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Monday, August 27, 1917
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The Headlines
PRODUCERS CUT PRICE OF SUGAR; Consumers to Save 1 Cents a Pound as Result of Agreement with Hoover.TOTAL $30,000,000 TO JAN. 1Speculation in Cuban Crop IsSmashed by Patriotic Actionof Beet Sugar Growers. Mr. Hoover's Announcement. Wholesale Grocers in Line, Too. PRODUCERS CUT PRICE OF SUGAR
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General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
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
39,730 days ago
(108 years, 310 days)