Wednesday, November 14, 1900

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The Headlines

W.L. STRONG & CO. FAIL; E.B. Treat Receiver for the Firm Founded by the Late ex-Mayor. Crisis Precipitated by His Death and That of F.H. Stott -- Amount of Liabilities and Assets Not Yet Known.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

You Share a Birthday With

• Jawaharlal Nehru (1889)
• Claude Monet (1840)
• William III of England (1650)
• Frederick Banting (1891)
• Robert Fulton (1765)

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)