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Sunday, September 16, 1917
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The Headlines
ISONZO GORGES FORCED BY FEATS OF ENGINEERING; Pontoon Boats Lowered by Italians from Sheer Cliffs Forty Feet High. GREAT SEARCHLIGHTS USED Austrians, Blinded by the Glare, Did Not Realize Army Was Crossing. CADORNA PLAN AUDACIOUS Correspondent Under Fire While Studying Advance in "Holy Ghost Land." Reminder of Bible Land. Toscanini Had Been There. A Great "Army of Shock." GORGES FORCED BY ENGINEERS' FEATS Barrier of Isonzo Gorges. Searchlights Blinded Austrians. A Race Under Shellfire.
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- Henry V of England (1386)
- Karl Dönitz (1891)
- Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888)
- Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893)
- Mikhail Kutuzov (1745)
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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
39,710 days ago
(108 years, 290 days)