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Wednesday, May 25, 1910
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The Headlines
THREE BOYS DROWN IN A BATTERY SLIP; Two Rescued at the Last Gasp by Longshoremen, Who Dive in to Save Them.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Leo Friedman
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)
- Pieter Zeeman (1865)
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803)
- Igor Sikorsky (1889)
- Jacob Burckhardt (1818)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Neon Lamps, Headsets & Seaplane.
Style of 1910
Silhouette: Tubular and columnar
Material: Chiffon and velvet
- Hobble skirts
- Wide-brimmed hats
- Orientalism
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
42,380 days ago
(116 years, 40 days)