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Monday, February 1, 1909
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The Headlines
DENY KAISER WROTE KRUGER TELEGRAM; German Book Says "Impulsive" Message Was Formulated by Foreign Office. A SUGAR-COATED REFUSAL Was Intended to Soften Letter Declining to Assure Boers of German Friendship.
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
- Clark Gable (1901)
- John Ford (1894)
- Langston Hughes (1902)
- Emilio Segrè (1905)
- Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884)
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
42,858 days ago
(117 years, 153 days)