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Wednesday, October 21, 1914
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The Headlines
OPEN FINAL FIGHT ON STEEL TRUST; Argument Begins in the Government's Action to Dissolve the Great Corporation. TRACE RISE OF MERGER Carnegie Letter Cited Saying Profit Exceeding $50,000,000 "Seems Wicked." TRUST FILES ITS DEFENSE Contends That the Corporation Is the Natural Evolution of Trade Conditions. OPEN FINAL FIGHT ON STEEL TRUST
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You Share a Birthday With
- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Alphonse de Lamartine (1790)
- Hongwu Emperor (1328)
- Martin Gardner (1914)
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
40,770 days ago
(111 years, 255 days)