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lulled ever Friday nmming from the ufl'icn of the Downrs Grove 1 Company. vlmonl am! Fun-x! Awum-s, Dowm-rs Grave, lllinoia. Pugc Four I mrrird Hun lunch mIlul vr much- lhr all-(II on "w \magu- of I'u'l‘t‘“ II vnn vrry ha! and VH‘ hml (u my quilr n thxlum‘ Hnmmh Ihv munch. Wr \Irn- no! mm Hm! m- m'ur mum: to mnlr an ntlurk and Ilu'n I mm (but "mm nu sum-Mung "mun-l [u- m an I nimply Ina-l (u ‘lllp R u" IM h'mr il Ir‘hm-l. I «an Mun ram rvin. I rifll‘ and the firm nun Irr- Entered m tha- ”gum-re. Hruw l'ust ()fl'm- 1A:- svcoud «his mail mauvr Adveflisinu run-s mwh- kmmn ulmn application. Sulm-timion rams $1.? per yaw. Songh- calm-n v'uf. WW7 77 “And The Star Spangled Banner Furever Shall Wave, O’er The Land of The Free and The Home of The Brave." Downers Grove Reporter LETTERS FROM DOWNERS GROVE _ SOLDIER BOYS LIEUT. T. H. SLUSSBR IN THE “BIG SHOW 'I'hc-u- t.‘ .qu much [up I‘ll yml if I; , could wulv 2! all :1 mmhl huh-'5“ . r the "HI! thm" all (hr {min "'“H'llmlv of ('hnhnu 'l’IIu-un Mx law! nlulum unn in [Our Hm- “an on ”In hunk; uf HI: "m4 rim-r th- and I had lha- lum-n mfuo Kama lulu m-lmn {m llw TILâ€"l l Uu' In Un- (ukmg of llw \nllugr uf ("n-'1“. .mm erh I Irln-u- Un- [Kiln-1‘ nwnlmmw. J” m u I wmmxhal Iol‘illiunl uffun, hau- Aumml IO. mm WIN-n Iv rumu- In lhv (’huh‘uu Thu-n) u-rlu. an mclw rulw- .ml, rullmx rlmzn llu- "Hm-l“ humour 1» 3h [nmmln mull 'Ihl ~ Int-um uf runwa- klunu hrdvhny null. lwlmul. Arr-tn. mgly I hunlml umuml uml I'muul nu- nn rnlwhwl mun'w Imu‘vuu'k anal pm'k mrnvr and mu m!» H all Hu~ mum.- lupv‘ru I had mm mun Mr. I ul-u mi [M up our u! my 0. I! MunIu-H m I M" of II div-Hm h-vll mnl nun H'flal} to Mint. Wt I’I‘IV Hwn m Hw- lmv n! my ”11.: mo! .urunz out «4' ”w vac-IL- Sam I lam! awn fl'M dqmn «Irma Int-rd. "w rilhgr. As “’1‘ pa. down dose to Ibo- willng.~ vu- an ink» m» WNW mnrhivw mm fin and Inf. Am". ‘0 1mm 61. Su-vrral of my mum ten hit in llw Hugh. "w Milo! myr- in. M II "v know. TN‘ mly pouih‘r Marv- whow ”w fin- malt. hr- mmm: {mm ‘1: the pndinlly min-d rhmrh Int". facing us. mâ€"rr whirh lhr firm-nus had hom- NI Hw- llI-d (Trmu. WP award firv on it and thing! qu‘wlwl than 3 Dim". Wr thvn wr‘nl into: "90 lnwn and locatwl mmlvou rhu- up ngfinst a hunk uhioh afford") mmt‘ pron-rum «n (Hr oflwr sink “f UH "‘W‘VL "no we \vr‘rv shn‘ird <¢v 34‘in fur 1hr.» 01 Tom Mun. until dark. S‘wmzzl :n' our men ‘l‘rv' M! ryinl rifk. Thr mwl mammfi at mm :L "H we wrnt arr-r llw log; in :1 hi: mum“; on l‘plnv Wands My plamun was in firs! \I'mvx I cannot (vll you all nhnul it now in detail but nur platoon “as firmlly fan‘s-d to fall hat-h nml w Lufferul hrm-ily l'I-mn machinn gun and shell firr. Thr- anly litm- l mu tmhed was 'Mn some kind of s splint" out a small [ash on my right temple. Our ohjertivo cu aim! nnmy in spin? of a temporary art-buck and farm lheu on (from July 3|) to Augâ€" ust 8. we wore