Sunday, December 23, 1900

From the day

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The Headlines

J. PROCTOR CLARKE APPOINTED.; Selected by the Governor to Succeed Justice Beekman.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

You Share a Birthday With

• Alexander I of Russia (1777)
• Joseph Smith (1805)
• Jean-François Champollion (1790)
• Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804)
• Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896)

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)