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Saturday, August 6, 1910
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The Headlines
WIFE COMMANDED SEYDELL TO SHOOT; Suggests Her Dominant Thought May Have Gone by Telepathy if Not by Voice.
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
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Paul Claudel (1868)
- Johann Bernoulli (1667)
- François Fénelon (1651)
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
42,307 days ago
(115 years, 332 days)