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| | The Bathtub, Mencken, and War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02) |
 | | In short, his history of the bathtub was an utter hoax set within the framework of historical fact. |
 | | His history of the bathtub had been cited repeatedly by other writers and was starting to find its way into reference works. |
 | | Mencken speculated on the probable response to his confession, "The Cincinnati boomers, who have made much of the boast that the bathtub industry, now running to $200,000,000 a year, was started in their town, will charge me with spreading lies against them. |
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