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Monday, August 22, 1910
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The Headlines
THREE MEN DROWN IN SURF.; Prof. Cook One of the Victims of Undertow at Sea Isle City.
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
- Deng Xiaoping (1904)
- Claude Debussy (1862)
- Pope Leo XII (1760)
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902)
- Max Scheler (1874)
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
42,292 days ago
(115 years, 317 days)