Saturday, July 14, 1900

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The Headlines

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Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

• Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Gustav Klimt (1862)
• Cardinal Mazarin (1602)
• Gavrila Derzhavin (1743)
• Arthur de Gobineau (1816)
• Buenaventura Durruti (1896)

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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)