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Thursday, December 30, 1909
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The Headlines
CRAM, HE TOLD GAYNOR; What Good Men Tammany Had and How They Fought the Trusts for Him. GAYNOR IS CHOOSING BY FITNESS ALONE
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
- Rudyard Kipling (1865)
- Hideki Tojo (1884)
- Theodor Fontane (1819)
- Ramana Maharshi (1879)
- Ahmed III (1673)
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
42,526 days ago
(116 years, 186 days)