Tuesday, June 12, 1900

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The Headlines

SAVED TWO, LOST ONE; Arthur W. Birdsall's Heroic Struggle in Hudson River. COULD NOT RESCUE WIFE Boat Containing Four Capsizes, and the Battle fop Life Is Seen by Hundreds.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

• The Reichstag approves new legislation continuing Germany's naval expansion program, providing for construction of 38 battleships over a 20-year period. Germany's fleet would be the largest in the world.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Anthony Eden (1897)
• Egon Schiele (1890)
• Johanna Spyri (1827)
• Fritz Albert Lipmann (1899)
• Harriet Martineau (1802)

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)