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Friday, December 10, 1909

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The Headlines

ROCKEFELLER KIND TO GIRL STRANGERS; Three venturesome Ones Out for a Tramp Warmly Welcomed at Pocantico Hills. THEY WATCH HIM PLAY GOLF " Delighted to Have You," He Says; "It's a Fine Game, and We're All Ahead" -- Waves Good-bye.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet

Percy Wenrich

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

  • Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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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

42,546 days ago

(116 years, 206 days)