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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1918
Page
8
Lieut Joe Mitchell writes from a rest camp in France describing British and Portuguese troops, rest camp life, and English scenery with green fields, old abbey, and mossy cottages. He notes chocolate scarce in England, a jazz band from Camp Grant, and encounters with German prisoners as artillery work awaits.
As armistice talks proceed, French and American forces launch a major operation along a 75 mile front. The clash yields steady Allied gains and a retreating German line, marking a significant phase of the war.
Evangelical Church Zion holds Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and preaching at 11:00 a.m. by Rev. Fred Able, a returned missionary from Japan. Emanuel church offers Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and a 7:00 p.m. revival meeting. Revival meetings reopen tonight at 7 and continue indefinitely. J. W. Feller, Pastor.
Clinton Erwin and Rose Bennett of Casey marry. A Vincennes dispatch reports oil fields south and east of the Hableton field again gushers with a 1300 foot Gibson county well owned by Indianapolis parties as the biggest in the southern Indiana field. Murphy Oil, controlled by Vincennes parties, reports a 600 barrel well in Pike county, a notable stunner.
A vivid report describes British airmen using low altitude strafing and bombing to disorganize German transport, rear-area parties, and cavalry. The tactic aims at soldiers and morale, with actions near Hamel and a village where a bomb destroyed an ammunition cart and scattered Uhlans.
American troops in France wear discarded civilian garb including high hats coats and wigs as they perform billets and duties near the front. Australian and Canadian forces join in the habit as they raid near Villers Bretonnaux under shellfire, surprising German prisoners and officers with masked appearances.
Miss Evelyn Hooker, former Cincinnati socialite now a Meld worker for the American Fund for French Wounded, escaped serious injury walking to reach American billets and then drove an ambulance along a shell swept road in the Chateau Thierry sector. An army officer praised her bravery. Also commended are Miss Sarah Granger Farwell, Miss Helen Farwell, and Mrs Mortimer Forest for caring for refugees and soldiers under shell fire.
In Lincoln Nebraska Mrs David Shea saw a lone star on a service flag for her husband in the war. She enlisted as a timekeeper in the quartermaster corps and was sent to Fort Whipple Prescott Arizona.
Arctic explorer Vahjat har Stefansson, at Fort Yukon recovering from typhoid, says musk ox can be domesticated in the Arctic to yield wool rivaling domestic sheep. Message from Peter Co Lepetich, who asks for military service in the U S. Lepetich says Stefansson plans to sail from Nome for another Arctic expedition.
Dan Rosenthal thirteen mistakenly fired a shotgun believed empty at his eleven year old brother Nick in Stevens Point Wisconsin. The shot killed Nick instantly as local authorities investigated the incident.
In Quincy Mass a huge unknown fish, weighing 175 pounds and stretching 5 feet 8 inches tip to tip, was killed in Haywards creek Quincy Neck. Observers described four prominent fins and said they had never seen such a creature before.
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