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Friday, July 8, 1910
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The Headlines
DAHLGREN AUTO KILLS BOY.; E.B. Dahigren and Chauffeur Surrender to Police -- Latter Held and Bailed.
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
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621)
- John D. Rockefeller (1839)
- Pyotr Kapitsa (1894)
- Igor Tamm (1895)
- Nelson Rockefeller (1908)
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
42,337 days ago
(115 years, 362 days)