Sunday, August 2, 1914

From the day

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The Headlines

Bar Harbor's Brilliant Season ;- New Dance at Greenwich ;- Costume Ball at Hot Springs ;- Tennis by Electric Light.

Best-selling Sheet Music

St. Louis Blues

W.C. Handy

The must-have

Tinker Toys

On This Day

• World War I: The German occupation of Luxembourg begins.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Mahmud I (1696)
• Constantine I of Greece (1868)
• Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834)
• John Tyndall (1820)
• Myrna Loy (1905)

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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)