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In comingtothsline.lmwule red «mudxofiition of Franc; just behind the lines We had moved tviceiumeweek,a|d\fin|ecomm.c link closer to tho front. The third time we marched My into the from line. The night was very dirk and the road owned my quite. be- hgmdofnltwnnndunem mtbcincnmfimtomk the silence 0m ~61!me the mid About. six or eight weeks ago, we won moved from the English front wumrtion ofourmaecmr;md here for the find time. I air for myâ€" self ml warm“). I mm mm; it now and am convinced M I have seen enough. In fact all the mmir l ml of this war, is the memory of the my this: I one every thy. "Souâ€" veniring" is quite an occupation and the winners are relieved of their Ina longing: Mom they [at my dimme‘ from the line. ‘ look upon as their wealthy saviour»: lay times they take damage a! us and rh-rg-v- exorbitant prices. on mm of the universal opinion that w am», actually made of my guru-rd 0p m qufimrfluminld m. nnrl most of than arrivr I‘ no"! place o! 3.7er with-In m unhly belonging “a.” «1 any we" Ind any tray. Punt!“ m RM‘ ted: mo. of them tell hon-mils tale: d M mo m:- of Wir funny; m debits! by the invurling “in WI how all um may m pil- fond and destroyed. All! new in their now location. may make Wir livin; from thâ€" Ameriaa «vow. who they § lama-rpmthenblot dkm1dn-thmo I mew-indiumluthou uninvuch-ehuledve Minuet-”Jae“ dfiehomnofw.1'heeut Myapmmlhlhobhckafl mnmwowI-lmdnut- “Dy mm by awn-y who" “0 me 'I aiiiz Yam. Mint". is rich in unluml haul): Inny pond!- uv- o! "n- upm- lol that it [may numb!” nur Nut Baal-M stun» "mu-v”. I Hunk its huh. "my" and may mull «In-am». loot wry much "In mlml Mimun‘. and l Mvn mu pllcvs Mm that In filmed Iluwimlni In that slur. I:- W. poflkulnriy, .1; pinm In (M mar. 0w mly fifth-mm l mini hr- in' In the «hr of w an". lanthanum. they Hag um. Mm. I'M!!- in Ils- u-d they noun n nil-h bran: in Mun-lulu [Ind to wed"- IL Wu had boon run-ding mail (or shout two min but on ml of Our human! and arm-n3!) impâ€"n! mvinx. our null I‘M [wally clrhnywl. At In: it cm, or m In nut. wry mu. .1 I: am. and my dun of u run 050 Dom-rm (Smu- Wt. Undnr Ull'n' dmmm l nun yum. In m-w-N III wry candy and. AM who" I‘ tun fir-Mm! with my rnpy Hum I!!!“ my MM" who nod it. no in n any [human (Irma In booming vcr) well lmn in Pram. I 'Du- lknnwru Gm» “(pom-r 1- mm of flu- lbill‘l‘ l ”Handy nwuibfor and 090 conlmlu of which Mr unmi- lly devouml. It b one of Un- ulmnx link: bum me and my home um! Page Four The lfiowm-rx (Emc- “upon”, Dear friends: JOHN KIDWELL'S IM- PRESSIONS 0F FRANCE Downers Grove Reporter hauled every Friday morning from tho ofl'icu of thv Downrs Grove Publishing Company, 37 Nurth Main 5mm, Dowm-rs Grove, lllinoib. Entered at the Downers Grove P051. Ofl’iuz as scmml class mail matter. Advertising rates math: known upon application. Subscription rates $1.75 per your. Single copies fut “And The Star Spangled Behhei' Forever Shall Wave, O’er The Land of The Free and The Home of The Brew: LETTERS FROM DOWNERS GROVE SOLDIER BOYS Sovau-re in Frame 0616b!" K. lfilfl. C. H. STAATS, EDITOR. It: thediflmnteommm'em (oh-ck with ours-lid will wobbly be have for n week or ten days. It scum .- though the war in a ‘lmny-dfthaednnmdnt ‘tilnesfl mllyk Inn! to mlile that ”ma-mm.