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Wednesday, September 2, 1914

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The Headlines

AUSTRIAN ROUT IN GREAT BATTLE; Bucharest Has News of Crushing Defeat Inflicted by Russians on Galician Frontier. CLOSING AROUND LEMBERG Decisive Phases of Dual Monarchy's Invasion Reached, St. Petersburg Believes. HUGE CAPTURE BY GERMANS Berlin Announcement That 70,000 Prisoners Were Taken in a Battle in East Prussia.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

St. Louis Blues

W.C. Handy

The must-have

Tinker Toys

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1914

  • The war to end all wars

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

40,819 days ago

(111 years, 304 days)