Friday, July 20, 1900

From the day

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The Headlines

LIFE LOST IN COLLISION; Rockaway Train Dashes Into Fifth Avenue Elevated Cars. Passengers Thrown Into a Panic and Several Injured -- The Victim a Guard.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

You Share a Birthday With

• Petrarch (1304)
• Gregor Mendel (1822)
• Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864)
• Mahmud II (1789)
• Pope Innocent IX (1519)

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)