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Saturday, December 25, 1909
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The Headlines
SPEYER & CO. BUY INTO UNION TRUST; Block of 1,000 Shares Purchased by Them from the Estate of Cornelius Vanderbilt. PAID $1,400,000 FOR IT Purpose is to Keep Institution Independent and Save it from Control of Opposing Interests.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Isaac Newton (1642)
- Humphrey Bogart (1899)
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876)
- Pope Pius VI (1717)
- Ernst Ruska (1906)
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
42,531 days ago
(116 years, 191 days)