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Monday, March 22, 1909
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The Headlines
20 HURT AT BRIDGE IN ELEVATED SMASH; Third Ave. Shuttle Train Brakes Didn't Work and the Car Rammed the Bumpers. HURLED BACK 15 YARDS Passengers Flung About Car and Cut with Glass and Splinters from Shattered Woodwork.
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Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Robert Millikan (1868)
- Wilhelm I (1797)
- Anthony van Dyck (1599)
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459)
- Ulugh Beg (1394)
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
42,810 days ago
(117 years, 105 days)