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On the date
Wednesday, September 1, 1909
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The Headlines
MICHIGAN BEER SIGNS GO.; Saloons Rush to Obey the New Midnight Closing Law, Too.
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
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875)
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896)
- Francis William Aston (1877)
- Johann Pachelbel (1653)
- Aleksei Brusilov (1853)
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
42,647 days ago
(116 years, 307 days)