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Tuesday, December 28, 1909
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The Headlines
TONG WAR RENEWED; TWO CHINAMEN SHOT; Lo Jong Dead After Attack and Lu Ye Forg Dangerously Wounded in Pell Street. SHOT BY THREE FEUDISTS One of the Injured Men Says Strangers Opened Their Door and Began Firing at Them.
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Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Woodrow Wilson (1856)
- John von Neumann (1903)
- Arthur Eddington (1882)
- F. W. Murnau (1888)
- Lili Elbe (1882)
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
42,528 days ago
(116 years, 188 days)