Te Soldier in Camp and the Day Follows the Call
Fragmentary note echoes wartime cadence with phrases about soldiers in camp and the day advancing toward gates as a call rings out. Content is unclear but suggests military or ceremonial context.
07 Sep 1918
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1918
Page
1
Fragmentary note echoes wartime cadence with phrases about soldiers in camp and the day advancing toward gates as a call rings out. Content is unclear but suggests military or ceremonial context.
Canton observes Lafayette Day with the first statewide taps ceremony. Gov Cox orders daily 5 20 pm bugle calls from every courthouse, linking Canton to France as General Pershing sends greetings. Ohio towns join Camp Sherman and Columbus in the tribute with military bands and guards at attention.
A chicken cackle led to the arrest of Evert Orpenter and Patsy Conely early Saturday. Police found them hiding behind a house with a chicken. They denied the bird was stolen and were sent to the workhouse for thirty days.
Paris Sept 7 German aviators dropped eight bombs on Franco American positions and a Red Cross hospital. For twenty minutes they circled low over stone buildings as wounded Americans and French workers were aided to safety. There was no military target in the village, attack seen as aimed at wounded personnel.
Wartime alcohol policy shifts center on President Wilson and the Sheppard bone dry rider in the agricultural bill. Reports note cabinet support and a possible reversal of earlier objections as lawmakers push to end beer brewing by December 1 while whiskey stocks wane under a new revenue bill.
Allied forces steady advances along the Vesle and Aisne fronts as American units push toward the Aisne while capturing several villages including Fismette, Tessy, Bas-Vauxere, and Merval. German resistance stiffens with artillery and balloon use, obs planes attacked, and reports cite increased shellfire and continued efforts to hold the strategic plateau between the Vesle and Aisne.
Eyewitness reports say two young men from Damascus Ohio fell in battle with the Rainbow division. Corporal Allen Reynolds and Corporal Bye of Company K 16th Infantry were identified by a hospital attendant. a letter and photo accompanied their death notices. The Molly Pitcher Council Daughters of America will attend funeral services for Sister Orphin Hough, with autos requested for transport. Special service honors teachers of Canton at First United Brethren Church at 1:30.
French troops push toward St Quentin from east of Laon and clear areas near the St Gobain forest while British forces cross the Somme advancing toward St Quentin. French advance cuts line between St Quentin and Laon at Tergnier as Mangin’s troops push south of the Aisne.
London dispatch reports September 5 as clear but cloudy weather. British air forces destroyed 23 enemy aircraft and downed 14 more out of control while dropping 21 tons of bombs on various targets. Three German balloons were set aflame. 13 British planes are reported missing.
The report notes German forces withdrawing toward the Hindenburg line under pressure from Australian and British assaults. It describes trench tactics and a shift from deep narrow trenches to wider, exposed systems, with emphasis on ground advantage and evolving defensive work. The piece also includes ads for Rayfield carburetor and automotive suppliers.
Paris dispatch reports German forces retreating as French and British troops push toward the Aisne. Advances average two miles with gains at Havrincourt and surrounding sectors, while towns burn and fighting continues along the northern front.
Paris dispatch reports Allied advances threaten the German center near the St. Gobain hills Lac Aisne as French and British forces push eastward and Ludendorff faces a potential breakout or retreat before winter.
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