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Saturday, October 30, 1909

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The Headlines

GREEKS BATTLE NEAR ATHENS; Salamis, Where Xerxes Was Crushed, Sees Fight of Ironclads and Torpedo Boats. THE REBELS BEATEN OFF Two of the Three Torpedo Boats of Naval Mutineers Under Tibaldos Escape. FLEET NOW GUARDS ATHENS Tibaldos Had Seized Arsenal After Failing to Get Army League to Back Him for Marine Minister.

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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

42,587 days ago

(116 years, 247 days)