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3:40 HONTHS MORE 2. IN FRANCE RE- ii PAIRING TRUCKS m b. Union: Med your letter a! Default} Will close ”taking you for the m As ever. l m In the hospital vith 1hr flu for a while but m feeling fine not I”. everybody in Downers is the as national but I few kilos from it. I wish we were about 3800 miles from as! winter. The": In rumor: going Around Mt pin. homo but those things (add. Butlthinkwovillbehomo this summer. Let'- hope no nnywny, 1 cut the Rhine river~lt doesn‘t ltd any diner”! dun my other to‘ no. lumwiuuwmumi Iluiuippi. Then- u-e (up gm’ng up‘ on down .11 the my... just like in: no Chimp river. 11.». non. r. AL, long. [an “undue the weaker you InhfinghDo-mm. [Manly mltmtvleeinthohutvo htheuW-udcepin. AH: mmmuw.mumunu nwfllhvebmmlammw Jot nub-hutbbeginnph. The with. thl'unllhu-mn in. many-mwnm Wmlwwwuhl- him-Immminl F Inbred 'It the Downer» vae I’mzl Ofl'icu as .s-r-rond class mail matter. ,. Mvefliamg rules made known upon application. Suhscripflon rates $1.75 }, per year. Single copies 5c. I. nun gm autonomy 2 it § § E ‘E unurtflnfiformnlfinm hydrouphdnmldmnmnd M-nd. and h - vvvy busy link- flux. It In shout 18 miles (mm Co- Hnu, which I. one o! the hm cm.» d Geri-nay. We mated through it a car Nb from France. It nun m-gmuxhth too. Wu"!!! H “a I’m! who. the nrmluku In w and mm for Gamay 0"- m. Irrlvh. at. our damn-um an Daccmhu 16th. Wu cm through Ian-Mm. Ind bro day: later cm. and On loan. rim and on into Gor- ‘7! living my truck npdu-d. The low: hu 3 populwon of about two I‘m. (Zen-any. Jun Int. 19”. Dar It. sum-.- Ioce‘ved two Report": today And mtoddldlontdnm. [Am-l. Downers Grove Reporter ART SCHLAUDER WRITES LETTER FROM GERMANY [HIERS fROM OOWNERS GROVE SOlOlfR BOYS “And The Star Spangled Banner Forever Shall Wave. O’er The Land of The Free and The Home of The Brave.” med every Friday morning (mm the office of the Downers Grove Publishing V Impany. 37 North Main gSheet. Downs-Is (.Iovc, illinois. ; (or I week or A rt Schlauvler. C. H. STAATS, EDITOR 1918 it i tnnwmmm mmmm . I Mmhmmmw WWW Kim”? mmumwmm 1M mummy.“ m mymmmmmMmmm mmmmnwm.. my " a pair. mind you. of rocks filled np with nuts, lobncro, candy. and rte" “enough to bring joy to nnyone. Then all“! num brought Im- a young tree and so! it up by my bed. It was all ”decorated and sum mad:- me think of Whom For dinner uhirh I ate in hula “I had curl: and I" (hr- trimmimrs and? "a pound of rhomlate hon bone which‘ In.“ tho right spot. Also a big bundle 'of magazines from home Yesterdai ' I received nveral letters. one of “'3”er ‘ was your: of December Isl. I felt hour-r after getting the mail for "ml is what I want. Also a nice. letter: from Louie. and one from Leslie. Hal has been in the hospital since 0(th her 12:). getting over the molt: of a no limit. This morning I receiv‘ ed a nice letter from Mariam. No I never heard from her uncle in Eng- land. If the war was still on I‘d sure get. ochance a! Bill but its all too late now. Curses! I received the Reporter this A. ll. tau But strange to pay no sight of the Christina box yet. It will show up new tho I think. I’ll gowtnndgetnmlefreehm'r this offal-noon Is I feel pretty well mow. There were 25 {no the com- panyhemwilhtheflnhtlflhtdx got back before they trunk"!!! them. Now them-re dxol‘uhereond its goingtohenjokeonthllweget a casual Ind ii" In held n no} Which mam homo I hope. Gee! ll hnd I "to" Christms hora. When I: woke up Christina-a morn more wmi my Christmas in lard. duo 0n- huh-y and Chriumu tree. I Ind '00: nll. 0n the I8"- I m “In with the flu for the second “an and alter hm in bed In a billet for {not days. got