Wednesday, December 19, 1900

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The Headlines

PUSHING THE BOERS BACK; Invaders of Cape Colony Being Forced to Orange River. CONSIST OF TWO COMMANDOS The Burghers Reported to Have Defeated the Cape Rifles and Brabant's Troopers.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

• French parliament votes amnesty for all involved in scandalous army treason trial known as Dreyfus affair.

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• Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Albert A. Michelson (1852)
• Philip V of Spain (1683)
• Mileva Marić (1875)
• Italo Svevo (1861)
• Marie Thérèse of France (1778)

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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)