Saturday, May 19, 1900

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The Headlines

CHARLES T. YERKES RETIRES.; Leaves Chicago Traction Company -- Has Little Surface Line Stock.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

• Great Britain annexes Tonga Island.

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• Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
• Ho Chi Minh (1890)
• Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762)
• Julius Evola (1898)
• Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744)

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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)