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Thursday, September 16, 1909
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The Headlines
NEW TESTS INDICATE NO LIFE ON MARS; Prof. Campbell's Observations Indicate There Is Little If Any Water Vapor There. NO CLOUDS ABOUT PLANET. Director of Lick Observatory Says Experiments Taken at High Altitude Disprove Theory Previously Held.
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
- Henry V of England (1386)
- Karl Dönitz (1891)
- Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888)
- Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893)
- Mikhail Kutuzov (1745)
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
42,631 days ago
(116 years, 291 days)