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Sunday, November 28, 1909

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The Headlines

AMERICANS MISLED ON HOUSE OF LORDS; Northcliffe Says It Is Representative of the Best Abilities of the Nation. RREDICTS LIBERAL DEFEAT Present Contest, He Declares, Is a Straight Fight Against the Obsolete System of Free Trade. AMERICANS MISLED ON HOUSE OF LORDS

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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

42,558 days ago

(116 years, 218 days)