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On the date
Monday, October 26, 1914
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The Headlines
EDISON WON'T INVENT MAN-KILLING DEVICES; Would Rather Make the People Laugh ;- Blames "Those Military Gangs" for War in Europe.
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
- Georges Danton (1759)
- Napoleon Hill (1883)
- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800)
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685)
- Andrei Bely (1880)
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
40,766 days ago
(111 years, 251 days)