by Hochberg, Crown Prince's Chum.
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
- Petrarch (1304)
- Gregor Mendel (1822)
- Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864)
- Mahmud II (1789)
- Pope Innocent IX (1519)
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
42,689 days ago
(116 years, 349 days)