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On the date
Wednesday, September 30, 1914
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The Headlines
LONDON CONFIDENT SUCCESS IS WON; J. L. Garvin Sums Up the Prevailing Feeling and Predicts Political Upheaval in Germany.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy
The must-have
Tinker Toys
You Share a Birthday With
- Rumi (1207)
- Jean Perrin (1870)
- Pope Nicholas IV (1227)
- Nevill Mott (1905)
- Hans Geiger (1882)
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
40,791 days ago
(111 years, 276 days)