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Saturday, November 21, 1914
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The Headlines
THREE VILLA ARMIES STRIKE AT CARRANZA; Leader Promises to be in Capital Sunday ;- Aides to Attack Tampico and Guadalajara. TROOPS QUIT MEXICO CITY Railroads Closed for Shifting Soldiers ;- Great Anxiety There -Carranza Defense Plans Concealed.
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
- Voltaire (1694)
- Pope Benedict XV (1854)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903)
- René Magritte (1898)
- Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768)
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
40,739 days ago
(111 years, 224 days)