Wednesday, February 14, 1900

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The Headlines

LANDSLIDE NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE.; Trains on the New York Central Delayed Several Hours.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

• The British Army begins the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Babur (1483)
• C. T. R. Wilson (1869)
• Leon Battista Alberti (1404)
• Max Horkheimer (1895)
• Fritz Zwicky (1898)

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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)