Friday, May 18, 1900

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The Headlines

TO TAKE NEW YORK QUOTATIONS

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

• The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Bertrand Russell (1872)
• Omar Khayyam (1048)
• Nicholas II (1868)
• Walter Gropius (1883)
• Frank Capra (1897)

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)