I fun ride in the Immune mm here I am amid while shoots m NM ‘ows. No mm “60: for no. I uni ED. BOYDS’I‘ON IN HOSPITAL WITH THE FLU hm (run you no“. Well, Marion. I um mum to write a httnr bonu- no l mu I will ring 0” Mn Ior loufigm. l Ion: you I nk-ve nouvanir can! (or Chrintman, uni l hep: you pt 5L WM: but Disho- uul hoping a» lmppouenlotoltheboysfmm Downers will be coming home right 1M now. but by the lime I get back ‘lhc-y won't km (In-w m-or was I “r butldon'lanulongulmhome all much". I will dart tomorrow working on motor truck; Ion-'0! Ihru- an {omixn trucks. We had a fine ’"mnkngiving «Mn- nar and nluo one on Christmas. but thin Christmas wan the douleut one I have ever had. and hope it will be the last one. The tiny: mm to drug to but the ddckens now. It. hasn't been very cold Mn- yel. but its rain- in; every day Ind very floppy out.‘ and I don't feel like going out much undlgotobodunundsorQo'clock every night. 1 in scarce hc-m. l‘k‘afl! send me the Popular Scil‘ncc and V‘Iying as they Fsun: am good. and any other magn- ‘ m.- that you think I would be in!»- mntul in. You 500m to know what kind of a magazine I like. alright. All Unm- you sent me so far were Jun! the thing. in; me magazines as mulling mum- You. I am hon, have, been hen.- nethefldmafmrnlenjoyed Your liner" (dad. Ed. (Cincinnati) Dccember 11. um. Bun Ito-pm: m DOWNERS GROVE REPORTER. ma Old Glory accompanied him; uni-inc colors flying in the bran». Them is a gnu: deal of rivllry as to Munflltutlle mwmcnovnnmml ”Mid-8!. M18. One would think to see mar daily msions of training stunts tlnt we zlmd hard fighting llwad lush-ad of the probability of mlelse frum the nn’ifl‘ without a scrap. We go thru six training periods a day of hourly an Inn each also two Parade Drills. one in the curly morning called tlw “Sunrise” parade These drills m‘ very thy with the hand playing] Fallen nun-airplane.»- Finenlnhnmllldeorâ€" Elam-hum? Cu-mel nkfle. or Invinâ€" [bilingualisâ€" Salaam-[bulldoâ€" Willi-tit!“â€" Stolen-«IQQN-fllul‘nwlfoâ€" I‘ll-mâ€" Mutanâ€" nun-ruâ€" Canton”!!â€" i Downer qualified as high Mbrisman on the range and Erickson Ind Jones In: going lhm their rifle training .1 premnt. am. of 'em fire going "In: anxious momenta believe me. for the prolimimry work to the I‘d)". shaming is trying on a feltaw's manna] lustre- oftheddtmmluds. Wehodnnhour or to together talk!" over our ex- pcfieneu. [Hill "In: the mining of the Ruin: Corps and have planned to mute our meeting: a nnlar thing. weekends m that we Ire I" u the thin Twining Camp. ‘ pawn-n Grove renown. (he lament ‘dnlo o! the bone man I've neon here together all ft m nun litt- old “men to see the familhr been I Since wrltllw ‘0 M l”! NUIUVO the Steam llallroulu. it found ltIIell Jta my oxprriom hon- u'llh the HI- [unable to take ulvantagr of thin per mum in Battalion W. the publication mlulon. an we]: nellon umltl men-[y on the Mind of the Corp- callecl "Tho' mlh lo tummy lt- tnlflc ou-r to Marine" ha mallow-ed on lt'n aha-l ‘1" competitor: whose rate- Irould mm 'tho fact that our Battalloo haa entIhâ€"' time. to be lower than 2 cent: per "shed a nun record that will land tulle. By muo- of tho Ihorp III- for some tlmo to com-.11“ only none lll In operation tho electric Mitten the “moment I Inth ln road was ll flundal Itrllta. It av- the artlde you published none the pealed to the War Fla-1m- Corpor- Iago. Thought It would he of latent allot and the RIllrood Mimi-Inn- lto you and and you "The Home" tI‘orI ll Washington An inveetlplloo under ”parole aver named lII uhleh lt developed that the Last Sunday Ted Erickson. Jones multiple trlo tlehet rut" charged by ad Domreaneoverlo