THE ALLENTOWN DEMOCRAT, Pennsylvania, Aug. 17, 1898 The last column of the front page is headed: "THE WAR IS OVER" "Protocol Signed, and an Armistice Proclaimed" "Blockades Raised" 'Orders Sent to the Front to Suspend Operations" 'Spain Quits the New World".
The text takes most of the column and includes: "A Proclamation" concerning the end of the war signed in type by the President; William McKinley.
Page 2 begins with: "PEACE--THE WAR ENDED" "Suspension of Hostilities Directed by President McKinley" with the text taking most of the column.
Four pages, large folio size, foxing at the right margin, good condition. The folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.