“- mm Since I wrote "other last week the weather has cleared up and we have enioyed a week of much needed rest. We moved back into the big dug- out Ind find there till yesterday. ‘Tm n regal" place too. end I“ electric lighted. Yesterday noon six of n: are told to Mike up our path and report to Regbnenhl Headquar- ters. Which we did end here we me. Taking an of 3 bunch of new horses which an noon to be divided among 1 l um hardly in a mood for writing letter: but have absolutely nothing else on do for the next few hours ox- ceptsitinsnoldorcllardinflleshade and pretend I am watching some hot- John F. Kid's". Jr. My own dear Dad WARREN WELLS TELIS OF HIKE ‘ The boy: ovor but In Wish- inggmtthhgsndnlldushow :huvemllmbommwn you our-eh” of the my thing:- Mppem’ng in France. I think thin and In to ford- ‘My because}! m "mini-mm of what nu). roadway might have ban in years mkynndltrudomthinldwr ‘m roads Ind the unwinding mu» My with its Hitting “(Mn in the mm‘wwh'w'um m... “a In ignorance of their pm- imny u Jcrry‘l line and In making m a wad w for eidm "- Hurry or bomb their llgMa "It”. IN! my wrury hams. It vru about l0 o'clock I! noxlul. And I «II-NM ou'r Ilw imuulnr mod vhlch Ml luv-m nlwllnl m rv‘gnlar lawn-l- for "In pus-l Ilwvv Ira-ls. le mul ltd up lo "to low of: wry clap hill unlwrv H mm“! nlurply u» llw rixM lunch 0:! turn uni than stood ”Wm M ll»- up“. The Mll- sulo ”Irv-Ila n:- oblnu- rm. lights! ll loohvl llln- :- momm- clty. null link pump a! "(Na mlght l» a small villi“, an! had been thru- Inf-n ‘lhenr. “Minn-alum Mllmn3ldldn1ianMm- mmmuuummmmm‘ only explanation for it m M itl I III n-tumlnu from a Inc-M) fmrr hour mm at Um I'm! undi wan nnlkm; than Mr «lurk roman!- flw to“. m- qu-cldy I! [Io-Mb!» no I mum KM hurt Io my dugout. gm summing to ml and lay do": and I! named A plan: atrium! of Her)" (hing c-xrom tho.- gmuml and (hr nky. Hod'l caution and mun'u wovi lay in ruin-t. A («w pllm of brick» and nlonwa wu all that. waned of n oncv, "awful villa”. and the Imp, what: mu In“ of them. m! up Illu- but! monument: in name «mu-lvry. Not 3' In! an Ian lad hardly I brunch. null In my am the trunk- of the hunt, had lam-n blown to pin-u. Lon. minn- the civfliuul have kn am pm of IN] mnlry. and will not Mum until lhc’ wlr 6- ml". and "um Hwy will brain! lhv- anonhoua “A of "building ma ‘ drum"; cut the country. I‘ I have mn my Imus hrrr (hm _‘ l nhall er form-t and lhr othrLl M‘hl I new mmdhln. that will “a; ' with m porhnpn lomr IM mow \‘I-l‘ \u'ly than anything rln‘. I. like-u of which I had now" won bo- fans. Pm. Sept. 17th, 1918‘ Sincerely. DOWNERS GROVE REPORTER, nowNEns GROYELILIJQQE but it hasn’t recently on account of the flu. Well. I have summing to any nbont the flu itself. it: n um! bod lubfi to get Ihavemmettwoofwrbownen Grove boy: intheNuy sincethnu; Mantheneceivingahip.1'hcynn\ 1Willhm Brady and John Krupp. I ‘mmmmlmwm Mahmud Comp-I1 Brooklyn. N. Y. Nov. Int. 1918. Dan Hr. 8mm: I am getting the Reporter mini-r 1nd Am surely glad to get it for it always bring: good new; from home Good-bye. WILSON DAVID WAITING TO SAIL ‘M with (Ind Gem... equipment. My ms and everything else. I Mu the picture of it. The German had the Mn since 1914. You should have seen the Flu-ch civilians kiss us. They were quite a few of then in the town and‘ to!!! us the Germans tram them like primers. At firm. any thought he were British troop; have m the battle fie“. it was fil- We upturn! me big (on and al- ymed a f": kilometers. You should drive. I ‘n In “.1139 time I ”M the Germ-m; for who: thy did to me 1“n June. I’m sure I killed (on 01 than and shot at may other: but then ‘wu so many men m m we wouldn't [all who not them. I've up- tun-d In and have I): picture of four which I am wading to you. I have I German ruck. In Officer‘s In". unl‘ this fountain pan. The pen belonged to n (khan Offien In: it is mine I I umhrnhnd (Ml “r un- Iu haw u "uh vumlrflllo nlww hq-w lonlghl (an. When» In what pul spirit law an. I'll heal you and m: a. rm. 0w aun- uminnuon tn Itch this bloody "an. Lick ‘him good and lick him noon and lbw 'mm-r the MI". Hus-t dun? not. (mun. luv. Ind web-Vttofndlndmrflhom Ettore ma. How (0 hm. pom mil boon. Our In! nu "xv-ha! on 80M. mu. [Camels of nul low lo yw [in-l. he Mollwr “a u "w glrh. [couldn't wdtehyonumr but we havobontomefnâ€"tmdhvehfl mm helWe mtmrlhewphfl [Muck IM- limedlflfltlu- MmharddmguuAmfle-n i Spent flu» rntim afternoon doing rbunk {aligw- and uflrr iupprr wrm 'down 0w mad about Hum “loan to the next lawn to non nor-w movim. 