marching or holding mmrting positions in the Mr 01 we meta-mung Germans. up on the bath of the le‘r Valle. in; ”delight on life with the infu- try. following up a m enemy. In the matter of sleeping at night. evevyman hunts for me hole in the groundâ€"a dim: will (lo, the deeper and mmwer. the better. and if it is not deep enough. nuke it so. Why? For protection agninnt shellingâ€"it taken almost a din-act hit to get you and direct hit: me hard tn get. Also in a ditch you tn mole concealed man's fighting 1 mt hack to the phat, when I had left Illy poi. hop- ing to find it. 311th no success. There were eunuch packs and per- nonel belonging:- to equip a division. but 1 could find no trace of mine. One thing which is so different from what you would imagine. I must tell you u h gives in interest- (T. H. STAATS, EDITOR .â€"\uvu.~t first afar l'JI" if I luk- Mum ffnvn a": iul plum-s hau- mninx «nu-r :qu- muuuv I hung «I. lunumni uml nlulu food In: Ihflm (mm UHII‘I' mum», (h " ('nm. luv-mu wxu \u-I) ”um and no In". In! Inn rout-«l cm-nln "I trn 1h.) -. Htln-c mnflh. uu-u- brunt” 'l'iwn n hm .«Iu-H ("w u hob In ”w mad "1'.“ my plulmm. An IMHIN) lehrn fell m Ilw Imlv and was nhumlcmnI h~m pun-Mil; :l Inn-l. ll hull ha" I In-u m' nu of muulvl ruff-v on it. “'1' Ion" mm! «r it and fur hm morning: I run-la- rnfln' fur (hr My». (win-II Hv‘ n-sl ur \Iw mmpnny had mom-i in u bin mu. damn in tho ”“4quin min». bf unnu- fnnn bulhfinp. not on fiw In Hu- 'k‘flmflk Hau- "Mud n‘voval M your lov- lv-ns mnuiniug various pinum you have ukrn, and will say (In! I am "‘6th 31.1! to mlw (Mm. Ext-"rut. (Him Livuh-mnl Hair) IV)“. Nm‘ l have M wriuoa homo wry «(um tho last mm, but as on". ml I «and. .5 wt have hem wry wry; bus). My mail know coming in hu'. haw not hw‘n IMP M answor any until nmn'. I have a slack of it and do not know wlw‘n I will hr in pasâ€"1 ilion to take ran- nf it. 1 TM last hm nights I? haw had a rhanrv Id slow. being clistUrfm-li m 1y by as alvfl calls [km or fnur; limes «mu night. [we um is nothing‘ ‘Yn us now, as W» just vvnrh for our Masks and lulvo lhrm "wily fnr any ‘ruhm- alarm. and of! m sloop 1w 3». ll am starting “ll-l lath-:- with the inwmion of lam-lug plenty of firm lo finish it but do not know the out come. Thom is so much m wn '0 about in such a short film tint m- an"; knows what to write first. Wu glad to mire Carrie's letter I couple of days ago along with sown! other: from home and friends. Rid“ low the Hun shells are passing over my head singing their merry mm». m l mu glad that they am going over ind not w to tell me "lair min- IM. l‘.‘ \\ Rl'l'l'b “ HILI') SHELL“; PASS OVER nun! nul unfunny Uw liun .nmully hun- gi In you and roman-fl Im- “lml. picluu- ma! 0! lhl-m, ()n Ihmg quh [aw nu- n gwal .h-ml ul’ mlnhrnun- l “(nun-l mywlr“ mil: nu nn-n. Dun .