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Saturday, August 15, 1914
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The Headlines
RUSSIA MOBILIZES 5,500,000.; Two Million on Western Frontier, Half a Million on Southwest.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy
The must-have
Tinker Toys
On This Day
World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
Wikipedia →The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
Wikipedia →A servant of American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, and murders seven people there.
Wikipedia →World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Napoleon (1769)
- Walter Scott (1771)
- Louis de Broglie (1892)
- Sri Aurobindo (1872)
- Gerty Cori (1896)
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
40,837 days ago
(111 years, 322 days)