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'3 kn been worth“ fiuikflnx and: and M "'0'“ gum-ids? momin from the oflico o! the Downrs Grove Publishing uy, 7 No Main .lnret. Downbm Glove, lllinoiu. §vners Grove Reporter in vent arms Jerry's- C. H. STAATS, EDITOR Oct. 61h. I918. SOLDiERwBUYS kn Grave. Thi- with" her! has been 1'!" lauly. “though the lights have mutt-“yen”. [Intuit-cull” in our blankets AM hm! “out the mo." The Inna had ”0000" m. TM] night. hail another "In Kim. A mi from lust night. or Thur-thy owning up 240. w an go- in to Mn Wt. Ind I hm! um in pus-ml. The French My” filter (m can: in many ways. l 7115'in I ample of «two: of the er which you amt l «run-l] enjoy mding them. "on i! the new: is I month or two old. It is new new: Last Sunday anew-1m attach" fel- low and my!" mot a hike out in the mum. We arm to a little village, which maxim of g lam martin. four or five bows” and about 0w mm nurnlwr of cafes. The fields we" Mne with trap". We won given lots of grapes by soma of thé people who wow pitting than. For n pickup or hm of Bull Durham one an M nll Ihe grapes hr ran at. W0 went on a little far- thvr when we came to an old farm. Outside wow sovpral lav-g? hogs which from the color of the inside we knew hurl contained either vin mp (French for mi wine) or grape juice. So we went in and saw I couple of French mm muting red wine. One of them was thmwing gape: into 3 large vnt with n old dirty pitch-fork, x., K. the other was in the vn spreading them Imam! and stamping on than with large holrnniled shoes. And they vote not the cleanest shoes I have seen either. At the bottom of the val was in hole and through that an the grape juice down a trough into a pull. Such is the life of a gap». lull um Liking French lessons and 1m beginning to understand the Inn- (nlge ind with the till of my hunk 1nd shoulders. I Mn able to make them understand. Wall, ”Mk" and Fulton-r. how uni may in": harping rant". I an Mu!l healthy and we" and IN! u: out my, lhm ml:- pr day. I The other day while going to the English made shoes. The upper in Bur-run from the lens Ball. I heard made about the me as you make someoneallJohnMne,-usdonmmâ€" Theflmaoklamiledonandthanu ingamumtllmdmoldfflend from heavy sole stitched to this one and Horton Put. Be in In the Qua-un- also nailed. It has In entire he.) plnu WWI-than. flame-”Mouthwash.“ I mind your Iona-r of firm. to. but "my. and van to MI! {mm )0" again. My mail in mining prvuy ml" now. With won I also "‘- rnirM m from much- (hm-[r IM David which I will am" in I but days l mm you In hvhg [may fair mun" hock home in goal 00.! Dawn- An 1 Mn mum; to do (or . lull.- l “ill Mar! my wvvlly lull-r. Ind "- unk cl m linw (or Imhy‘n mutt. My til-Ir Fulfil Tull father I hope hi: hi wall and! on". [Nah of Mn and [in him my In“. I will don new nit-Mug you the wry but a! Manual". WALTER JOHNSTUNB VISITS FRENCH LONG!) (Auk-89h anlrr) lum Amanda“ what I an dun: sad that they published one o! my [outr- wen m mighty Moo of them and l 1-99"ch H. and blue thank you (or Minx (M copkn u m. It nub me ‘fml doggone good. I my wort for 0w (In-n when I [DC but if they ply nw Un- douxh. amt Hwy wvn- blown to Nu: and l ‘hnvu-n'l lm‘n abh- lu police any since. l'w bum smoking coffee in clgtn-ucs Ind iu not bad. I unit-mum! we In: Allowed l packâ€" m 0! “live pouudu. I will Id you know u noon u I know definuly. l m by your letter of the um. an the Fm. 001M»: m. Wm Ad. .I Suppose you In wondering where luludthoklnddnplla-lhlu is. Well, u to than I ah you will haw- !» he Mlllflfl‘l with Puma. Now ; ’0» m4. The people m mm. Hwy I'M! «.1 do enough (or Inn. ley (blah we .1. in many Angel: almp- pod Inn On llmvem. ”Hwy [0 nlonx‘ will; the" woo-lea nlwru, driving ”Mr ’01": Mldml lo a run um! m-wr In In hurry. Now that Ilw map:- u-mn "I ‘wc-r don't know «but Hwy will do 1..- .onupy llmlr llnu- lbln wlnlrr. [)0 MI ank u gru wry mld Mm II (ht-y; IN" no sun". all Hwy uu- l:- {m- lpl-rrn. mum nnw I haw I luv-m- gulc- Il‘im rout-lug in ("ml of mr. and all I llnvo to do in la look Inlo M and I an m I" your flu-M. Womlrrful plum gum fur. 1000‘! you think? I E erl. Mom”, how in m-rryum-TI [How now w! you gut that uklmoui illul mm: to hr raging out (how. War wry pony Io hour a! Row Running" M'ula. Thu in one thing I min but Io" my W00. Nor" loll 501an In I", Mp. It In mum; I." and my} unlik- in hamlng low so I till law; In mp hr thin lime. NM! lu- nun; Ina! write «In. one loll" - week m1 do. Toll Dal that l m looking for a mm from him. also from the girls. . r We all had a good time and I wish The Run is sure getting what he. you; all could have been there with deserves now on all fronts, according me. ‘ to what little new we can get. The We dont see any of the Chicago de- only way to get him is to make him pot shoes. mostly Boston. We are at fight his entire front. instead of let- pmscnt wearing what we think are ting him use his tactics u‘ concen- Engllsh made shoes. The upper in tratlng at certain point, “to So has made about thq sum as you make. done since the very heglnning of the The first sale In nailed on and than u '11-. Although thing: seem to hm- heavy sole stitched to this one and in: our way