'flw than!" nhlr): wu an old ham flwd ‘up {or llv- purpow. In: pack"! to lhc door and. of «name. lhl- nudwncv mu ‘c-nlirrly Compaq-d u! mlclicn. Th0" 'poflun-n mru- \rv} gum! and a lull.-1 iorflu‘nlm Idmm. \Oulln uml Mann) .lumiahrd ph‘nly u! luwl)‘ muu‘c. l M» («rived your loner III In Muhrfmme-mnflnnd A. I h". forty-eight bun In". Wm in Francs, Sept. [1, I’ll. ”our Shut: MK'HALBK CAPTURES l8 GERMANS I give my regards to all 3!. home. Started back for camp so as no! to miss dinner and on the may m: gimp!) haul to Map and puk some “IN blu‘kbrnit-s. “Hwy m-n- wry plenti- ful than the wood: and :Iuyvl)‘ dhl last» good. All- oor (Ill and Ihon pick- [ed a cup full to wt for «kw-It It «Humor. ’I'Dw) VII-m «haul five and My uwofl and uould (all 0" Into our handy. at "w hlighn-sl touch. Onl) look about II half an Iwur {or us to pock - rap full and than we bust it for runw. (-d was another and much higher hill and we wont up and m-m' tht- hill to >00 what was on (M other 55le When we n-zu'hml the mp \w- hurl to kN-p wvll umlc-r vowr as we were but u few kilos from the front and Jerry ruuld haw swan us plainly. h. was wnll worth lhv risk though, lu-cuusv the viuw was simply wonderful. ln lht' fort-ground was a. ln‘uufiiul vallt-y through which a well known river wound its cuursv and thvn disappear- ml among the distant hillx. On a hurt- slope. which rose gradually from the opposite siclr‘, was plainly visublc a \asl. not work of tn‘ncht-s much likr.I a huge, spider-web and presumably the from. line. Here and there coud be distinguished a small patch of green timber and away off to the left on ‘what seemed to be (he highest point ‘of land in xight we could just make ‘uut the ruins of what had once been ‘a beautiful made. Now, however, flu! ll-‘rt-m‘h say it is a vortubit- nest of ll-‘ritziv machini- guns. Than stretch- {ing in u complvu~ half circlo beyond “.110 most. distant. ridge was a string inf Fritz's observation balloons, nine 1in all and distinrtly visible from those lnvarosl uml uhnpst opposite us to jlhosc Lirlhmd away to [ho right and left. .'l'h¢‘.w balloons wvn' warning ‘cnough to lay luw be-cauw tin-iv an. sharp vyvn gluml to a long rangv h-lr- ucopo in those gnu-nish gn-y autumn-i and the-y can are for may miles. A: think. Your son. Warm won“ John S. lid-flak. la; a few linen‘ hoping they will find you well no any love me fine and dandy. W9 lave bun hail; very dbl- neenblo wanker, ruining nun-1y every day. It In very muddy. but you see punymonandmoren'thodaynp A. E. F. PM October 6th. ms. Dunn lather: Getthe Reporter each week and read the letters from the boys am: the pond with interest. They are ex- pecungSOOOI-sw menincampthe Etholnextmonthmdthenmybe metromCampGr-ut. Wmhlvetoelooeuweluvew "mphyformunfingofmrd inadmrtwhfle.3euregardn. A.F.Jol|nson. PLUMB WANTS TO MEET THE KAISER mge soo- md see what kind of mrkmn we will nuke. Have 'wn watching the casual“! lists in the ”per etch day And in the “motion Chronicle of Oct. 28th I see Punk ‘Gngury'a name from Downers Grove inchelistofmnded Didnothmv whether yum had hem-VI of it Mon m-notsotmclomthe piecewhich l clipped out of the paper. 1 Dar Sir: Just I few Hoe- lo let you know an pain. along very nicely have. The truth" is very thump-Mo and MSnfi-yi‘mncouwehul :- ml- at overcoat: n" by and Monday fl got winner and kn in" all week so far. We me getting um wort piled on us now since we bar I new company commander Md to are taking instruction in the automa- jlic pistol. Have to “he it 0“ mm piece by piece Md pm it (039w: qfln.WeexpecttnpoutoImv-lfle A. I". JOHNSON TAKES PISTOL INSTRUCTION I am still Wining In nil. Marv waitnl Inn. 0000'?