Tuesday, April 17, 1900

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The Headlines

GORMAN WORKING FOR DEWEY.; Maryland Regulars Planning to Secure Dewey Delegation to Kansas City -- McLienn Helping.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

You Share a Birthday With

• J. P. Morgan (1837)
• Thornton Wilder (1897)
• Pedro de Valdivia (1497)
• Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573)
• Taksin (1734)

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)