12 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
Kent Tribune
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a noble cause and a mistress of death in France, a prophetic last letter, references to a new Yankee-Doodle song, and scattered notes about banks, health boards, and a 12 o’clock bell. It reads as garbled notes from a historic dispatch.
A fragmented wartime missive recounts letters and memories about a soldier and his parents. It mentions places like Akron and Portland, names such as Nelle Ingles and Ken, and references a letter written months before about service, illness, and death, framed in a mournful tone.
The report details a wartime wedding of a Kent woman to an Army officer at Atlanta with decorations and guests. Mention is made of Camp duties, charity events near $400, and various names and locations tied to military service and postwar efforts.
Fragmented local notice recounts the death of Earl Merrell amid chaotic details, mentions a streetcar, resignation effective December 31, and scattered names and places. The muddled text references Bed Come, Wattona, and Can Siam Meyers with unclear connections to events surrounding the death.
A fragmented wartime fragment mentions a Streetsboro boy badly wounded with scattered names and places like Kent and Bevington. The garbled text hints at a fever, famine, and a letter from December referencing Creaner Stanton and P Hall. The passage is unclear but centers on a wounded youth and bleak local wartime context.
Fragmented readable lines discuss stamp sales and pledges with scattered names and places. Mentions Kent and references to numbers, dates, and a sale through a period, but content is garbled and incomplete.
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