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-- ••T* FLAYS State's Atty stock V. S. Loin ley of Wo Stolen Money ; Thm sis/, TXmmmlm • 14,' IMS , '- w * - y -; U<*' | ; '4 il • * '* * f t: '\ & f, "*V t%' Wr . vr m' •£ • •• H ^ @v' ?7'T, s4^ ...iff. -"' :,KV. $$'&'••'•. v..: fe " W - K\ i " ' V.- V i..5 f etr iam> - < f<> • r f > • ' *t*. <" f%i «/ • r- * Kf «" fe i-;uN'i' & r ̂ jl t\ * j I'*/ "'4': A f 1 - - > * 1 *"' I?:; fljf I' ̂I", ' •* ' % • P ' QUARTER OF A CENTURY Items Clipped From The Plaindealer of Twenty-live Years Ago • The M. E. church has been thoroly renovated and made very attractive thruout ' ? S Mrs. W^^Mth,M...lM«!L:.alt- ically ill and confined to Tier room the past week. The Wizard Oil Concert company closed a week's engagement here Sat­ urday evening. E. A. Golding of Wauconda was in this v llage last week and bought a steamer of Math. Engeln. On ;he 2nd inst., Fred E. Holmes, one el" the editors of the Richmond Gazette, and Miss Veme Alfe were marrkd, » Thomas Phalin has just completed the erection of a handsome dwelling on his farm south of town. Homer Wattles was the architect. The New Orleans University stu­ dents appeared before a good house at the Riverside hall Friday evening. The entertainment was good. Jacob Bonslett has received word from Frank Jackley stating that Mr. Jackley and family arrived safely at Ashton, la., and are busily engaged in fitting up their new home. Fred Block became die victim of a chicken thief Thursday night. Fif­ teen of his most valuable chickens were stolen. Had Fred caught the thief at the dastardly work the scoundrel would probably have been smashed into smithereens* H. Miller & Son, the enterprising manufacturers of fine monuments, put up an elegant monument to the memory of Andrew C. Bangs at Wau­ conda Saturday. The monument is of Vermont granite, sarcophagus style and weighs 7,000 pounds. It is a very handsome structure and does credit to its able manufacturers. The Republican bamfer waved in tiie city hall Saturday evening. The occasion for this was the celebration by the Republicans of the victories won by the party on Tuesday of last week. The meeting was enlivened by the music of the McHenry Military band. Enthusiastic speeches were made by H. C. Mead, Hon. Geo. Gage, F. K. Granger and Hank McLea%" I sell farms. D. F. Quinlan. Notice of Application to Change Rates To Patrons of the Chicago Telephone company: hereby gives notice to the public that it has filed with the state of Illinois, Public Utilities commission temporary schedules which will change the rates for local telephone exchange service in its Pistakee exchange area in Mc­ Henry County, Illinois, and that the said change of rates involves an in­ crease for all classes of local ex­ change service offered to the public and covered by its rate of schedule as now filed and in effect. All parties interested in this pro­ ceeding may obtain information as to time and place of hearing upon this matter, by addressing the Secretary of the Public Utilities Commission at Springfield, HI. Chicago Telephone Company, A. R. Bone, General Commercial Superintendent. I rent farms, p. F. Quinlan. [Woodstock American] , » Sir* clever little detective ||uiier Monday night State's Attorney V. S. Lumley recovered the sum of $95 which had* been stolen frpnf Neil O'Brien of Chemung. O'Brien was at a garage at Ma­ rengo when he noticed that his roll of $95 was missing. He called upon the services of Attorney Lumley at once and, using certain clues, the miscreant was located at his home at McHenry. The McHenry man had been at the garage while Mr. O'Brien was there and had left but a short time previous to the discovery of the loss. As he was the only person about the, garage he was under suspicion and these suspicions proved true when Mr. Lum­ ley and Mr. O'Brien, after following the man to his home, searched his pocket book, finding therein the lost f95, easily recognized from the unique manner which Mr. O'Brien follows in folding bills. The McHenry man's name is with­ held from publication. Auction Sale! SOLDIERS SEND PERSHING COU­ PONS TO MOTHERS HERE JEL Appeals For Home Sick Chaa. Leonard, Auctioneer Having rented his farm and decided to move to Woodstock, the undersigned will sell at public auction on his prem­ ises, situated on the McHenry-Wood­ stock road, 5 miles west of McHenry and 6 miles east of Woodstock, near. Bassetfs corner and the Ostend schoolhouse, on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1918 commencing at 10:00 o'clock, sharp, the following described property, to- wit: «T HEAD OF LIVE ST06K | --consisting of--~~ 28 Cows Some with calves by side and bal­ ance close springers. Most of them with second and third calves. 