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Friday, October 29, 1909
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The Headlines
ROCKEFELLER GIFT TO KILL 'HOOKWORM'; Million-Dollar Fund to be Spent by a Commission in Extirpating the "Lazy Disease." HIS TRIBUTE TO THE SOUTH The Donor Says This Testifies to His Appreciation of the Courtesy He Met There. ROCKEFELLER GIFT TO KILL 'HOOKWORM'
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Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Franz von Papen (1879)
- Jean Giraudoux (1882)
- Marie of Romania (1875)
- Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507)
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
42,588 days ago
(116 years, 248 days)