Armistice Signed Ends World War I Frontline Advances Halt
News from Paris confirms Germany and Allies signed an armistice at 11 am, ending hostilities. Allied troops continued advances 150 miles from the Scheldt to the Meuse as Germany faces internal unrest at Kiel and across the empire. Washington reacts as Secretary Baker and Lansing receive the notice. crowds cheer in the capital and celebrations erupt nationwide.
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Meuse
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Kiel
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Washington
United Press
America
Roy W. Howard
United Press Association
United State Organization
France
William Phillip Simmg
Constantinople
Sofia
Bulgara
Ohio Dry Amendment Leads Ohio Vote While Capitol Flux Looms
Ohio reports a dry majority of 16 000 with 200 precincts uncounted as prohibition moves toward May 27. National outlook shows Republicans on track to gain House control and likely shift Senate seats in three states New Mexico Idaho Michigan.
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Columbus
James A. White
L. H. Gibson
Ohio
L. C. Martin
Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
House
House Committee
New Mexico
Idaho
Michigan
White
Cox
Nugent
Marshal
Wilson
Camp Sherman to require pneumonia and influenza vaccines
Major B F Duckwall proposed a general order at Camp Sherman mandating vaccination for all new draftees. The plan calls for anti typhoid inoculation followed by pneumonia and influenza vaccines in successive doses with one week intervals. In Guysville Ohio Wesley Bean reports his son Otis Bean missing in action since October 1 as the army continues to tally casualties among Athens county soldiers.
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Camp Sherman
B. F. Duckwall
Maj. Duckwall
Mathew C. Smith
Guysville
Wesley Bean
War Department
Ots
Young Bean
Bean
Athens County
United States
Germany
Walter Bean
Otis Bean
Sexual Health Talk By War Dept Lecturer At College
Dr. Charles E. Barker, Taft health adviser, visiting officer for the War Department, spoke to the Students' Army and Navy Training Corps at the Majestic Theatre on Sexual Relations and Health. He presented scientific findings on gonorrhea and syphilis, their impact on soldiers, and the dangers of impurity, stressing feeding and purity as keys to strong troops. Audience cheered as he cited Pershing and foreign leaders praising American soldiers.
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Charles E. Barker
Wm. H. Taft
War Department
Army Training Corps
Navy Training Corp
Majestic Theatre
Messenger
General Pershing
Athens visitors at Camp Sherman stay with servicemen
During the past week Mrs. C. O. Moore Mrs Alma Thompson and Harold Graham from Athens registered at the Community House Camp Sherman while visiting relatives or friends in the service.
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Athens
Camp Sherman
C. O. Moore
Alma Thompson
Harold Graham
Protest Over Armistice Use in Austria Hungary
Vienna dispatch reports that a protest will be made if the allies interpret the Italian armistice as giving them a right to strike at Germany through Austria Hungary.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Austria Hungary
Viena
Just Terms Seen By Hun In 1871 At Donchery
Negotiations between French army commander and General Von Moltke at Donchery during the night of September 1 2. Germans pressed for complete disarmament and army detention with parole for officers. Gen Von Wimpffen rejected hard terms, talks broke off, bombardment threatened, capitulation signed the morning of September 2.
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Count von Moltke
von Moltke
Donchery
France
von Wimpffen
Sedan
Death in Canaan Woman Dies at Home in Canaanville
Mrs. Charlotte Williams died this morning at 6 oclock at her home in Canaanville at age 0 years. Death caused by a complication of diseases. Funeral services will be held at the late home Sunday afternoon at 2 oclock. Burial in Canaanville cemetery.
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Canaan
Charlotte Williams
Canaanville
Wife of Former Athens Man Dies in Mansfield
Mrs. Madelia Herring Brown, 28, wife of Loring F. Brown, formerly of Athens, died October 26 after a week with pneumonia at the Morrison-Brown farm in Mansfield. Brown is hospitalized in France after a serious wounding in late July.
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Mansfield
Madelia Herring Brown
Loring F&. Brown
Athens
Morrison-Brown
Brown
France
Athens Board of Health delays lifting ban on public gatherings
The Athens Board of Health met in Dr Higgins office and decided not to lift the ban on public assemblies yet due to rising influenza cases. Churches and Sunday Schools may reopen November 17, with public schools and colleges resuming the following Monday. The action excludes theatres, moving picture shows, dance halls, and fraternal groups. Ohio University and Cincinnati University football game status unchanged. Soldiers and sailors will form a group at the athletic field.
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Athens
State
Board of Health
Ohio University
Cincinnati University
Soldiers and Sailors
Barbarism Indemnities Shape German Armistice Talks
Washington dispatch notes that indemnities for barbarism confront Germany as she faces allied armistice terms. Analysts say Berlin may yield or resist based on expectations of better terms later, while Wilson’s peace formula centers on restoration reparations and seas freedom.
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Washington
Germany
Wilson
Foch
Versailles
Ior
Dry sweep across the West as states vote for prohibition
Wyoming shifts to dry by a two to one margin while Colorado remains dry and Washington approves a dry amendment. Minnesota appears set for a narrow dry victory though California and Missouri buck the trend with wet outcomes.
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Chicago
Mississippi
California
Missouri
Wyoming
Colorado
Washington
Minnesota
Interallied Talks Target Wheat Substitute Reduction
The interallied food council in London discusses cutting substitutes in wheat bread across allied nations and the United States. The plan, tied to the Austrian armistice, aims for a real reduction, the food administration stated.
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Washington
United States
Interallied Food Council
London
Food Administration
Norway Loses Six Vessels in October War Losses
The Norwegian legation reports in London that in October Norway lost six ships totaling 7627 tons and 84 sailors due to war causes.
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Norway
London
Young Boy 15 Hurt in Auto Smash on Hibbard Hill
Myron Parker thirteen year old son of Mr and Mrs William Parker of Fisher Station was badly injured when a Ford touring car owned by David Kennedy of Alexander township struck the Parker buggy on Hibbard Hill at 3 30 pm. Parker suffered a scalp wound requiring ten stitches. The buggy was demolished but other occupants escaped with nerves shocked. Kennedy was blinded in one eye by sun glare. Mrs Hull Foster Jr and friends aided the injured party who were taken to Athens for care. The boy is reported improving.
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Myron Parker
William Parker
Fisher Station
Hibbard Hill
David Kennedy
Alexander Township
Parker
Avra Parker
J. L. Henry
Kennedy
Hull Foster, Jr
Athens
Athens News Rejoices As War Ends Parade Planned
Wild joy fills Athens as word arrives that the war is over and the enemy defeated. A 6:30 p m parade forms on Carpenter Street with Boy Scouts in uniform. Speakers include Captain Plant and Hon I M Forster while crowds sing My Country Tis of Thee and march past the Masonic Temple.
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Athens
Thesenger
Carpenter Street
Cours
Plant
Orga
I. M. Forster
Armory
Chamber ¢ Commerce
Masonic Temple
Sayre
Supt. Morgan
Ellis
College
Utley Mine Outlet Ordered by State Utility
State utility orders Blac Company to permit and Stewart Railway to operate coal outlet to railroad. Work to begin Friday with coal property priced at 1.29 per unit and Friday, Saturday business details vary by locality.
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Blac
Sat- Stewart
Iriday Company
Columbi
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