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Monday, December 12, 1910
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The Headlines
J.R. MAXWELL DIES SUDDENLY AT HOME; Stricken with Apoplexy Last Evening -- Had Seemed to be in Good Health During the Day.
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
- Gustave Flaubert (1821)
- Edvard Munch (1863)
- Alfred Werner (1866)
- Edward G. Robinson (1893)
- Karl Bryullov (1799)
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
42,179 days ago
(115 years, 204 days)