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Monday, November 2, 1914
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The Headlines
THE MILLIONS OF ROCKEFELLER FOR WAR RELIEF; Foundation Begins Systematic Campaign to Aid Destitute Non-Combatants. COMMISSION TO GO ABROAD Dr. Wickliffe Rose and Others to be Chosen Will Devise Plan of Work. FIRST SHIP OFF TOMORROW With 4,000 Tons of Food, the Massapequa Will Leave Here for Rotterdam. CHARITY WILL BE NEUTRAL Other Agencies' Help Still Needed, J. D. Rockefeller, Jr., Says ;- How Fund Operates. ROCKEFELLER AIDS WAR RELIEF FUND
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On This Day
World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles is subsequently closed.
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You Share a Birthday With
- James K. Polk (1795)
- Warren G. Harding (1865)
- Marie Antoinette (1755)
- George Boole (1815)
- Odysseas Elytis (1911)
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
40,759 days ago
(111 years, 244 days)