now. there in nu uOIIM also nailed. It has an entire heal plate but what Germany ha. a mighty hick W. m the Dixon papers you sent and we enjoyed than all. I‘ll tell you. You want to know what we In (hr in. well Fred and I up driving Ind an both on the sum hitch. I drive the. pole loam 1nd Fred the swing trim. and th lend beam is driven by i femur fm Engkwood by the mm of Maurie! Flank. We an! all working haul and so far haw good health and ran‘l com- plain any. We have done things that would seem impossible to do in civii life, things I never will forget. We had a couple weeks rest a short time ago and while there some of thr- wor- thy Int-(horn of the 149th formed what they called an Acacia Club of which there are about 90 in the regiment. hum salad with prlie dressing. cheese. coffee and brand. Also had red wine (vin muse) and cigar: and um this a Master and short speeches. I hell you it m some gland affair. They held one last winter before I got over there d the first training camp. Wennlndagoodtimeutdlwish you .n could have been there with Pram. 891”. "III. lvlfl. Door Dad and I": l naive-1| your letter today all It: not! than flat! to hot: hon yam! also got the am you sent me. Wehadabighamudmdlwllym it was sum affair. Our menu con- sisted of roast mutton. all you could ACACIA CLUB Wvll. harp Ibo home fina- burning. I will to routing home puny m, M (Dickson) Run-Nod your letter last night, also one from Ida Smith. No doubt you have got name of my mail by now. Wu going [4- cable you when I much- u! England but I thought you would not my can! just an noon. Some of the (cllown did cable and their cards got. there Iboul. I2 hour: later. so )ou Inc I uvrd acme coin (No 1m out. ohort) no don’t take this on I gentle Mac A- you might km out“ Inge. nhod 20 9" mt u noon as we It“ the U. 8. A. For thu laxt couple of momings vm have had no drill on account of the wet woutIu-r. The mud gets deeper kâ€"vo-ry day. We ought to have boots. Dvur Folks Yesterday I got a fine sweater and also a pair of woolen gloves which come almost to my elbows, from the Red Cross, 50 I ought lo k1'(‘p warm during the cold winter monlhs. The first course of this morning's bmaklmst consisted of four packages of tobacco. As yet. I have not learned to smoke. but get rid of the Bull Durham by giving it to French and American soldiers in the various hos- pitals around here. say, “Finiln Guerra”, which means the finish of the war. BOB DICKSON ENJOYING FRANCE I suppose you have received my letter of last week which comaâ€"fled the slip {or the Christmas Box. Well. how does the war look to you now. The French people, at least some of them, think that it is almost over. Some, when they meet you on the street, shake hands with you and Well, my dl-ur Folks, I guess I hm"- naid enough for this time. so with ions of love to all, I’ll n-main your nl’fvclionalo son, l-‘mncc, October 201)), 1915. 0|" THE 1491'}! WMr (Johnswno) “a. on A Elli. Ir. Gen. 0. Prick“. Dau- Brother: I an miner anxious to know what is doing luck in D. 0. “Ave not heard “y nun for I long time now. I have not received the Reporter since leav- ing Pauling. [ imcghr they are no! so very panic-hr about Rotting pa. per: “in: nnmy. I will he satisfied if I“ my letter: reach me. I an per- manently assigned to the 180th Squad- m m and will be easier to locate I think. while on cit-tacked service or as a casual a soldiers whereabouts If? rather uncertain. I had about three weeks mom of school work over here, pertaining prin- cipally to French apparatus and me- thods in Radio work. [ts surely not the Gmmmm’s hilun if we are notwellequippedeoarryonthe While mr Tours I visited "Les Pet-servanm. Etruscan De Tour.” a French lodge room. The meeting as conducted by a bunch of New Jersey men, had they put on their mark. It seems to me that we have tra- veled over most of France befon fi- mlly getting locum! and may even me most my “me not. Four of on were “signed here, who were at Pittsburg together. so we should get along fine. Also . lot of “ling: I mks ....v uloflmhtlIMMm no! pun the tensor. WI" choc loo lnis HIM, hop to hear hum you I" Wm Do not worry if our km" II! In ARTHUR 0. cm: FRENCH mom WORK Mop:- you I" rm: In ml to Min-Ia noon Incl be um- lo m HIM. Tr" moth" that we n"- tll right and lav Mr no! to worry. "or "vim had a mod mm- on Mr \‘mllon. Saw «mm a ("r Hum bun-gm in on "w- lul driw and l numb" mmr with l’umpomk‘lrl will! lhrm. 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WON BY ”WM Championship .Weir:-':Bonsuming Furnace ‘ From the nbove you will notice that ‘l have moved and am now Melted at our new base. I arrived here about two week ago and have been here just two weeks too long to suit me Ind from the looks of things, I Illl here from now on or as long at lent as this little mix-up we are in lasts. I am still with my name company, our work being to see that all motor trucks am, can, in the A. E. P. m (continued on up 7) E- C. KIRKMAN WRITES F0 SCHLITZ Nowhere in Fund Sept. 24. 1913. Dear Schlitz: Wan-m Air Hood tho Advice of Your Physician No. «“22 Gunner Cum-r I Privm Dalc. for ncmze for the 3 month'- mmmmmum Friday. Nongyrgfil Wlll but your ham with clean. health/bl. Mu