- \\ lml right through it “I. Say. but I an [Ind I am here; I mid not miss it. for anything. Yes. we have lard- shlps galore. but [Int makes you feel all the better after it is 1" over. Have seen sonn- gmt sights. sickening ml otherwise. Just think of holding gmund just him from the Hum; a couple of (1:15 ago. Ind that la wht Wv are located on quite a M“ and to the right of us is a six inch ht- tefy. and to the left our own which, when being fired mate: it impossible to hear y;ur own voice while trying to talk. But sleep. my. I an «he, One of the girls asked me how we mule the French people understand um is very simple to us now. All 560m we have done, and some in less time than thnt. We do not know what re- treat in. Our slogan is “ALWAYS ADVANC 2‘, and hope it. always will .\' uu' :1"an .~l rum mnl ‘ mural [ml , can 1-! [ gmul 01 0M lab I and ,HIink an- n Thu')‘ . ”N'I haw «and l fur uhu-rrulimu uml hon‘tih- an unplramn habit of mnly in Hu- mm'ning hr- in nuuku- mul >hmbllhl‘. "f mau'him‘ gun hum-l5. _\uu ”w III u (00 mm"! gnu-mm 0' II that Hu- m Ih‘fipl'lnh' un- nul '0 I' much ll; v [0» Huh I aml I‘Ofln m «f lha-m Udkml lrl Irrs 3h «v uml .\ an (00 Grove Publishing ull uho pmbahh' I Imp.- luluh Incl roan! mt‘l lhl-m, "W" vnilll‘n b) I» but [am- unl)‘ 1 IkaIU min-l about ”OWNERS GRDV' E REPORTER. DOWSERS GROVE ILLINOIS fur lixhh |'I il Inmv- lhul I yuur Ynu lhv . Al! ”h [hr of In” of us can u~‘v' a fl-w French wonL- and sonu- speak fairly well. You ank- "I when W!‘ work all night if wt- lunullr‘ ammunition. Yrs. “(1- :lo, and sunwtinu-s haw- tu no a long way.- afwr it. The vlislam‘d- does not matter what we wunln-vl main-ll. Me. Why, if it unly O‘UI‘S Lln- mum-m wmk “In-n imm- fired from llw gun. 0h. yc-s. I was going to my “In-m \u- an: at pru- Sflnl anll llun- bm'u fur a munlh or M). llk-m fll'(' nu civilians .~o wt- cannot have uur "FI‘t-nclI-friml” and rugs, «to. but wait until “'4‘ KM. anuilu-r chann- ut {he-m. Our Inn ' at pres: m is run. 2001! but hun- pmc'iically no drinking“ union and what lutlv l.‘ llrIWl ix lmJU ml nl‘ t‘lsv olupwl wifll l’lh'nlll' . Haw nut lral u hath fur a long timr, lml llxi» . ‘ n-rmmu if i can get hold n. a lilllr nah-r will laki- :1 WM bath. ‘lf l nlon‘l (h:- ('uullcfi will he- making,- nv~l< on m)- lllllr. - li'w'viuul u lvlh-I' from Frank “MN, {1-} llll: a. "L. and lu- uml lhnlu- [ii 1W) :mvl living“ Sluigrr in a Y. M. i'. A. -ju.sl .xluntl)’. bu! [in-y 311- a long way Would llkl' lo sm- lln-m (mm I mll “NW :1 fru In kmm‘ I nrréual -m-~ in u'nm'! rl'urh“: u! all. 'I Mrr um! I Impr i: n- I nmmu Int-Isa gnu-In. l (Mud M) “an! IMIN ‘ Du! ym» In-ur (rum .luhnm T I was" I Iuwu “In-n- ha- «a; hut I will Inn-k fm IIIHL You Ian“ I I-nn‘l Ml pm: all I would likr In. “cm~ an Fwd and "w hugs ruin. nkmg? I luv-u ('arl Iill hr luring n [rt-II lim- thh summon I how "I in ruin; alonu [nod Mm hi.- wnrk. hum it i.- hurl [or him «In» N n" In I." ah. sum-mm you 1 «ruin: nlont mun Mum- Only until until uul' hm um.