Saturday, June 9, 1900

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The Headlines

PIO DEL PILAR CAPTURED.; Famous Fillplno General Taken Near Manila -- Once Offered to Surrender His Army for $250,000.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

• Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Peter the Great (1672)
• Bertha von Suttner (1843)
• George Stephenson (1781)
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640)
• Johann Gottfried Galle (1812)

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)