1 bull, 3 heifers, two years old; 4 yearling calves. The above cows are all Hol- steins and of my own raising. 3 Horses Gray mare, 4 years old, weight 1400 pounds; bay mare, 4 years old, weight 1400 pounds; bay gelding, 15 years old. weight 1400 pounds. 28 Hogs Two brood sows and balance shoats. Hay and Grain 15 tons oat hay in barn, oat straw In barn, 26 acres of corn in shock, 8 bushels of seed corn* 350 bushels of barley, 350 bushels of oats. Machinery, Etc. International tractor, 12-25, nearly new; International silo filler, type B.; John Deere 3-section plow, John Deere sulky plow, 10-ft. double disc engine pulverizer, 4-roll Appleton corn husker, McCormick grain binder, nearly new; 3-section land roller, 4 double unit Empire milking machine, Moline corn binder, nearly new; Buck­ eye 3-horse seeder disc, nearly new; John Deere corn planter, new; Fuller- Johnson 1 h. p. upright pumping en­ gine, 2 sets wagons, milk wagon, nearly new; 3-section drag, 2 sets of bob sleighs, Deere hay loader, corn plow, 5-tooth garden plow, fanning mill for cleaning all kinds of seed, side delivery rake, hay tedder, set double harness, single harness, top buggy, buzz saw, six-prong hay fork, hog rack, bay rack, milk cart, laun­ dry stove, 14 milk cans, pails and strainers, grain bags, and other arti­ cles too numerous to mention. Good Free Lunch at Noaa "Our Howe b Fine and Warm!" Eveqr toon is comfortable. Even the floors are warm. We have only one fire to tend and no coal or ashes to track through the house." That's what a man say* who has an lirrERfiivrioiiiiK, Onepipe Heater One heater, one pipe, one register warms the whole house. Easy to install and op­ erate. Keeps the cellar cool. Good for most old houses as well as new. On trial for 60 days and guaranteed lor S years. Come in and see this heater. D0NAV1N «'// fir ,. ' «» . t, . ?•*$.' &».'/ -US*."-! 3.JH ]•'% '1% m , - REfflANSPERGE* Witis'm rutl heafiC' Bmnu mgr JmL A triple turner ctuimg kttpt the btat m, a*d kteps tht ««**** •'m Terms of Sale: . All sums of $10.00 and under, cash; over that amount a credit of six months' time will be given on good rate of seven per cent per annum.. No property to be removed or pos­ session of same given to purchaser un­ til settled for with the clerk, Frank Kaiser, Prop. F. A. Cooley, Recording Clerk. C. W. Stenger, Settling Clerk. I sell farms. D. F. Quinlan. Notice of Application to Change Rates To patrons of the Chicago Telephone company: a The Chicago Telephone company hereby gives notice to the public that it has filed with the state of Illinois, Public Utilities commission temporary schedules which will change the rates for local telephone exchange service in its Johnsburg exchange area in Mc­ Henry County, Illinois, and that the said change of rates involves an in­ crease for all classes of local ex­ change service offered to the public and covered by its rate of schedule as now filed and in effect. All parties interested in this pro­ ceeding may obtain information as to time and place of hearing upon this matter, by addressing the Secretary of the Public Utilities Commission at Springfield, 111. Chicago Telephone Company, A. R. Bone, General Commercial Supermtejo4P1t'-:7 - III • --.1 , y7.....--, . How's This? " Ifre offer One Hundred DolIars R#- wwd for any case of Catarrh that can­ not b« cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Wall's Catarrh Cure has been taken bjr catarrh sufferers for the past thirty-five years, and has become known as the atost'reliable remedy for Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure acts thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces, ex- pelUng the Poison from the Blood and healing the diseased portions. After yea have taken Hall's Catarrh c*r*. <qr a short time yon will see a •reat Improvement in your general health. Start taking Stall's Catarrh s22 5* ?nce mnA rid of catarrh. *** /or testimonials* free. A00- Ohio, •old by all Druggists, 760. „ Notice Mo hunting or trespassin ̂on my premises from 4ate of th ̂public no- ttce- August H. Kunz. r'> :-rir •" ' v-.«.>.