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kid of My. Haven't seen Gal» Washburn or any of the Downers Gum-M boys except Manly Alden-an, since landing in France. but I underaLuId the) no lo- mud in am of the "av-by villages. Don't suppose I win have much that to write from now on but \\'l"‘ do the host. I can and surely vi" ho] glad m hour I' mm you. Remember me} to everyom- in Downers. , none. Everything is older than the hills, the m m nun-ow and very dirty. in fact. everything seen- to be than: u inconvenient Ind primitive u they possibly could he. Up here you don't nee many homes. The m‘ try people In: om infield. and it‘ certainly is a funny night to ”than coining up the road pulling 1 large pitched our mu» M!" "at“ in 1 My fut-M Ind wmt to H. hing nâ€" walened the nut mminflSuwhy) by tho Munch H‘s ringing. Th" without nun hmhfut we We amp. W up in motor lunch and Ind a fin! ride high up in the hills tn our pmt balm. Am wry m fortnbly billeted in I inn and sure M! "In!" lucky to haw- :udt a good pines. These Punch towns are very puny than m are then: (m a W. “My ”mm lav Nils. it mm: In min m nfbr m- arrhmi m w m ”um“ um wry ”My mutt-y. I‘ll-Oil through the outskirts of no my when Norma AMI-mu W N: flaring.- and damn! our "on!" at a our link- vllla‘n- m- Had a nirv- trip anus Ihvv than“, Wink I could Ir" you a" nhmat ii hm you 13" Mn h in“ fur Mail! I‘M n a «ruin Prime-h put. mm" (H Ihmgh the My to I on, Io- ail-d on I high M" vhf-fi- to! ml \Hl next «mam. Wo- QM MINOR! '1“: door plum" and had a win link loamy of hm (by: and night.» In.mutanmvdawe-rmme‘rimi av" w on with I murky o! mot-- Una um loan. not IIII"! If any "nun than m 0! IM an cumin hm lnrxvr ml min". Tho-n Lao (Mi-- my nyntrm i! In mat of ihh‘. Why if out had I mph- a! ”noun m nan" tin-luv Ow «mold haw- In m-l a “mum... In many .1 away, Your Idler 0! Nuy 270a. hum Oa- hloou "revived 1M- mminl Mon“ with that (uh-r Hum 6041.003 two hem Mhfir. n m an- Inn! Ind! w hut Mimi fur clocks. in lad incl leaving U. 8. A. no you «In ”My: inn-gin It uudl- us feel guard. Wu 0-":wa “In! In get your): for lmhdmbtuloyouruumm lumbdooedu-dyldpum thud. uu‘t - M nick and «Joy- dhtWymfludHn-n “balm. lmrflr Null-Bur had (or a dart “III. M “lynch Dear Brother LETTERS FROM DOWN ERS GROVE SOLDIER BOYS [and weraeIP‘ridny naming from the alias of tin Donn Gwve Publishing Company. mount and Forest Avenues. Downers Grove. Illinois. Mud at the Downers Grove Post Office as nomad elm mil matter. Advertising Lute? mud}; k99wn upon mutation. Suburipuon am 31.15 “And The Star Spangied Banner Forever Ski“ VWuve, O'er The Land of Tbgj‘rce and The Home of The Brave.” partâ€"ii? Sifigie topic: 54:. D‘oWnet-s Grove Reporter Toa- Slmln [Mum m In England And Pram Fl‘lm‘v, Jurw 27, mm AR ever Tom. (Shultz) Battery A. 1234. U. S. F. A. C. H. STAATS, EDITOR ;ofl'er up a special prayw for victory I,” "ddâ€"â€" In God t ‘ _ , .a r ovary sermon. gnu us vw- YNM». ‘hen the thaw start down memory and listing < a... f“"’"" The Kaiser mm pnsaibly miscon- ‘(snd pity the Hun who wraith «true that