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Thursday, November 17, 1910

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The Headlines

BANKER ARRESTED ON FORGERY CHARGE; Third Vice President of a Bronx Concern in Trouble Over a Stock Certificate. CONFESSES, POLICE SAY Had No Access to the Bank's Funds and It Suffers No Loss, Officials Announce.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Leo Friedman

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1910

  • A Trip to the Moon

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

42,204 days ago

(115 years, 229 days)