our mm: the steam roads wen below the pro hunk house making a union 0! four aeut cost of the nervlee ml were Ile- Downer: Gme tollmrn. the lamest much lower lhu thoIIe charged (or clrele o! the home talent I've seen llhe aervko elsewhere « the rates lo here together and ft m euro like New York City, for example. being old tlmen to see the familiar faces substantially higher than those In of the old town laIle. We had an hour chm... Following this investiga- or to together talk!" over our u- tlon. the Railroad Mminfitntlon per-lam [NM thru the trunks of authorised the Chlago roads under the Iorine Corps and have planned to Federal control to advance their fan:- make our meeting: a regular thing. as stated above Although the rates Iveeh earl- m that we are I" at tho {for monthly commoutlon “the” med ‘ I am broke now and flIHIObI happy. Don't suppose 1 “ill get an) more my now for awhile but don't try sondim' anything but [Minn for pmbubl) will have than stringing along an" un- jwhon l to! home. However. I am we" isnpplied with token: and such. Now Llf the Chri-tmu box com“ I'll be l0. K. for I hate to think of it: run- ning all mud looting for an own- ler. Now I’ll clou- with lo“ 0! lam. I Edgar (lloydxlon) Parin Inland. 8. C. Jan. 22m. [919. Ily dear Ilr. sluts: FOUR [MAL for this drama is (011mm: MARINES HOLD- } flow “Mr :20 the White 1 :Commir ion ”we Hu- Aaron: INC SESSIONS‘ Chlcrgo Rallmd authority ; Just ate my dinnvr in bed. ruling ‘ofl' of plates now. No lmmr mosn kiln. Haul 1: Mg dinner of roast hoof boiled spud» with brown gravy. fresh string bums nml broad and coffee. I feel better now. l I am glad that I was able to send BIG ADVANCE o h 3 hate; before I s I ling»; 0I '33 :0: have time t: sex-03 IN 53:8? 01%!“ F ARE onn to Marie but «lid send two differ- l-mt ones to Iluzcl. Now mouthing, is load including helmet and glow“; 'I‘ho rmirlnntsfi of Chicago suburbs and mmything unlues l strike it luék} \Icn- ndxisml recently 0! an importam and “It om- of “II boys lo hlll‘lK il changv In ticknimg unungvmonts. down. .Whlle thorn is Io lx- no change in h. snowed for two solid hours Xmas day, the first. I’ve seen but it isn't anylhing. Its mining most of the time now but is not cold. It feels strange not to have an out‘ fit to be with anyway I get rid of K. I" and that was getting to be Ms News! Oh, its a gay life, as Louie says”: I hamsn't got a war to worry aboutl anyway. 0! a company either now.’ 1 am also enclosing a card or two I received today from Anna She is uludying English and inscribed her‘ best wishes on the back. Keep them- for me and that piece of fern too. .Ew M. l'.’s l was pit-km! up here in Orll-uns once but got away 0. K. Said I looked like a crook or someâ€" body they were looking for when. hon- estly, I didn't believe there was any om,- in France lhat looked like me. Louie just rejoinal his outfit after seven days down at Monte Carlo, but was pinchml in Paris for being thvrc at all. its a hard life to gvt by the flasnnyone Telephone 30 gay: Reporter Want Ads bring results. Try 'ern. ‘by daily riders between their subun- htn ham and plan of hush-mu an very much lower than "low chat-glad [In occasion-l rider. the rates for these tickets will not be MIMI. "Si The n‘slrlonts of Chicago subuIts .‘-’ wen- mlvismi recently 0! an important It changu _in ticketing annual-menu. gWhile thorn is to be no change in E the rates rimmed for individual 60 filrido monthly lickois. tho lo and 25 ridn lit-knls lwwmfnnl sold will Ix- I \I'ithtlmwn on Fvbruary l. 1919, and‘ .I 26vtrip family ticket. good for the 'pun‘hmwr or any nll'lnlhl'l’ of the pur- Lchmw'rs family llmiml to xix months ' 'will be sold It the rate of2 cents [in .' 