Tuesday, March 13, 1900

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The Headlines

WANTS TO BE RID OF BRYAN.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

• British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Giorgos Seferis (1900)
• Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741)
• Pope Innocent XII (1615)
• John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899)
• Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781)

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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)