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Friday, July 31, 1914
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The Headlines
Austria Hurls 500,000 Men in Four Divisions at Servia.; DANUBE AND SAVE CROSSED March Southward on the Road to Nish Begun, Following Capture of Belgrade. BIG BATTLE IN BOSNIA Servians Reported to Have Been Defeated There, with Loss of 800 Men. MONTENEGRINS IN CATTARO Occupy Dalmatian Seaport Covered by Their Guns on Mount Lovtchen -- Greece Ready to Mobilize.
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St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy
The must-have
Tinker Toys
You Share a Birthday With
- Milton Friedman (1912)
- Louis de Funès (1914)
- Premchand (1880)
- Friedrich Wöhler (1800)
- Jean Dubuffet (1901)
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
40,852 days ago
(111 years, 337 days)