Monday, September 10, 1900

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT McKINLEY DEFINES HIS POSITION; Reviews Issues in Letter Accepting Renomination. DEFENDS PHILIPPINE POLICY Says Democrats Could Not Have Done Otherwise. Comments on Silver and Financial Questions and Describes the Prosperity of the Country -- Justifies Republican Treatment of Porto Rico.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

You Share a Birthday With

• Arthur Compton (1892)
• Pope Julius III (1487)
• Charles Sanders Peirce (1839)
• Georges Bataille (1897)
• Henry Purcell (1659)

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)