Wednesday, November 7, 1900

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The Headlines

NEW YORK CITY; Bryan Carries It By About 28,000. BELMONT ELECTED RUPPERT WINS McClellan and Cummings Re-elected. DOUGLAS DEFEATS HILL Manhattan Gives Bryan Over 28,000 Plurality. Kings County for McKinley By Small Margin. JACOB WORTH DEFEATED IN BROOKLYN. VAN COTT-CREAMER CONTEST NEW YORK CITY

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

• Second Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein takes place, during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Marie Curie (1867)
• Leon Trotsky (1879)
• James Cook (1728)
• C. V. Raman (1888)
• Lise Meitner (1878)

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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)