- I. has horn Iguilu a la will lun'u- |u ln- {w 1 nl Inmw. as my limr llnpv lhv lush u‘i'l Oh. \‘w. l muflll hen-n nuvh- amino: ru tiun \\|Iirh mMs luv my“ Mum- nuw _\un “‘5" ("I bl fr“ lu I am uhoul ()ro ymu "(N "9-,. “my. Inial ,nm EXCERI’I‘S ()l" LETTERS FROM EA RI. DOWN ER Ala' (hv lu frmu .~a-nl At M we have moved from our (M office and am stopping here for the day and night. We intend to move closer to the lines to-rnorrow. at one time we were quite close to the lines lmt the Jen-lea have been pushed hack so for we must move in order to sup- ply our men who are following. We got a dandy delivery of null today. in which I received one letter from John. one from Harvey, one from Magnet. two from Lee and several others. I don't think I have any com- plaints to make about the mail. do you? A week or two ago I received 14 or 15 letters that is the bed I and of course Theron was not sous- fied with those so he llec'ided to rifle one of the finished Jeri-in. Well he rifled one alright and got a 20 mark note but as luck would have it I went a little farther and found a so mark note. That sure was lurk don’t you think? All of the fellows thought we did fine. so do l. The Hajor wmted my 50 mark note so l left him have it and in return he gave me “5.00. I did want the mark note too. but I thought as a souvenir a five or no mark note is just as valuable, Then: will be plenty of opportunities to get more of them. Guess you folks will think we are awful for rifling a Jerry, but that's nothing over here. all of the fellows do it. RBI“! SB. THRILL- ING Am BATTLE I hIwn l I", us. and it "I uhm. Ul’lll‘ u? Am an» of Inning lw 'll hupc' MM ’1! puvkm." H full 1mm i.- mm, ,\uu Uus' 2': in «Imb- u lulu: h-Itm and 'x| j r In In- fur nll lhl‘ d-u' out“ ‘ .u‘ my lmlr Ir \n'l) hnului [v |-- Huh \\I'! mm ho mnn. ; nu l llIlKlll :ulcl lhnl I him“: I‘ m-Iinu rmpm'ul «If u a-r . m-h :ul«l~ (mm- null; ”H‘s.- -uI|\ 1h lm-g :I‘)IHI.'H1'_ lInJl, '.’ Am l'r‘ w "I !u\-- Inn \uu ull, I nn'j nut i'JIn .m‘! .lzuuh um: quum. (31”th I: I.:u'r§ CRI‘TS 0F LETTERS {UM EARL ”OWNER ml." D‘ nukmd hut r camp 'l whn am of "W but.” hum hvn'v )‘c-l but I hn'n‘ In noon at» ycmr Humming 3142‘ l mu mo nuful hug-y, l mu llcmx fluv. Yum dmI'l p! u-n- nmr lull chm'l “any Hm I a nut. Tum-3 I” ulhr u'l‘i'lg that [“0 fan h frvm .lulmm f I wish u- was hul I will Inn-k Um. Pmfiug. I4. 1913. 'n-u Imm In Ir! ym: Nu m Yumm- :UIIl ‘- nll. 'I‘Iw w-vulhu-r i 2 ” lhvu- luv. 'l'lx '1 sum hl‘ 0 ll add that ruumral 0! 1mm- n'urk. u'! I'ullln from Fran! - uml lkulu‘ in a Y. M ‘01 , ova-r : ho h bu \' u-‘ "(I Hum m III)\‘ In Yours truly. Earl (Downer) "u. y...) n hum u'nl ho.â€" ll!!! hu‘ . :md mind ' MM ' N“ )mu- ohm» m fur. 'l’hv ranking of dun'l 1!! “CNN;- in flow but I! rurr I‘m-pm m.- huny unnerving ”Inn ‘ You Imou llmw mr blur:- l hm * n . I “1"“ bu-n ln-llmg pm 0!. Ir" mu N “ha: ' ' ”hi.