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Saturday, September 25, 1909

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The Headlines

STAGE SET FOR THE GREAT SHOW; Plans All Complete for the Hudson-Fulton Naval Pageant To-day. MILLION GUESTS IN TOWN The City Gay with Flags and Bunting in Daytime, and a Blaze of Fire at Night. FAIR WEATHER PREDICTED Ten Miles of Warships in the River, All on Dress Parade -- Grand Fireworks Display To-night. TO-DAY'S WEATHER.

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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

42,623 days ago

(116 years, 283 days)