Learn about what happened 100 years ago today on January 17, 1913. What was the world like in 1913? Hi this is Matt and here are 5 New York Times headlines from January 17th, 1913.Number 5 - In 1913, immigration issues were quite different. A new bill was introduced aimed at simplifying requirements. For instance, immigrants did not have to take a written test. They still had to speak in their own language but wives and widows were excluded. If a steamship company brought ineligible immigrants, they had to pay a $200 fine.Number 4 - Mr. Hitchcock, Washington DC's postmaster general had to deal with an inquiry regarding mailing a baby. The shipper asked, in all seriousness, Sir: I have been corresponding with a party in Pennsylvania about getting a baby. May I ask you what specifications to use in wrapping so baby would comply with regulations and be allowed shipment by parcel post as the express company are too rough in handling.Number 3 - Online shopping is in these days. But a hundred years ago, telephone shopping was the in thing. As the ad said, telephone shopping is convenient and satisfactory and implored you to order your supplies by telephone.Number 2 - New York Police Detectives faced a big problem. They had recovered a bag with 22 pigeons from two boys in Brooklyn. Now, they had to find their rightful owner. Detective Fay came up with a clever idea. He realized they were homing pigeons and let go off one pigeon with a note attached. Within an hour, Albert Lewis, who lived half a mile away came to recover his other 21 pigeons - as the first pigeon had no trouble finding his home.Number 1 - A lottery drawing covered by the New York Times in a prior day story was still making news. The winner was sadly yet to be found. A real possibility, as citied in the report, was that the individual may have been a passenger on Titanic and the winning ticket was lost forever.