< Pvt. Robt N. .Bruq*. Cheery Letters' W:„ SoUfiers -if* Pvt. Charles Nerttas Siberia, Sept. 5, 1918 Dear Mother--Well, here I am away out in Siberia. Certainly had some long trip, but we enjoyed it. We are now in Vladavostak, a city about the size of Kenosha I should judge. Nothing but Russian and Japanese people. It is located right on the coast in the southern part of Siberia. Leo Smith and I took a walk around town and had quite a time. We can't understand them and they can't un­ derstand us, especially when it comes to money matters. Instead of dollars and cents, they have rubles and ko­ pecks. One ruble is worth 10 cents in American money and one kopeck is worth 1-10 cents Or it takes one thousand kopecks to make one Amer­ ican dollar. We had a five dollar bill changed and you should have seen the amount of paper we got and at first we didn't know what , any of it was worth. ? They have saloons here, but they are not like the American saloons. They have no bars and instead they have tables and. girls to wait on you. We went in and had some beer, which is served only in bottles and it is two rubles (20c) a bottle, but it's not very good, nothing like the American. We took a karetka, as they call it, it's a small cab the size you would use for ponies, but they have horses on tfiem, and we rode around the town. You can certainly see some sights. Everything is so far behind the times. They have one'street car line, which is the most jsp-to-date thing we have seen. s * When the boat, on which we came over, left here we all watched it leave and it certainly kind a made one wish and think of the time when we will be coming back. Well, mother, there is not very much to write ajtiout just now and everything is all right We will be leaving here again in a few days, but don't, know where we> will be going, will write again when we reach our destination. Hope this finds you as well as it leaves me and don't worry. Write real often and tell the rest to write, as* now I can't write to all.,k Your son, Charles. Oct, 6, 1918. Dear Motb«| tod All--Today is Sunday and not much of anything to do, so will try and write a few lines. We are certainly having nice weather. It is just like in the middle of summer here today. Received,The Plaindealer of August 14 and you can imagine how glad I was to get it. I guess I could recite most of the news by heart. Some of the boys over in France certainly write some very in­ teresting letters. Well, I am not very good at writ­ ing letters, but certainly could relate quite a few things. The picture I sent you of Company F of the 8th must be drawing quite a bit of at­ tention. They are just having guard mount and the regimental band is playing. They have a large band and it certainly plays just grand. Have not seen a church since we left the U. S. A., but Leo Smith and I are going out to see if we can't find one. This will be all for this time, as there is not much of any thing else to write about and everything is 0. K. Hope this finds you all well and remember me to all. . Your son, JPvt. Chas. G. Merte%T\ v ? y Co. F., 27th Inf., A. E. F./ Siberia. | Depot Quartermaster, San Franciseo, Cal. of mind at the time of jtft writing. His insinuations that th§ "men not actually fighting have the most to say in regard to action" is rather far­ fetched and in my estimation reveals a vein of conefeit combined with mighty poor sportsmanship, which is very UNAMERICAN like, especially at this particular time. His letter, in its entirety, sounded very "rookie" like and the jealousy contained there­ in was very evident. Beyond all doubt, Irenus is doing some mighty fine work and McHenry should be proud of him, but it should not be for­ gotten that McHenry has some thirty or forty lads over here who are just as reads; and willing; not to mention as competent, to do their bit in as large a measure as Irenus. This is not a war of individualism, but of the entire world, and we all should be ever boastful of all our comrades in arms. Statements such as he made rubbed the fur the wrong wax 0I* some of we lad who are unfortunate enough not to be sent up to the front, therefore the reason, for my calling his hand. Peace rumors that are circulating about were well received by all. How­ ever, we are not letting it interfere in any way-with our work, as we are still plugging along at the same gate and doing all to raise particular hell with Fritz. It surely would prove a welcome piece of news were these rumors actually true, and judging from all appearances they soon must come to a -full realization, for the allied armies are certainly meeting with wonderful successes each and every day. Lights out" in but a few minutes, so will draw this to a close. With my sincerest wishes to all of McHenry, ^ aftM ' '*>2 * As ever, "Bud,' i From Sergt. Edwin J. France, Oct. 15, 1919. Friend Frank--It has been raining •for five days, consequently beaucoo mud and a rather decided slump in the spirit of the writer, when, all of a sud­ den, your Plaindealer reaches me and now you find me among the happiest in France. Really, you cannot appre­ ciate the welcome that such a package as your papers bring and one must be actually in the position we boys are to fully realize same. It, together