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Thursday, July 23, 1914
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The Headlines
MILITANTS UPSET A COURT.; Smash Windows and Assault Police -- Case Sent to Next Assizes.
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St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy
The must-have
Tinker Toys
On This Day
July Crisis: Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Haile Selassie (1892)
- Raymond Chandler (1888)
- Pope Clement XI (1649)
- Gustav Heinemann (1899)
- Vladimir Prelog (1906)
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
40,860 days ago
(111 years, 345 days)