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Sunday, August 15, 1909
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The Headlines
VOLUNTEER BALLOON CORPS.; C.J. Glidden Plans One for Massachusetts Attached to State Militia.
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
- Napoleon (1769)
- Walter Scott (1771)
- Louis de Broglie (1892)
- Sri Aurobindo (1872)
- Gerty Cori (1896)
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
42,664 days ago
(116 years, 324 days)