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Friday, August 11, 1916

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HUGHES REPEATS WILSON ATTACKS; Dwells in North Dakota Speeches Upon "Profligate Waste" by Administration. HIS VISION OF REFORM It Was That, He Says, That Impelled Him to Accept the Presidential Nomination. WANTS TO ELIMINATE 'PORK' Will Attack River-Harbor Bill Methods ;- Candidate Visits Grand Forks and Fargo. HUGHES REPEATS WILSON ATTACKS

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Poor Butterfly

Raymond Hubbell

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1916

  • He kept us out of war

Tech Check

Toggle Light Switch, Electric Clock & Submachine Guns.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

40,111 days ago

(109 years, 326 days)