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Tuesday, August 24, 1909
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The Headlines
CURTISS MAKES NEW RECORD AT RHEIMS; American Circles Course in Little Over Eight Minutes -- Rivals Strewn Over Field. PAULHAM SHARES HONORS Frenchman Makes Two Flights of Over 30 Miles Each -- Most Others Fly Short Distances.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
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
42,654 days ago
(116 years, 314 days)