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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.

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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

Catchphrases of 1909

  • Peary to the Pole

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)