'mile per ride. l'nuwd ride: of lick-y | «In of the old form punhuwll nfu-r ' January 25 will not be honomd after, V February I. but will be mlccmvd at ' a [Impatience mu: incl ticket: Iolri ’ at an earlier dam will br lumen-d Ithroughout the month of February. uflcr which time they will be mdeonr «d by the issuing nilmadu u! propor- tionate mm A rcpnnnuliw of the nllmmlu explained the mum» ‘for this chunur as follows: Borne (iv-.II- ago Me l’ubllc l.’!ililin 3Commirian [an :i..- Aurum. Elgin l Chlaqo Mlmd lumen-i!)- to ad- vanu' H! commutation (an-u :0 "Ir umtulw,‘ maximum m: of 2 mm par mm. A- um road mmmba with the Dunn Milton“. it found “no" VunaMo to uh- ldvlllh‘r of this per- ‘miuion. u- m]: action «wk! mrvly haul. in turning In Him: owr to it: empower: whoa rum mid mm lime to be lower than 2 mu per mile. By mum of the nbrp in- cnue In In operation tho electric road VI: in (It-«dd mun It ny- [$31.3 gay: 31 south Main Street "'§'§§'fi’‘:§33 I No general dmnobilimtion of thc' Mavine Corps will take place onlv those with proper affidavits for ll"! lease will be discharged as far as I; am able to loam. Even with grounds} fm mlcaw it takes some little time' 4.0 obtain your honorable dischargcm However, l expect to be back in L‘hv: ilian life about the middle of Fe ‘Iua ry. ’I l The xL'llSlDllS of training consist of bayonet work, boxing, tmnch work. Swedish exercises and the manual of arms. We have also had wrestling, the Japanese methods as well as our American tricks were taught and some livt-ly encounters took place. the best drilled company on the field each parade. When it. comes to cor- rect drilling the Marines sun.- mall in a class by themselves. DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS With best mgards I am. J. D. GILLESPIE CO. No better music can be produced by any machine on the market and the cost of many are double what we ask for this high grade article. We have a sample on display at all times for your inspection and will be glad to have you come in and hear what it will do. This machine plays all makes of records, has automatic brake and all the newest improvements and is con- sidered the best ver prodded in this line. FOR THOSE WHO LIKE GOOD MUSIC IN THE HOME AT A PRICE WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL. The WORM) Phonogmph Yours truly, Hugh D. Wyllie. COMING VERY SOON -â€" “THE COMMON CAUSE” Stewart Blactons his war spectacle and Anita Stewart ill the' his: First INational production, “Virtuous Wives.” Watch and wait for they are worth while! Norma Talmadge In “The Heart of Witona” TUESDAY. FEBRUARY uh. 1919 We unnoum the first run showing for this Tuesday of The new scale of prices at the Curtirm will prevail ‘Price of Admission. u the mom. Children 5c, Adults, no Night. It) and 20: At no other theatre is it mlble to get the high due entertainment oll'ered you at the molar prices that no now being charged. You cannot aflord to miss my 0! these pictures no n'beinx shown at the (forties. EARL WILLIAMS in Two Reels of Storms and Laughter AS AN ADDED ATTRACTION WE OFFER YOU THE FAMOUS CURTISS VAUDEVILLE and THE HEARS‘I' PATHE NEWS! GOOD SHOWS ALWAYS HERE! “The Emigrant” ? TOM MIX “SIX SHOOTER ANDY” CHARLIE "CHAPLIN “The Highest Trump” Children. 5:; Adults. l5c. net This Saturday, February lst we are ofl'ering you the World’s Two Big Favorites Advertise! Advertise! Saturday, February lst THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 6th. 1919 her latest Select play (1Iildren.5c;Adnlta.l5c. net in his roaring success Direction Billiard Campbell. Telgglgppe 30 Day! Friday.__hguary 31, I919