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Tuesday, April 20, 1909
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The Headlines
SMUGGLERS' BRIBE RAISED TO $260,000; Lawyer Acting for Them Offers to Pay That Sum for Immunity and Return of Goods. OFFER EXCITES WONDER Loeb Refuses It and Continues the Investigation -- The Goods, Worth $52,000, to be Sold Next Week.
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Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Harold Lloyd (1893)
- Odilon Redon (1840)
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
42,780 days ago
(117 years, 75 days)