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Thursday, December 3, 1914
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The Headlines
GEN. FRENCH APPEASED HIS COOK BY VICTORY; Told Desolated Gaul that Helping to Win Caused the Delay That Ruined a Dish.
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
- Joseph Conrad (1857)
- France Prešeren (1800)
- Rajendra Prasad (1884)
- Charles VI of France (1368)
- Manne Siegbahn (1886)
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
40,728 days ago
(111 years, 213 days)