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Friday, July 29, 1910
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The Headlines
NEW FACTOR LARGE IN ROCK ISLAND; The Kuhn-Loeb Holdings of That Stock Are Now Said to Ex- ceed Those of Moore Party.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Leo Friedman
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
The two-day Slocum massacre commences in Texas, a race riot in which more than 100 African Americans are murdered.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Benito Mussolini (1883)
- Dag Hammarskjöld (1905)
- Alexis de Tocqueville (1805)
- Isidor Rabi (1898)
- Eyvind Johnson (1900)
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
42,315 days ago
(115 years, 340 days)