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Saturday, July 18, 1914
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The Headlines
TURKEY AFTER WARSHIPS.; Trying Through Leishman to Get Agentine Vessels, It Is Believed.
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St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy
The must-have
Tinker Toys
On This Day
The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
- Andrei Gromyko (1909)
- Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552)
- Vidkun Quisling (1887)
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
40,866 days ago
(111 years, 351 days)