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Wednesday, August 8, 1917
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MACKENSEN TAKES 1,300 PRISONERS; Also Captures 13 Guns in Drive at Russian Positions in Rumania. MORE REGIMENTS MUTINY Two of Russian Southern Wing Voluntarily Quit the Line, Petrograd Reports. MACKENSEN TAKES 1,300 PRISONERS RUSSIAN CABINET FILLED. Changes Made in Tentative List-- National Defense Department.
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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
39,748 days ago
(108 years, 328 days)