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Sunday, September 12, 1909
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The Headlines
TIMES'S COPYRIGHT UPHELD BY GROSSCUP; Judge Who Helped Redraft Copyright Laws Sustains Peary Copyright in Book Form. A SWEEPING INJUNCTION Issued at the Instance of The Chicago Tribune -- Holds Peary Entitled to Choose His Medium of Communication. TIMES'S COPYRIGHT UPHELD BY GROSSCUP
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
42,636 days ago
(116 years, 296 days)