Crossen letters reveal frontline life and waning German morale
Albany mother and Court Stenographer Morgan share Captain K T Crossen's wartime dispatches from France. He notes German fear before American troops, describes trench warfare and discipline, and expresses resolve to uphold liberty. Allied forces report edge of Bray and shifting fronts near Roye and the Somme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Crossen
Albany
K. T. Crossen
France
Morgan
Captain Crossen
Mr. Morgan
Auto Accident Claims Life of Henry Starkey
Henry Starkey aged 64 died at his Hudson street home from injuries after being struck by an auto a week earlier. He leaves a wife and four children Edna May John and Harriett. The accident occurred at State and Court streets when Starkey stepped into the Staneart car from Meigs county who attempted to avoid him. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 10 a.m. at South Canaan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Starkey
Hudson Street
South Canaan
Starkey
Edna
May
John
Harriett
Staneart
Meigs County
State
Court Streets
Sugar card distribution tightened in Athens County Ohio
The Ohio Food Administration announces no relaxation of sugar restrictions and warns against misinterpretation of card recalls. July allotments remain low with two pounds per person per month for ordinary use and 26 pounds for canning. dealers may sell only under oath and not with Food Administration endorsing cards.
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Food Administration
Ohio
Food Adminstration
Athens County
Athens Co. Sugar Distributing Committee
Second Death in Home on Peach Ridge Farm
Mrs Amelia Hunter aged 85 died Saturday afternoon at the home of her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs William Hunter on Peach Ridge. Buffalo was made at two o clock this afternoon on the Hunter farm following funeral services at the home. Mrs Eliza Karnes mother of Mrs Hunter died at the Hunter home a few days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Hunter
William Hunter
Peach Ridge
Buffalo
Hunter Farm
Eliza Karnes
Hunter
Hunter Home
More American Troops Sent to Italy Officials Say
Rome reports Franklin D. Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy stated that additional American troops will be dispatched to Italy. He spoke in Rome on August 12 asserting expanded Allied manpower for Italian operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
Franklin D. Roosevelt
War Service Badges To Honor Civilian War Work
The Department of Labor announces War Industries Badges for civilian war workers. Bronze badge after four months of service, silver after eight months, retroactive bronze eligibility only for service after September 1. Certificates based on official Labor Department recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Departent of Labor
War Industries
Labor Department
Department of Labor
U Boats Raid Northeast Shore Reported
An unknown steamer is alleged sunk 109 miles off Nantucket Island after a raid that followed sightings of a large steamer heading toward the scene. Fifteen survivors were landed at an Atlantic port after being picked up by the trawlers Spray and Kingfisher. the Lydland's captain claimed his ship was sunk Thursday afternoon by bombs, with crew members taking to lifeboats.
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Atlantic
Nantucket Island
Georges Bank
Swedish steamer Sydland sunk 120 miles southeast of Cape Sable
An Atlantic Port Aug 12 report says the Swedish steamer Sydland was sunk by a submarine about 120 miles southeast of Cape Sable on Thursday afternoon. thirty survivors were later rescued and those aboard left unaccounted for.
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Atlantic
Cape Sable
Sur
Nine fishing schooners sunk by German submarine raid off George's Bank
Nantucket reported nine fishing schooners sunk by a German submarine off George's Bank Sunday. The auxiliary schooner Helen Murley rescued four survivors and towed them to port as the news came in from a naval scout boat. George's Bank lies about 60 miles from Nantucket.
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Nantucket
Mass
George's Bank
Helen Murley
George’s Banks
Children to register for Liberty Day Pageant at Armory
Miss Lucille Henry in charge of the Athens County Fair Liberty Day Pageant will register 250 children tomorrow morning at 10 o clock at the Armory. The War Savings Stamp Society of Ohio sponsors the event with costumes supplied by the state and no cost to parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Henry
Athens County Fair
War Savings Stamp Society of
Ohio
Henry
Armory Tomorow
U-Boat Sinkings Near Nantucket Reported
News from the navy department states two more ships were sunk off the U S coast. The British steamer Penistone and the Swedish Sydland were hit around August 8 and August 12, about 100 miles off Nantucket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Navy Department
Penistone
Nantucket
First American Field Army Formed Under Pershing in France
With the Americans in France Aug 12 the first American field artillery becomes reality as Pershing assumes personal field command of the new army. The force includes corps led by Generals Liggett Bullard Bundy Reed and Wright and operates from the Marne to the Vesle sector.
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France
Pershing
First Army
Liggett
Bullard Bundy
Reed
Wright
Marne
Vesle
Weather Outlook Dims Hopes for Rain for Farmers
Washington reports a warm spell with little prospect of rain this week. The text notes that experiments show good paper can be made from grapevine, suggesting farm conditions remain unhelpful to crops.