letter. though it was un- 'm~ old Tricolor is dripping m1, fmimkamy Arumâ€"its that the R". Mr. And so is the Union Jark; {Kaiser meant; but hemp is another , _ Sfmm am of Kaiser Wilhrlm‘n feliow IBM a m“ flag mm” to tho workIPrusaians. F. «I. Selmff of “mm-pin. inhmd. , , Mlinnisr Now. when the that; go over the top- God pity the tnench at bay. To start for the next attack; A flag that was never known to stop At tho 9nd of a testing fray. And now. wheremr the shells may 0r stopped by the driving fates; And so In- the Union Jack; ‘And the flag that comes where the filmy-9| bites Will nevu- be driven hack; ThemmthuneveryetbaenfurL God pity an trench that Inn shield. Nomwhenthothmsurtdmthe Tho old Tricolor swing: to the right. To the left the Union Jack. AMnmflqmmflnu-uh- in; fight. To drive (or the next attack; Amrafstripenandnun. Andm.whenthebugleinsonee Afhgthuthamnkdamm Thrn- is not math m may Ital “fig, w"! mhfil by any work I m china Mr!“ My aim: IN! M- an {mm mm mm who v.4 ob- tain? (M l a“ think of In)" mm! the beneficial efforts a! Cid:- mon new» no will chat for this time. g... Science gnu-pm. Tim-kin m min I run-in. : I. or w mm: mp. 60 Yours truly. chfintinu Seine: mm»: Mn 0» William J. Built-.mml summit! thn. m Mum pheu for «ruling and writing. 111-33 um um 3:04 Mher 5115an an in mum at alum "w homv town in All-y:- wru- rm. I also "‘1' "mar hllrn- hm lh-v bow 'nwr ”war" and "In mm on lawn-sling. I aim mt! n "u R'- pwtm Hunt Wilma lhrin i; saw «bu-w m om a! 0n- Rmhing shim Nut You... saw I ‘Mr In Mm. lull no In haw m! mdw-d away "our". If his mum DI:- In" ch-ngml I wish you would plan [61v it to my mh-r u I an uriu «- Mm min. Junl I law Hm Co k-I )‘nu Immt that l rmlve (hr Riporhvr "mainly and flu nut to "null you for It. lul now.- Dar Ilr. Sum: Win M and it “In! In any 1«that nan-r m M “and. ‘ 80".- Wdhr h [stung Along “a a max Bed mud- In the Mr had In “I. II Me. Your: vary truly. Pvt. Arthur 0. Con. nu“. loci-ak- When. Avhuo- not“... A. IL P. \er nun. l findnly Mn Interim-d It very much. Nan 0! lion. mu andshwdtheuherboy-hm'r Dear Sir: Will very briefly my that our with In praying to have lad would like u» unit if you would very kindly Letter {mm Anhur 6. Co» ilr. C. II Wu. Indy much-n u M (- um I. on We! By Guru- leflimin. WISE FLAGS. Cunp Herd“, New Vb Betcha. Nu Jar-r1. l'. R. 8. “Mantra Mm. lllh. "III August 8th. I918‘ DOWNERS GROVE REPORTER. DOWNERS GROVE. ILLINOIS Jamey E “For twt'nty-nino years I have been {waiting far this chum to do my part Kin hrlping \vipn off tho fnr-n of ihn @arth that Kaiser and his brutal form. I have been lecturing in many part: of Illinois since we lure been at war. and m actively engaged in every var measure. I thought I was not doing "l urn-d my mmhers. as l have done frequently. to make thr- cansv- of rout mtry their muse, and to do all ihl their power to bring us vinory. WP ,offer up a special prayer for widow .aflar every sermon. God grant us viv- ‘Rtory and listing pence." ‘Kalser. who writes the State Council of Defense from Dunstan. on 1 nur- ll route {mm