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Tuesday, October 26, 1909

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The Headlines

PRINCE SEEKS HAND OF MARJORIE GOULD; Reported Proposal for Her Marriage to Son of Duke George of Leuchtenberg. NOT ENGAGED, FATHER SAYS Suitor Related to Czar and King of Italy, Whose Consent Is Needed -Coreys Introduced Couple.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet

Percy Wenrich

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

  • Japanese occupation of Korea: An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.

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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

42,591 days ago

(116 years, 251 days)