Sunday, February 18, 1900

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The Headlines

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Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

• Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Alessandro Volta (1745)
• Ramakrishna (1836)
• Mary I of England (1516)
• Ernst Mach (1838)
• Nikos Kazantzakis (1883)

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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)