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Tuesday, January 26, 1909
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The Headlines
FLORIDA HERE; HAS THREE DEAD; A Fourth Likely to be Added -- Eugene Lynch of Boston May Not Survive. CAPTAIN'S STORY CUT OFF Starts to Tell It, but Is Interrupted, and Officials Stop an Officer's Narrative. BOW A MASS OF WRECKAGE Smashed Almost to the Bridge, and She Comes Up the Bay Stern High Above Water.
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Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
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Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Charles XIV John (1763)
- Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715)
- Achim von Arnim (1781)
- Seán MacBride (1904)
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
42,864 days ago
(117 years, 159 days)