- is nit-ml. TM,- ‘mrMnM toot plun‘ ' “i" """ Huhmlu) mm. Aux. m. Along shout ‘l w" ATM! II p. m. Mir "f mu hirmfly Janina an VVM’rum- an" In limp :4 fr“ hmbn. WM :7 l Ilfl'fl‘:.m' u-uy fut Iw drown-II. II «I'M nm 1 lim' “Whic- Im[ In!" our pom-rial swan-h- linx alom‘ 'ligMn wmv playing Um Max-rm- whoa fl i! ht!“ amn- Uw hum of his pow-7M mom“ ‘rn. 'm-rw Mud. Hm )mrvt It was Ihrmt Him whrn mar light row i wm'rlw latch-d him. Hm: Hw- hm m- r: nmnnfilmml. A for nutimir-rmfl $hl3pfl"| Tuna m-onuu‘n- firnl II him hul Hwy won "I.“ 1"! mm}. :("m .‘l'l‘ ln-r u n'n'iu-u z lIlH'l‘ It'- und l’fll'ix, -- r ‘liovwl and ”rm . ‘unak gm N ow hm [nu nah ”U ‘I ('flfll , mu . but k "I i .‘ I\l‘ Telephone 30 Day or mam ed firing I‘hl‘l‘l Hwy san our Mann M "or joh. lhnv- m-w I‘M-era! of mu planes that "armada! "we Jerry and that gava- him no chum-t- rhntm‘rr. Tho only (hing for him In do was m ‘1) furwuw' Ind that ho did. Soon UN- machinv gun battle mmmrmvl and u our miatom aw suprrior in all ways to the JP!T_\":I il did not 'alrr long until "In ranch wax on in “1) In Im-l "in burning .lm-ry mac-him. 0f tho four Jvrry and Alum! math- im.‘ I‘ve sun-n hm! down this «a» lhv pwuk‘st. It was thv fourtwnth shot mm «M ”w «lunar». You know in some rasvs phmpM-WI‘M hull?“ an- used. thal‘s how I know which shot did the work Aflrr the [Mlflcrnlh shot was film! (he nut-Mm hunt in- tn flaws and in km than a few minâ€" utes ic )Icl fallen. It was about thm miles from us but mom-dad as if it was only Name block; You run imagine FM 3 noise thy-m tons of steel would make fal- ling chm the air from" I height of mm or [2.” feet. I forgot :1: tell ynu the battle lasted from ”:30 p. M. to “:53 p. m. Bright nil nrly Sunday morning. Them. tnotller fellow and myself went over In use the whine. and an ”y it us nothing more than a lot of debris. We were lucky enough tn got a few souvenir: off the plane and of mm Them was not satis- fied with than no he 84266de to rifle one of the finished Jen-in. Well hr. rifled one alright and got a 20 mark note but u luck would have it I went a little farther and found a 50 mark note. That sun. was lurk don’t you think? All of the fellows ,thonght we did fine. so do I. The “aim mead my 50 mark hate so 1 1m him have it and in return he gave me $15.00. MANUFACTUR HRS AND DEA LERS BUILDING SUPPLIES, LUMBER, COAL, mu. w on "REDYBILT" Portable Garages, Poultry Houses, Cottages, Poultry Equipment, Supplies, Etc. POTTER. MF’G a. LUMBfiR GO. PHONE 15 J. D. GILLESPIE 6: Co, 61 South Main Street (Duplicate Keys Made) Y mi 1‘. i . ; Hm-nuu- nf 'lu- Inngr duunrhl and «uh» leu- nf ”w :lrnv whorls, the Il'flan UL)" lms :1 pw-xynlu- uf In»! H lumml‘ [u-v pqumv‘ inrh on "w mil. A1 ‘rnmpmul ~Hh MN, :1 IT" pmmtl 1mm "during .1 Va 3‘ Juu- “will“ a pyra- 1\«mv "I ll pound-x pm Mppzllr invh. “’ll'!‘ \ LIN! pound .lnlxl‘ 1“)"an :1 I031. rpm-.9“ ;. 'Hleqnv‘ \:|l_\ing (mm L“ m 12.: p-mmk [Iv :quun' inch, i 01' H0 vmnrvs of Immun- in “w \m‘hurd. NH an lhv (radar éons .nn! park 1hr >ml. Hawkins 8: Hawkins Arm: 6 I! r44 nu .