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Wednesday, December 1, 1909

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The Headlines

GIRL IN BATHTUB SLAIN, POLICE SAY; East Orange Authorities Find Her Life Had Been Insured and Money Borrowed on Policy. THEY HOLD HER COMPANION Miss Wardwell's Explanation of How Girl's Body Came to Be Found in Practically Empty House Unsatisfactory.

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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

42,556 days ago

(116 years, 216 days)