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Friday, May 15, 1914

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The Headlines

OUR POWERS AMPLE, SAY HUERTA ENVOYS; Ready to Hear Peace Proposals and Do as Their Consciences Dictate, They Assert. NOW ON AMERICAN SOIL Mexican Delegates Silent on Elimination of Huerta, but Insist They Are Bound by No Orders.

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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

40,930 days ago

(112 years, 50 days)