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Sunday, November 7, 1909
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The Headlines
COOK NOT AT POLE, CHESTER'S VERDICT; Admiral Gives His Conclusions After Examining and Approving Peary's Data. ANALYZES COOK'S STORY Could Not Have Reached the Pole -- Copenhagen University Declines to Admit Americans to Cook Inquiry.
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Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Marie Curie (1867)
- Leon Trotsky (1879)
- James Cook (1728)
- C. V. Raman (1888)
- Lise Meitner (1878)
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
42,580 days ago
(116 years, 240 days)