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Saturday, December 18, 1909
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The Headlines
MRS. ASTOR'S ESTATE HERE IS $1,726,187; Late Society Leader Divided Her Property in Equal Parts Between Her Two Daughters. GAVE JEWELS TO HER SON Father Provided for Him, She Says, In Leaving Property to Daughters -- Large Holdings Out of the State.
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Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- J. J. Thomson (1856)
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863)
- Paul Klee (1879)
- Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626)
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
42,538 days ago
(116 years, 198 days)