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Monday, February 22, 1909
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The Headlines
ROBBERS DYNAMITE A NATIONAL BANK; First National at Califon, N.J., Badly Wrecked, but Cracksmen Get Little Cash. HAD TO LEAVE $5,000 BEHIND Town Woke Up and Got After Them Before They Could Get at Safe Holding Most of the Cash.
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Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
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On This Day
The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
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You Share a Birthday With
- George Washington (1732)
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788)
- Heinrich Hertz (1857)
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857)
- Luis Buñuel (1900)
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
42,837 days ago
(117 years, 132 days)