The front page of the Evening Herald, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 11 November 1918, as reproduced in the column “Glimpses Into Yesteryear,” published on 11 November 1978 (60th Anniversary).
WAR IS ENDED; HUNS SIGN THE ARMISTICE; ENEMY SURRENDERS
Washington, Nov 11 – Germany has surrendered to the terms of Marshal Foch. The greatest war of history virtually ended at five o’clock this morning when the German plenipotentiaries signed the United States- Allied armistice terms according to an official dispatch to the State Department made public at 2:46 a.m., Washington time. Hostilities officially ceased at eleven o’clock this morning. Paris time.
The terms of the armistice will not be made known until later.
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From the Pottsville Republican and Herald, 11 November 1978, via Newspapers.com.
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