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Sunday, December 16, 1917
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BRITISH FAILED, ASSERTS BERLIN; Flanders Drive for U-Boat Bases Checked and Defeat Imposed at Cambrai.OFFENSIVE NOW "CLOSED"Haig's Troops at Ypres RecoverPart of the Ground Loston Friday. British Regain Some Lost Ground. BRITISH FAILED, ASSERTS BERLIN Check Germans at Verdun.
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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
39,618 days ago
(108 years, 198 days)