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Wednesday, April 18, 1917
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IMPORTANT HEIGHTS TAKEN; Formidable Positions East Of Rheims Captured in Bitter Struggle. FRENCH HOLD GROUND WON Beat Off Counterattacks Near Craonne and on Both Sides of Rheims. BRITISH ALSO GO FORWARD Make Progress Toward Le Catelet and Cambrai;-A Lull in Lens District. Rheims Now in a Salient. Advance of Two and One-Half Miles.
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Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
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$950
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