- mm but In H is getting an“ on tho Mn um not. I am not no union“. . Ii mould ho a mum of valiant-(Ion to nnry Titan ownvr In lbw l'nllui Shh-I. and lo n my Than m1". to RM that hr hat. or that h-- h will“. ”I! track" lhm “on (M- nmlml. Tumu- an. all ulikr. No mulvr when it in anal. 0: WM! competition it law“. the TITAN |0~ -'.’0 KEROSHNH TRACTOR an N di‘pt‘mk'd upon (a mala- n "NIH-No- maul. Th: “l'hukhinl Seheuuv" o! "w llrilhh Government. opt-n to all (radon in England. {on'ixn or dumlk. du- al to Itimulau‘ qunnlin plowing within a limlml time. :0 "II! awry nxuiluhlv Englhh urn would be "My to! cm production. flu huh" m I (an "mo mm 1: [WM viral nf Nam York now but I haw mu mom to m. Wrnl damn In New Jrr- 0 my mm "m mama-ms plant MA: blown up ml u lasted 31 If n hml been ‘10"!an '0' II With IN“! for n urn-I1. I am going thnugh the New, \ork Amnirnn mm:- olny firm I haw, NW and me how Hwy run of! lbr. pap". I-ilh mm lam [an-vs. I period »â€" Oxfonlshin-«265 “2 arm I.“ 1'er "U" U, 1.11:1" limvzu1\ urhit-w-d (or ”1.. 3 momh’l "a“ with the highly rrmliluhlq- icon- of 354‘. acres. lht- nu'n operating: lha- tractor \u-rv both wldit-ru. \‘iz: Private W. Dn-m-lt. of Hastingx. uml I'rhuu- R. "cunt, St, Man's (flay. Kc-nl. 2nd Prize won by TITAN TRACTOR .33; "5‘13"“: lst Prize won by TITAN TRACTOR iflgp‘iii’“; MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS BUILDING SUPPLIES, LUMBER, COAL, MILL WORK “REDYBILT’ Portable Garages, Poultry Houses, Cottages, Poultry Equipment, Supplies, Etc. ER GOD POTTER MFG PHONE 15 The TITAN Always Scores I‘mm win 0M Mil. Wilson R. David Camp Log”. Texas. Debt-9r 3|“. 1’18. Hawkins 8: Hawkins Dn‘nh'rn in hvrrlnl. l. N. ('.. John ”row and Junnufllc- looln ground hut what it in n shell hoie. I cum tell you where I am. Boys who are until! the immediate wt was mmenfionflmnuneofmm they are in. You have mentioned the nm of! nhrgetownclogatoumnyuma‘ intheaflydaysofdlenr. 1 lam mounting n haw truck} MlMleMIMMYMI‘ (he hauling ammunition 1nd mum. ‘ [have seen my exciting times null hudtimhtmldmrbevith1 “artillery batman-Italian! shells hoe-one Fritz shoot: a us And '3‘ dou’thnvoadnneefio-thhlnt‘ we’llntthemJ-madodngnmph Humorumago-m *dtphowfldm‘udunuh manta-aqua mi. 1 “an. ! antitank-tidal.“ 1 pair of eyes. The new guy claim: them is n rat in our dugout as big mamas 61 m m Street The country is sum torn up around “.mreismamnfootof Yard Entrance on I st Curtis; street. After 6 p. m. phone 83-.1 or 894V. In Dan let (MM tfipm m1 nun-80m AM 0“:th mxwmmwnmdhm Mkaanmihoo-anie or on hby’s tin 1:!de thin wait [ambit-led. Mflifl'ithhutm Oowhenmwmuoflfltdmm go diet, Ind do it decal!!- Take an EVEREADY Into the nth!â€" mamaeminu eur- YNWM “ laden bod-tins Telephone 267-J J. D. GILLESPIE 8 CO. OOKout for duthckfl rere it is!" w that up Duplicate Ken Made 2 “TITAN" TRACWRS ‘ ll "If comma! momma scum FOR rum: moms ‘emclude mum time. Mumm- lreeeiveduleflzrfmmaglflh IAlmin, Iowa, who in 3 mm not. She .id she was leaving lm for Prince shortly, And wentonhny thntnhehopedhomeetmeintnma. Mlbecm-nedlflnmumu muml'dummun Int-ml imnothmthatoldlhwhmy jam andbednchg.“ldn’tm on get wen." HI! Hal inflows (he boys look for 11! Y. I. C. A. is doing good work In Ms but we um not fighting them. I m Mnfimduapfiunafevwnh damnp to a first aid hospital. The American Red Cross, “n60: Army and K. C. me the film amn- 0|)" ll MIMI. $01th «I WIS IMWIWIo-mofl lhnvenothingmomto-y-owfll For the Gotdon Seurldge Primes. Fridaytligmember. 8. 1918 WON BY E “minor ('um-r 9mm ncrcum- for tho 3 month'l for the highest new PM 15 FM (Pill-l)