Friday, May 4, 1900

From the day

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The Headlines

RISKED LIFE FOR A PIGEON.; Perilous Act to Rescue a Bird Caught on Edge of High Building.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

You Share a Birthday With

• Thomas Henry Huxley (1825)
• Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655)
• Wang Jingwei (1883)
• John Hanning Speke (1827)
• Horace Mann (1796)

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)