umber-g. UL, (could the flavor be non German?) and German pastor: of Gonna church- es in all parts 0! Illinois are my" every Sunday for his Max They refuse tn accept Ms partnership wih Hen- is non- gloovn hr Kaiser Wil- Mm! THESE WON'T PLEASE KAISER WILHELM American (3343mm 0! Gov-mm ageDoNotSeemToThhkC-od Is On "in Side. m-tmcthn. A light touring car has; km W to [ho «prim M (M! (3".an m «A; m a? mhamptnhvnnd whomruvd: V'IOI’YPr puss-film in misting (inf Th0 mmp “nrhrr- in) "MW in an inch-uni rillingnru among "w rmw mmlinz omens uni luv-trons In a!- Imr fluids.» Sriom "1‘1va (or (hm-o IM will for N. and many (‘hn‘s- UMI Mm Malian burr Mm rr- aded. fluently. hm mu- {or Christian Srkm mn‘im in mm: unis w": mama by can, work on (m indie-I mm who had ob mod "I W Offer“ 0! Chi-- Unn Science ".an In» can”. In (mm, but It: imam of W I soldier: causal: 5fmmddoomtomofby.ml (no! mm", In: pun-rd to h "w Inn-nu of Mining nhum o! flun- dal "Ilium-wit. IN mmmn in '1» home «at» "no: Innu- Ior Hu- “3! (be mhl‘vn until (5dr by in camp MM Ir prrvam! to fan-u! Th:- m "mm. for which the Chur- llun Sch-1m- mmmimvp and rump Mm haw miw-d many mm»- dlUm hu ham 3 "Mk-rub!» ruining of "r momln nf puny mm in NW non-6a- and ”w «owl-mm": a! n hw- tar 'Nllmz a! hm mnlin: "in par- Ndmtian of tho-ir hwy! in Uw mn‘irv. Hulk-n land-d Conliut-tr-d at first independently. the camp wnlt'arv- work has tu-un nwr~ ‘gcd with the war mlit-f work which ithc Christian Scientists wvm (lain: [in foreign countries before the Unitml 55mm (mu-Nd the War. For both ‘kthesc purpmics about om- million clot» alum ave been raised. ( 'l‘lu- aim of ti)» Christian Scienti- lcamp workers in to be as helpful as ,posxiblc- to all the men in the camps. {u'hnthvr or not thvy um Christian fScientistx. and pnrlirulafly to xiv“ ,assistnnw \vhic may not be avnilatflv 5nt the time or place thmugh any of {the uthor camp Welfare agencies. A fruturv of this plume of tho work i3 Fan management for keeping soldier“- vantl nation in close much with tin-ii- ‘ H'llth'on. talk“ (‘ou-nukuion ’ (Doorman; with the committee in Boston. them 1:4 a Christian Edwin! camp wrlt‘am committed- iu «uh stat». Th1- mmmittee In the lwmntnte of a noH‘n-r or nitor count-mm by mil‘ 'nnd telegraph with the mmittu- at a noid‘wr or niior cooper-m by mail 'nnd telegraph with the committee a! the nut!- in which be in canard or inutiomd lo hm a dine! and con- tain link Mum the alder or n5!- ur or his minivan. 11am th- min- um. um quietly nun minted with and: of their by in an min. and he in pmidni with an tmu 0! quick aluminium with bow. Thi- Iinkinc of homo utl amp. combined with tho primal um of un- (mum.- Wm wor'rnl in An exhibit "A”. "uln- ln Rn: WJ. Amy and Navy Cola!- tnlion Cantu Christian Science camp welfare ‘work in now being carried on in for- ty-five army and navy cunps in flu: United States under direction of ch» Christian Scienoe War Relief and Camp Welfare Committee of Thr- I-‘irst Church of Christ. Scientist. in Boston. Then! an at present about seventy men and fifteen women on- waged in this work, the women serv- ing as Wehnre mom attrndants. WESTERN SCIEN- TISTS All) ALL IN SERVICE Wen-n Wort COM-dad ll ‘5 Great locum! Coll Flank. Th0 Ireland can! fluid! will mm“! mmwm mm vquul in quality to (he Smttlsh coal. EH. Valentin". E-flville; Joceph Reich. [Grand Chain: John I". Selim. ml {1.11. Bantu-madcap. 