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Sunday, October 4, 1914
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The Headlines
HOW THE FRENCH ARMY MOBILIZED FOR THE GREAT WAR AGAINST THE GERMANS; Vivid Narrative Shows Calm, Businesslike Way in Which the Soldiers of France Took Up Arms to Defend Their Country.
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
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1822)
- Buster Keaton (1895)
- Jean-François Millet (1814)
- Louis X of France (1289)
- Engelbert Dollfuss (1892)
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
40,787 days ago
(111 years, 272 days)