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Tuesday, August 10, 1909
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The Headlines
FIVE DIE AS MERCURY CLIMBS TO 93 MARK; Sea Beaches, Piers, and Parks Are Crowded with Sleepers Trying to Escape the Heat. SUNSHADE HATS ON SALE They Come from Java and Are Cool, but Find Few Buyers -- Cooler Weather Promised.
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Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Herbert Hoover (1874)
- Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810)
- Norma Shearer (1902)
- Arne Tiselius (1902)
- V. V. Giri (1894)
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
42,668 days ago
(116 years, 328 days)