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Sunday, April 17, 1910
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The Headlines
MATHEWSON STOPS FRED LAKE'S DOVES; Giants' Star Pitcher Strikes Out Eight Batsmen and Tosses Out Five More.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Leo Friedman
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- Thornton Wilder (1897)
- Alain Poher (1909)
- Pedro de Valdivia (1497)
- Taksin (1734)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Neon Lamps, Headsets & Seaplane.
Style of 1910
Silhouette: Tubular and columnar
Material: Chiffon and velvet
- Hobble skirts
- Wide-brimmed hats
- Orientalism
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
42,419 days ago
(116 years, 79 days)