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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
3
A memoir excerpt recounts a perilous escape on November 19, 1917, with a German guard nearby and threat of electrocution and starvation. The narrator describes a 72 day period since escape, facing harsh detention and a near lifetime of suffering before freedom.
Lieutenant Pat O’Brien recounts a perilous night wandering near a fence in Holland, mistaking German for Dutch guards, and escaping by reaching a Dutch village. He is aided by Dutch civilians, reaches Rotterdam, and then London, where he meets the British consul, recovers, cables his mother, and provides details to military authorities.
Cable reports a major peasant revolt centered in Kiev with artillery stores blown and street fighting. About forty thousand armed peasants participate, with spreading clashes reaching Poltava and Chernihiv districts. The account includes personal wartime recollections mixed with dispatches from London.
A reader recalls a chaotic sequence outside Buckingham Palace with a taxi standoff and a driver, followed by admission to the palace gates. At the entrance a pompous red-uniformed official, a secretary, an unknown earl, and a duke are described as the day’s events unfold in a personal recollection to be continued.
An order lifting curbs on street and display lighting, issued by the police department, ends a precaution against possible enemy air raids after German submarines operated off the Atlantic coast. The Great White Way shone brightly again last night with old-time brilliance.
A brief notice announces maps of the western battle front available for 25 cents at the News Telegraph office. The item highlights the distribution through the newspaper’s office with pricing and location.
William R. Johnson underwent surgery at Atlantic hospital yesterday. Mrs. Robert Corey of Maine also had an operation there yesterday. Mrs. David Blackburn of Des Moines seeks treatment at Jones hospital. Mrs. Blackburn is grandmother to Mrs. G Thompson and Mrs. Geo Kunze of Alpena visits her sick father John Moon with stomach cancer. Lewis Standard. 25 cents at News Telegraph office.
Town college students at Ames say fudge parties will be rare when they return next year. The group agrees with the government's sugar conservation request. Iowa State College co eds led by example by passing up fudge parties according to the students.
Hon. Duncan Marshall, Alberta minister of Agriculture, inspected the Pritchard herd in Knox township near Oakland on June 20. He noted the buyer of an $1800 animal from last winter, and said the Prijchanda stock is being prepared as a fine lot for fall fairs with plans to add more prizes before the year ends.
In a terse, scatter of fact tone the narrator recalls the moment December seventh arriving and instructs the chauffeur to take him to Buckingham Palace as if resuming a normal morning routine. The fragment hints at a tense historic moment tied to royal presence and personal resolve.
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