11')“- letters quotzd from Ind 12- ferrul m wre rev-rived Ivy the Shir Council of Drfense in response tn the suggestion that all clvrgymen nah August 4, a day of prayer (0" Allied victory. Vlrtnally. the whole clerk” body of the stat» cnmpliod with thei remwst. ‘ {this roll of prmhent. every mall of .which has set down on paper hie lor- filty to the American government and ‘his pnyvr for the tides! of the Ger- iman autocracy; Albert linemen-ml, loamy; Alex mm unw- r. In. Kmmweich Dunne: George E.‘ Weinberg-er, Dom; Carl Eisefeldt,‘ River Grove; A. “{Menlnu Adflm‘ A. P. Neuvndorf. St. Peter; K. C.‘ Neittd. Springfield; Otto L Hole.â€" 1Mn, and Walter E. Hdoemteln. mar mington; William Schmuck-r. Id- vn’n; Theo. Lehman. Dent-r; 0. fl. Schweitzer, Centralh; liner F. Kraut Chicago; L. August new Wha- m; E. E. hllnler. 3m; PHI That's All We Need. We mum all be hotter, \rv Ohlnlr. If only am people nrnuml us would altar «hair “my: and give m a chance. We Mum and thirst nncr rlghtmsnen ~4- our neighbors. twang.) in ”I“ mun. no I Mama :4 an Imy thug-lull. having In Inkc- ll..- .plm of A! low am m that mud ha and ahmd. I cannot hr “Utm- HI. but Mr mlufaflnno Io bu horn in We ulntc of l'wuia. whom my "IF In“: 'Il‘T born wmuIv-«l by "K' m- «mm: of "w Mfr-ml Kala-r m-or fist-tr ha» a! my broflwr- and m) «If rum In Amrn'cn and Invamv Amni- un dun-mm Xu" is- my chem. Ind I Mall main um M ii nnsl pay him Thur push" of the [manual [mm “In rhun'h at Golden. flu- Rm'. ll. W. A. [infirm the Iim of u «M Gw- m funily to all Amrin Ms ham.- born in Gonna». dual"! More. with pan-Ms still living in German). damn:- Gennanyuonlyamnmtmm Um! in both countries. I The flow. Fun! 1. G. Weeks. pm..â€" ‘«I an Amman m in "It Gnu nun hum tn his mmnflon in St. l’phr’u living. bull-run chum-h at Harrison, Ill.‘ and tho Rev. 6. Mutual" of Chicago IM his cow gnaw... Eta-plies! Luna-m. ”and I resolution "to it! upon eve- ry mural of the government or :- gem-in authorised by it in a timely patriotic manner.” And that does the Kaiser think of MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS BUILDING SUPPLIES, LUMBER, GOAL, MILL WORK “mum!" Portable Garages, Poultry Hones. Contact, Poultry Equipment, Supplies, he. PO'I'I'IR MPG LUMBER GO. PENIS "It's an rmv In 1 Ion." MM I‘nvh- Y". ‘or be has: as m-u 1' lepton: 30 0:: or mu: Yard Entrance on East Curtiss street After 6 p. m. phone 83-.1 or 89-W. We are able to supply your wants in ICE CREAM 6‘ DRUG SUNDRIES Hawkins 8: Hawkins We will give a Wmfim of phnn'ng with a “-20 TM an the farm of J. Klein «cumin! by John Gander; “mile south of Damn Gran-e on the East Gnu-p mod on THURSDAY AUGUST 2210‘. COME AND 388 11": 3881' 05‘ mm! ALL Tractor Demonstration. 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