Thursday, January 4, 1900

From the day

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The Headlines

CAR AND FOUNDRY DIVIDEND.; Earnings of Nearly $3,000,000 in Nine Months Reported.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

You Share a Birthday With

• Louis Braille (1809)
• Jacob Grimm (1785)
• Ali al-Sajjad (659)
• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710)
• Katsura Tarō (1848)

Slang

Tech Check

Kodak Brownie Camera, Zeppelin Airships & Escalators.

Style of 1900

Silhouette: S-bend corset and pouter pigeon chest

Material: Lace, silk, and heavy wool

• Gibson Girl hair
• Parasols
• High collars

Cost of Living (1900)