Wabash, IN Daily Times-Star, Aug. 31, 1918 - and similar items

Newspaper: Wabash Daily Times Star, Wabash, Indiana. Date: August 31, 1918. Prominent news stories include: British capture Mount Kemmel; First time in 18 years Wabash is without football. Condition: 8 pages, complete and intact. Fair to good condition, with closed center tear on front page, edge tears, uneven vertical folds. Comes folded or rolled, depending upon existing fold lines. Comments: World War I (WWI), also known as the First World War, was a global conflict fought between two coalitions, the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. Fighting took place throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. One of the deadliest wars in history, it resulted in an estimated 9 million soldiers dead and 23 million wounded, plus another 5 million civilian deaths from various causes. Fighting ended with the Armistice of November 11, 1918, while the subsequent Paris Peace Conference imposed various settlements on the defeated powers, notably the Treaty of Versailles.