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Saturday, December 4, 1909
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The Headlines
MISSING POSTMASTER FOUND.; G.E. Washburn of Wyncote, Penn., Now In San Francisco.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
Wikipedia →In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Francisco Franco (1892)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875)
- Thomas Carlyle (1795)
- Samuel Butler (novelist) (1835)
- Alfred Hershey (1908)
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
42,552 days ago
(116 years, 212 days)