«m- dun-Mr“. 6N c-Nnn nrml ml; ht- limit"! by 5m” rm qum-mrnh; as! him as H [My I'm-l, oi! and nah-r I! gum wt. Al Ur hv-inM 0' 3 MI!) wasn't. ynu hm“ “hm it mm": m gun In m; phmy of «Pr sun you ran lah‘ mhnmnm- 0’ mary {nuuan‘ hm". In "it naming nll pmrm- u mailnhlu» in a "mm-M nu I‘m-Jinx. uzllm'mr and humour in; m hr done. Um» man rzm haml‘v a In-avvr amount of pmwr in a trnrmr Hun vim homes. I! u- Ihom an IM- mmngr man «am: to win m hand!" film hm.“ «hm plmvinl ur mm: puwrr 9n pull nm- m "m MM .4. On:- man on I Marim- ran rad!) ha lo "laugh fur Ohm or lunr pin“ e. Will zivn you a brinf description of the machine. First of all it was luv-M down from a height of 10,00)” 12,!!!) feet. August [0. l9l8 u ”:53 p. m. In longth it wu 90 foot. width 156 feet. it carried seven or nine persons, had five motors 300 hum power and, weight about three tons. nnd had a speed 90 or [N miles per hour. and five pmpellers. it tho carried 10 to M bombs weighing 300 lbs each. It was the first machine its size to be brought down in France or Allied country. The piece I am sending sepenu from this letter is a part of the rod- der. Am enclosing herewith a shoulder strap of a Jerry uniform. Will send more souvenirs later. In a day or two I'll send I demo-tor from one of the bomb: that m with the Jerry mach- ine. I extracted this detonator- from the bomb myself. It is perfectly sale. no don't be druid of it. I hope all at these souvenirs melu yma 0. K. Got {he pictures and Arnold‘s address 0. K. Will write him in 1 day or two. Must close m. Remember me to all the friends. Dealers in Downing. I. H. ( Titan "-20 l'a-sn \n Uni-tints Sail I'm-Hum The best on earth for you right here AT HOME ask us for PRICES and post yourself before buying some unknown make that will not last you long and be a general disappointment , am: ~ '4 I11 -\ v r1" '7 PENINSULAR STOVES Lovingly, Laurence. (Rehm) Telephone 267-.) or ’i‘JW John "91"? and Jam‘nillo took Friday. Se :Itembcr 13, 1918_ per: and it's only (no true. We mm have Ind our horseshoe with In al- rightumrmryhusuflendm amides as yet. We have been an the go for same time and now have been relieved for just a litfle and Yes, we have been on the fruit ever since we arrived with the Bit- tn-y. Just at first it was a little any for us. But my. tall: about washing and bathâ€"rooms, Ha! Ha! Our cloth- ing would run at the sight of m (continued on page 6) We are I" well and I hope to 31% some letters answer"! while I m. We sure lave been hv‘mfi a but! time of it as you an ace by the p- everywhere so we mm! tall 'hut will come our‘way until it mu I, Bonrlispnldnpmdlhopembeahle to take another soon. We have haul paid no I haw $8900 in French wull paper and waiting the pleasure of the rest camp. DWIGHT COX AT FRONT THINKS HE‘S LUCKY Dear Foiks: Aaweandourhomsmedit.htof Pruner. August 9. Istfl. PHONE 15 Telephone 30 Day or Night