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Friday, July 26, 1918

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The Headlines

HEARST'S SUPPORT IS REJECTED BY ALL CANDIDATES; Whitman's Manager Says the Editor Cannot Locate in Governor's Camp. ALARMED BY BRISBANE VISIT Smith Prepared for Attack, While Lewis's and Osborn's Doors Are Locked. DEMOCRATS GET TOGETHER All Factions, Including Tammany's Foes, Assure the Aldermanic President of Their Support. Think Hearst Will Not Run. HEARST IS REJECTED BY ALL CANDIDATES Congratulations for Smith. Osborn to Stay in Race. Denies Support of Whitman. ROOSEVELT BACKERS PLEDGE AID TO LEWIS Many of Those Who Urged the Colonel to Run, Join Attorney General's Forces. SMITH MEN RALLY UP-STATE Plan to Keep Alive Committee of 42 as a Campaign Body. ROOSEVELTS OFF TO MAINE. Colonel Will Banish Politics at His Daughter's Summer Home.

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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

39,396 days ago

(107 years, 341 days)