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Tuesday, December 22, 1914
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The Headlines
GERMANY A MENACE, DR. HILLIS INSISTS; Plymouth Pastor Adds to Attack Which Angered Kaiser's Sympathizers. HIS FIRST VIEWS REVERSED German Lecture Withdrawn ;- German Success, He Says, Would Mean a World of Armed Camps.
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St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy
The must-have
Tinker Toys
You Share a Birthday With
- Giacomo Puccini (1858)
- Jean Racine (1639)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887)
- Diocletian (244)
- Guru Gobind Singh (1666)
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
40,708 days ago
(111 years, 193 days)