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Monday, March 30, 1914

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The Headlines

ARREST AGITATORS WHO DEFY POLICE; Two Young Men and Girl Are Locked Up for Fiery Speeches to "The Unemployed."

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Best-selling Sheet Music

St. Louis Blues

W.C. Handy

The must-have

Tinker Toys

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1914

  • The war to end all wars

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

40,975 days ago

(112 years, 95 days)