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Sunday, March 1, 1914
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The Headlines
TWENTY-THIRD STREET'S BUSY RETAIL BLOCK DESTINED FOR GREAT WHOLESALE CENTRE; Rapid Readjustment of Conditions Shown by Decision of Many Downtown Firms to Move Into Old Shopping District -- Important Goelet Improvement -- Changes in Rental Values.
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Tinker Toys
On This Day
China joins the Universal Postal Union.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Frédéric Chopin (1810)
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892)
- David Niven (1910)
- Glenn Miller (1904)
- Oskar Kokoschka (1886)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Leica 35mm Camera, Traffic Lights & Tank Warfare Concepts.
Style of 1914
Silhouette: Utilitarian and flared
Material: Wool and serge (wartime utility)
- Trench coats
- Shorter hemlines
- Military details
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
41,004 days ago
(112 years, 124 days)