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Saturday, May 1, 1909
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The Headlines
ALDRICH TRIPLES MAXIMUM TARIFF; Rates to Force Concessions Abroad Three Times Those of the Payne Bill. POWER LEFT TO PRESIDENT He May Appoint a Tariff Commission -Customs Court Is Created -- Duty of 5 Cents on Coffee, 10 on Tea. ALDRICH TRIPLES MAXIMUM TARIFF
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Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Rudolf I of Germany (1218)
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
42,770 days ago
(117 years, 65 days)