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100 Years Ago
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Picture is of a twenty billion Mark note.
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The film takes place in three different eras: prehistoric times, ancient Rome, and the 1920s ("The present age of Speed, Need, and Greed"). This multi-era structure is a parody of DW Griffith's movie Intolerance.
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[September 22, 1923] The USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the first of four US Navy airships, flying over the White House.
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Corresponding article from the Sept 13 issue of The Evening Star:
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[September 12, 1923] The Daring Years, a silent melodrama starring Mildred Harris, Clara Bow, and Charles Emmett Mack, is released.
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From an issue of the New Britain Herald from New Britain, Connecticut:
No known copies of The Daring Years exist.
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[September 7, 1923] Sailors from the Massachusetts Nautical School aboard the USS Nantucket pose with their pets.
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[August 27, 1923] A washout caused by heavy rains in Indiana derail a train. One dead, four injured.
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A washout occurred near Suman, Indiana, causing the train to derail and slide down a twenty foot embankment. The engineer, George Novenger, was killed when the engine fell over and pinned him underneath. Four passengers were also injured.
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