with out letters, prove to be the only things that shorten the distance be­ tween us. Only wish that I could be the recipient of each weekly copy. The issue which I received was two months old to the day. However, it was none the less interesting and not an adver­ tisement, to say nothing of the locals, went by unread. As a matter of fact, I read and reread it before I passed it on to the two other McHenry county boys. . Feeling just fine and am living un­ der extraordinary conditions, eating the best of foods and keeping regu­ lar hours. The town in which we are billeted is not of the lively sort, but a month's stay here has made natives of us all and consequently we are con­ tented with living up to that old maxim, "Early to bed, early to rise." The one and only draw back is the total absence of real peppy entertain­ ment, our source of which is limited to a football, cards, baseball and glove. Believe me sincere in saying these articles surely are worked overtime, for never a momenta rest do they receive after the completion of the day's work. In the particular issue of Th6 Plain- dealer that I received, my attention was called to a letter written by Irenus Feffer, who is somewhere over here doing his bit. After reading this letter several times and giving it *. k&li i From Pvt. Anton Blake • . Ft. Mcintosh, Nov. 4, 1018. My Dear Parents--Received your letter and also the.Plaindealer.-Hope that this letter will reach you and find you all well and happy. The sickness here is almost all over, but, we, fare still in quarantine. Hope we will soon get out, for it's getting awfully lonesome. We can go to the Y. M. C. A., where they have moving-^pictures almost every night. We $re, only about' twenty- five feet from the "Y" so you see we have it pretty handy* , I have not written to Bill Blake, but I wrote to Uncle Joe. They said that he had left new Mexico, so I suppose he has gone across. Was suprised to hearj that you have had snow* up there. Seems rather early. Here the weather is just as warm as a July day in Illi­ nois, but the nights are cool. Last Saturday we all got our over­ coats and heavy underwear. Uncle Sam surely is a good uncle. We also get plenty to eat. I was on K. P. last Friday. It surely takes same- thing to feed ail the boys. I have gained five pounds since I have been here, so you see we get plenty of it. Don't do much drilling now. Get up at 6:10, drill from eight to eleven and in the afternoon we have, signals until three o'clock and then we are thru for the day, so you see it's easy to get fat. We expect' to have pay day tomor­ row. I'm glad of it, for I'm almost broke. I send all my laundry out. Get it washed for $2 per month. Sorry to hear that father isn't feel­ ing well. Hope that he will soon be better. I think the war will soon be over. Let's hope .so. Well, I think I will close for this time, as it's al­ most time to go to the movies. With best regards to you, dear parents, I remain as ever, Your soi^-' Pvt. Anton Blake,f \ y 1 Co. M., 37th I#; J Fort 'Mcintosh, Laredo, Texas. From Lfeut. A. H. Pause France; Oct. 16, 1918. Dear Mother and All--All the same as ever except it is getting colder, and as we have no heat we have to keep bundling up to keep warm ^and when we get up in the morning and wash outside it surely wakes a fellow up, but all the same gets a fellow hardened to the^, colder weather that is to follow. r ' There is a lot of pea£e talk, but it's too soon. It is too Bad to have it now when we are licking the Ger­ mans in every direction. Our army should be in Berlin as bosses then maybe an armistice might be al­ right. The word of that German crowd is no .good. Yesterday I was over the front and surely enjoyed the trip. It was very cloudy so it was hard to watch enemy planes. We passed dozens of destroyed villages and troops in all directions. When we pass our balloon lines we know we are close to our enemy and are more watchful thefi ever. Soon we are there and the air becomes full of black balls of smoke from exploding anti-air craft shells. Some ar£ close and some far. We received no bullets from the ground as it was too cloudy, and when we completed our mission we returned homeward, when $he pilot said thru the speaking tube: "Ship coming on left, shall we look at it?" I said "sure" and we made for this plane, while I swung my machine guns around and got everything cleared for action. We got 500 yards from the other plane and to our disgust it was one of our own ships. We cussed our luck for not finding a German plane. Well we got hack without any excitement. I hope 111 soon get some mail and pictures. They surely make a fellow feel good October 19, 1918. Today I got thirteen letters, some ,•& ^ .»r_. ,* . . , . . t J . . k?:- r.