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Washington
New Members of Education Board at Work
Athens county board of education met Saturday evening as Linder Blackwood and W. R. Goddard were sworn in to their new posts. The board urged the county superintendent to ensure strong attendance by Athens teachers at the upcoming teachers institute and discussed electing superintendents in Districts 3 and 4 at the next meeting on September 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Board of Education
Root
Linder Blackwood
W. R. Goddard
Wilson
Williams
Athens County
Submarine Chases Lumber Ship Off Cape Hatteras
Officers of a lumber laden steamer arrived at an Atlantic port report they were chased for about thirty minutes last Friday by a German submarine off Cape Hatteras. No torpedoes were fired and the ship escaped harm by zigzag sailing and speeding to full steam.
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Outruna
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Troy Mother with Six Stars in Service Pin
The Pittsburg Gazette Times shows Mr. Walter R Bridges and wife Mrs Bridges from Troy township Athens county with their five sons all in service. Walter R Bridges formerly in the army now foreman at a government munition plant. Sons George K Fred R Edward N Thomas A Richard K all serving in France or camps in the south. Mrs Bridges wears a six star service pin highlighting a long family record of military service.
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Pittsburg
George K
George K. Campbell
Coolville
France
Fred R. Bridges
Edward N
Thomas A. Bridges
Richard K
Bridges
Richard Reeder
A. P. Reeder
Ford autos traced by detectives in Ohio case
Detectives Mahoney and Carson traced eleven automobiles stolen in Columbus and disposed of by Howard Brashear of Coolville. Sheriff Lowry joins the probe as officers seek the owners of seven unidentified Buick cars and pursue ownership of thirty five Ford machines Brashear is alleged to have sold.
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United
RESS
Columbus
Frank Mahoney
Harry Carson
Athens County
Howard Brashear
Coolville
Zanesville
Sheriff Lowry
Athens
Mahoney
Carson
Brashear
Lowry
Allies Hold Gains as German Offensives Stagnate in Picardy
In France the battle slows after a day of fighting. Von Ludendorff massed reserves fail to break Allied lines as casualties rise. Amiens remains about seventeen miles from German advance with no closer approach. American losses on the Marne reach 5 019 with 305 names announced by the War Department.
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William Phillip Simms
France
von Ludendorff
Amiens
Paris
Marne
Washington
War Department
British Continue Their Advance Near Roye In Somme
British troops push toward Roye halting at under four miles away after taking Armancourt and Tilley. Forces advance along the Somme east of Mericourt and Etinden, repelling counterattacks south of Lihons and taking over 200 prisoners as lines link east Mericourt with Etinden. Local gains also reported east of Robecq and near Vie Berquin Merris.
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London
Roye
Armancourt
Tilliley
British War Office
Somme
Mericourt
Ethinden
Lihons
Etinesden
Tille
Robecq
Vie Berquin
Merris
Flanders
French advance presses near Roye amid German delay
With French forces in the field, German reserves slow but do not stop the push by Debeny and Humbert against the Oise to Matz lines. Montdidier and Mesnil see heavy damage as roads clog with wreckage. reporters describe ruins and camouflage on Montdidier’s main street and rail station as French gain toward Roye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Mellet
Debeny
Humbert
Oise
Matz
Ribencourt
Noyon
Roye
Montigny Wood
Blencourt
Antheval
Montdidier
Noth Main Street
Mesnil
France
Canada to Send Strong Expeditionary Force to Siberia
Ottawa reports Canada will contribute a military unit of about 4000 men to the allied expeditionary force bound for Siberia. The move forms part of the international effort to aid Allied operations in the region during the conflict.
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Ottawa
Canada
Siberia
Polish women join White Cross nurses for France
Thirty seven Polish women are ready for service in France as nurses of the White Cross, the unit recruited by Mme Ignace Paderewski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
The
White Cross
Mme Ignace Paderewski
Defeat Described In German World War I Note
The Deutches Zeitung of Berlin says events between the Somme and the Avre mark the first defeat of the war. The report reflects cautious German wartime commentary on shifting momentum.
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Hague
Somme
Avre
Deutches Zeitung
Berlin
Funeral Time Changed for Henry Starkey Service
Announcement says funeral services for Henry Starkey will be held at 10 o clock Wednesday morning at South Canaan, instead of the originally announced Tuesday time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Starkey
South Canaan
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Fritz
Crossen
Bray
Albert
Peroni
L’echelle
Aengyre
Hardvillers
Cateau
Cambles Epeho
Lasieny
Eceteleb
Picardy
Sir Henry Awlinson
Armory
Fred 8S
Ferguson
M. Edouard de Billy
Troy
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