Tuesday, May 1, 1900

From the day

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The Headlines

WANT TO NOMINATE DEWEY.; National Gold Democrats Will Send Committee to Ask the Admiral to Head Their Ticket.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

• The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
• Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
• Joseph Addison (1672)
• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
• Rudolf I of Germany (1218)

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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)