-. * L It'S- Vi>" - f- .! £ " •. 'V v <•- r ,t \ ' " * *-> ̂ . t <.4 v ̂,. *41 is where grubber good." YAM&y I teresting trip over the lines with four other planes. The five of us crossed the lines and went back behind the German lines more than six miles and we surely scared the Huns, as every anti-air craft battery within range opened upon us and the sky was full of their bursting shells all around us. My pilot made our ship do every kind of stunts possible, diving, climbing, dropping, hopping and many more, so that the Hun& could not get a line on us. We made six trips over like that and I expect those Germans were crazy because they couldn't hit us. Then I saw a plane coming out of a cloud I cleared for action and smiled at the reception that fellow would get, but when he saw us , he beat it. Ten minutes later I saw a Boche plane below us and told the pilot to drive for him, but our leading ship was already after him and we watched a short, snappy fight, the end coming when we saw the Hun going down in flames. One Yank is equal to three Huns and sometimes more. I like this game first rate as there is plenty of excitement when we -work. I thought I might get sick or scared when we were doing all those stunts to dodge shells, but it didiR*t bother me at all. I stand with a machine gun trigger in each hand and ready to fire ten bullets a second out of each gun if the occasion requires, ̂ even if our plane is up side down. I have felt no sensation yet. . There is not much chance of "a Hun getting a Yank and few are wounded in this grame. It's hard getting hit going two miles per minute and in-sail di­ rections at that. I am hoping to soon take a ride of thirty miles to a place where we can take a bath. Things are happening so fast over here that it's 'hard to guess what's coming'next. We are expecting to move Up closer in a day or so and ip ay be mail may be delayed so' don't worry. Give my best to all and I am feeling fine and dandy. Love. Al." From Pvtj John Freund •* Pvt. John Freund, son of Mr. and' Mrs. Michael Freund of this village, writes: Somewhere ih France, Oct. 16, 1918. Dear Folks: I baven't been quite so happy and surprised for sometime as I was yesterday, when I received three letters from home, and all letters contained good news, tho they were written before Sept. 13. . Somehow it is' not easy to write this afternoon. I don't know' just what it is Perhaps the rainy weather. Have been a little busy the last few days, as I am doing service for which I was trained. I expect, before this letter reaches you you will have received word of my safe arrival over here and shall be glad, for, to a certain extent, your Wor- ries will be over. . With the exception of one day we had' a quiet trip over, the sea calm and the air just cool enough to be a little bracing. v - , The French towns thru which w# have passed are good sized so far. The streets are harrow and paved with cobble -Stones, there being little difference between the .streets and sidewalks. The .houses are all of stone, high and narrow, with only a few windows. Alive about the wine shops. They seem to be the most prominent aspect of all parts to the Sammies. People Are well dressed and they interest me greatly in their wooden shoes. The wooden shoes are, how­ ever, worn/ by all classes of people. One hears a clattering down Hie street and does not know what it is, without looking, whether it is a horse or a person. I have not met any one yet from McHenry or Lake county that I know. My few days of French have provedJx> be quite a boon, altho I know only a few meager phrases, but you may be sure that before I return I will know a great deal more and will have • interesting news to tell. I am as full of impressions as a pud­ ding of raisins, but will have to cur- i.L• - i . j * V«*AA MUO iblVCl. X UU Will gcis lU*Ujf and I shall have ample time to tell mdre later, altho Henry, being here longer than I, has doubtless told you more already than I will know lii jt month: The government has made arrange- ment$ so that each soldier doing ser­ vice abroad can have a three pound Christmas package sent to him free from Hoboken, N. J. The limit is one package only. I am enclosing a cou­ pon, which -was given to me by the commanding officer. Hope all at home are well and happy and do not worry. I will be back to the dear old states some time. Tell everybody to write. Love to all. John, From Pvt. Robert N. Brown The following letter was received by Mrs. J. E. Hauswirth of this vil lage from her brother in France: • France October 20, 1918. Dear Sis and Family--You folks have written often of wanting letters to save and copy and everything so I'll try to write you one that is a little longer, and maybe has jome sense in it. You see I never have much time to really sit down and write an ' honest-to-goodnesB letter, for the work has been too heavy and I haye just had an opportunity now and then to drop a line in between times, but it's Sunday now, and I'm usually off some place seeing France on Sunday unless something unusual turns up, and it's raining to beat the dickens, has been all day, so I thought I'd roll down my boots, grab this machine and try to write a regular . . T r * . y ̂ , i rj•V 1.