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Wednesday, September 19, 1917
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The Headlines
BIGGEST AIR RAID ON MOONLIT VENICE A TORNADO OF NOISE; Times Correspondent's Nightmare Experience Under Fireof 24 Austrian Airplanes.ATTACK LASTS THREE HOURS Bombs Burst Close to Observer'sPost, a Hotel Doorway, andShrapnel Spatters Like HailAS GUNS ROAR FURIOUSLY But After the Uproar It Is Found No One Is Hurt and LittleDamage Is Done. Permits for Entering Venice. In the Air! Good Watch." BIGGEST AIR RAID ON MOONLIT VENICE Too Many Raids to Remember. Beginning at the Uproar. Seeking a Safer Place. Letter Writing Amid Turmoil. Whir of Enemy's Motors. A Bomb Falls Near. The Storm Is Over. Nobody Killed or Injured.
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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
39,707 days ago
(108 years, 287 days)