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Tuesday, September 25, 1917

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The Headlines

MITCHEL WINS IN COURT, BUT LOSES BROOKLYN VOTES.; Gets Order for Recount, Which Will Be Started This Afternoon. TO TAKE AT LEAST 2 WEEKS Mayor's Supporters Believe Result Will Be a FourCornered Fight. PRIMARY LEAD IS NOW 392 Errors in Brooklyn and RichmondGive Bennett a Net Gain of 203Votes in One Day. Did Not Oppose Mayor. MITCHEL LOSES BROOKLYN VOTES Did Not Get a Vote. Wants a Recount, Too.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

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George M. Cohan

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 1917

  • Uncle Sam wants YOU

Tech Check

Modern Zipper & Drone Torpedoes.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

39,701 days ago

(108 years, 281 days)