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120 Years Ago: SHIP AND SEVEN MEN LOST- Three of the Crew Said to Have Committed Suicide
Library of Congress ^
| Tuesday Sept 15, 1896
| New York Tribune
Posted on 09/15/2016 4:11:40 PM PDT by NRx
A (mostly) daily posting for those interested in history and the day to day news, politics and culture of a bygone world; the full edition of the New York Tribune from today's date in 1896 (digitized).
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posted on
09/15/2016 4:11:40 PM PDT
by
NRx
To: Mr. K; warsaw44; Entropy Squared; ADemocratNoMore; Nea Wood; Lee Enfield; ColdOne; GOPJ; ...
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posted on
09/15/2016 4:12:27 PM PDT
by
NRx
(A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
To: NRx
Looks like NY was expensive even back then :)
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posted on
09/15/2016 4:14:19 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: NRx
Always save one cartridge, after you have spent the others killing the evil filth after you.
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posted on
09/15/2016 4:19:49 PM PDT
by
soycd
To: NRx
There was a HUGE Republican win in Maine. (Page 1)
I consider this an omen.
:-)
.
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posted on
09/15/2016 4:24:34 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: NRx
Did anyone yell “allahu akbar”?
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posted on
09/15/2016 4:26:54 PM PDT
by
Dr.Deth
To: NRx
Re: the hotel ad...
$100.00 in 1896 is about $2,600 in today’s dollars. Some fancy rent back then.
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posted on
09/15/2016 4:31:35 PM PDT
by
Sasparilla
(Hillary for Prison 2016)
To: Sasparilla
$100 = 5ea Double Eagles ($20 gold coin) worth in the neighborhood of $1200 ea today.
$6000/night rent.
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posted on
09/15/2016 5:03:57 PM PDT
by
misanthrope
(Liberalism; it is not unthinking ignorance, it is malignant evil.)
To: Sasparilla
These were for multi-room suites in a luxury hotel with full service.
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posted on
09/15/2016 5:23:29 PM PDT
by
NRx
(A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
To: misanthrope
In actual cash value, not collector value, coin of the realm.
$100.00 in 1896 equals $2,600 today. $150.00 cash then is about $1,000 more.
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posted on
09/15/2016 6:46:36 PM PDT
by
Sasparilla
(Hillary for Prison 2016)
To: NRx
Sounds a bit like Conrad’s “Lord Jim.”
To: Sasparilla
No, actually refers to gold value, not collector value.
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posted on
09/17/2016 3:38:22 AM PDT
by
misanthrope
(Liberalism; it is not unthinking ignorance, it is malignant evil.)
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