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Monday, September 7, 1914

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The Headlines

AMERICANS SAW NO CRUEL ACTS; Correspondents Two Weeks with Germans Unable to Confirm Brutalities. SAY TROOPS PAY AS THEY GO D.L. Blount, an American, Describes the Burning of Louvain, Which He Saw. WAS WHITLOCK'S AGENT Says Official Testimony, Which He Read, Tells of Many Outrages ;- Also Saw Zeppelin's Damage at Antwerp.

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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

40,814 days ago

(111 years, 299 days)