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Wednesday, July 17, 1918

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Perspective: The Future Historian · Sound

The July air in Saratoga is thick with the discordant hum of political maneuvering and the scratchy, distant refrain of "Till We Meet Again" drifting from a nearby gramophone. I can hear the sharp, rhythmic snap of newspapers being shaken open as men mutter over the headline: LEWIS MEN WILL OPPOSE SCHOENECK; Will Name a Candidate Today to Take Field Against the Lieutenant Governor. WHITMAN TO STAND BY HIM Leaders at Saratoga, However, Fear That the Tolishus Case Will Have Its Effect. Han No Doubt of Schoeneck's Loyalty. LEWIS MEN PREPARE TO FIGHT SCHOENECK Regard Tolishus Incident Grave Activites at Saratoga. Whitman Will Run Convention. Butler Sounds Patriotic Note. It is a lousy time for such internal friction while the boys are overseas, yet the gravel crunches under the boots of lobbyists who care more for state control than the distant thunder of the Western Front. Between the clatter of horse-drawn carriages and the sputtering backfire of an occasional motorcar, the frantic cadence of the telegraph key dictates the

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The Headlines

LEWIS MEN WILL OPPOSE SCHOENECK; Will Name a Candidate Today to Take Field Against the Lieutenant Governor. WHITMAN TO STAND BY HIM Leaders at Saratoga, However, Fear That the Tolishus Case Will Have Its Effect. Han No Doubt of Schoeneck's Loyalty. LEWIS MEN PREPARE TO FIGHT SCHOENECK Regard Tolishus Incident Grave Activites at Saratoga. Whitman Will Run Convention. Butler Sounds Patriotic Note.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

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 1918

  • The Yanks are coming

Tech Check

Superheterodyne Radio Receiver, Enigma Machine (Early Version) & Hydraulic Brakes.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

39,405 days ago

(107 years, 350 days)