Saturday, January 6, 1900

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The Headlines

EXECUTORS GET $425,000 FEE.; Chicago Court Fixes the Amount in the Pullman Estate, Which Will Reach Nearly $14,000,000.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

• Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Joan of Arc (1412)
• Kahlil Gibran (1883)
• Carl Sandburg (1878)
• Gustave Doré (1832)
• Alexander Scriabin (1872)

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)