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Saturday, May 26, 1900
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The Headlines
DYNAMITERS FOUND GUILTY.; Men Who Tried to Destroy Welland Canal Sentenced for Life.
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A Bird in a Gilded Cage
Harry Von Tilzer
The must-have
Lionel Trains
On This Day
Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Clement VII (1478)
- Mehmed III (1566)
- Abraham de Moivre (1667)
- Dorothea Lange (1895)
- John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
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)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
46,031 days ago
(126 years, 41 days)