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Friday, August 13, 1909
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The Headlines
BOY SOLDIER FALLS DOWN 180 FOOT CLIFF; Waite Broughton's Legs Broken and Rescuers Find Him Unconscious. GRIP LOOSENED A ROCK The Lad Had Sought to Show His Prowess in Climbing -- Doctor Scales Cliff to Aid Him.
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
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
- Karl Liebknecht (1871)
- John Logie Baird (1888)
- Samuel de Champlain (1567)
- Richard Willstätter (1872)
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
42,665 days ago
(116 years, 325 days)