Tuesday, January 9, 1900

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The Headlines

REALTY VALUES FOR 1900; Tax Rate from 15 to 20 Cents Lower on $100. NATURAL INCREASE, $38,864,179 Valuation Total Nearly Three Billions -- Comparison of Valuations -- On the City's Borrowing Capacity.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

You Share a Birthday With

• AD 727 (727)
• Karel Čapek (1890)
• Pope Gregory XV (1554)
• John B. Watson (1879)
• Kurt Tucholsky (1890)

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)