* * •£* . CL '*L ' ' '* "' ' '-'S'" s *. ' " " .-y' "TV, : V. *•'••• v*-* v . , . 1 . 2 - t . i n k i Ih tiio ^rst plade e ing §fon* as per wor kmg hard, but 1 be long before we will be craning home. The Boche are getting their's now. I suppose that you all have been reading about the new drives and the Germans' plea for peace, and I guess there will be peace soon all right, but Willy won't ljave anything to say about it. Guess hell realize that he started a game with his own rules an£ regulations, but said rules and regulations not being according to Hoyle have been justly revised and the next time he wants to start any­ thing I guess he'cl better go to some uncivilized part of Africa and teach the natives something about being barbarians. My opinion on the peace stuff is just this: The German na­ tion is just like the German soldigr. The German soldier stands and pumps machine gun bullets at a Yank until he sees a bayonet flashing in front of him, then he hollers "Kamarad" and pleads fqr mercy and expects to get mercy and receive a pat on the back and two-thirds of the Yanks' grub after he's captured. The German nation, while they seemed to have the upper hand and were, on foreign soil, would listen to, no terms of peace because they thought that they would be the victors and could, dictate their own terms. Now things are some­ what reversed. They are being throv/n back to their own soil. They see that their dreams of world con­ quest are at an end and that they are about to receive a little of the wreck and ruin that France and Bel­ gium have known, so the nation holds up its hands and crys "Kamarad" as their soldiers do, and the nation, too, expects to receive mercy and two- thirds of the spoils. They expect peace at their terms so that their country will be saved and things will go on as before except that France and Belgium will have cities to re­ build and years of work to put them back ,on their feet again, while Ger­ many will have a land untouched by war and ruin. Pretty crafty are th'ey, but I think that they are deal­ ing with a few men who are now acquainted with the tricks of ;r? Hun, and who are just a little bit smarter when it ccmes to arranging terms of peace. About this Kamarad stcutjf. "There is a good story , told. 1 don't know whether I've mentioned it before -or nclt as 1 write to quite a few and don't remember just what I have said. A -'young Yank confronted a big Boche,' Who at the sight of the bay­ onet felt his feet freeze and a yellow sg|;g3d^ over his spine. The Hun, as per usultfr*y«Jied "Kam^pad." Come a rod, you answered the Yank. "Come a foot, you son- of-a-gun, and IH* finish you." The poor kraut head, notv knowing what the Yank had said, started to advance. (Taps The Berlin Bugle published another casualty.) My uke still continues to be a pal of mine and I sure do get enjoyment out of it. Whenever I get aiToppor- tunity I make the rounds of the wards and sing for the patients and I sure do feel repaid just to see them smile and look happy. It was funny, one night I was in on$ of the wards and started thihgs' off by singing "Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia." It so happened that right in. front of me was a smoke from Georgia and you should have seen that darkie's face light up. He kept talking all the time I was singing, just uke a minstrel man. "That's right boy," he would say, or "I sho' would" and after singing a few more southern ditties he got up and started to dance for us, "and I tell you that coon could' step a little. I learned later that the smoke. had been bed­ ridden with rheumatism for over two weeks. I don't know how he felt next day. The fellows cfaim that the music is worth all of the medicine in the world. They sure seem to like it and I have made lots of friends in this way. I can't walk down our company street without two or three fellows yelling "Coming in tonight, Bud?" "How about calling on us to­ night," or something like that. Have made up some regular songs since coming over-here, at least they seem to be kind a popular. "Bonnie" is the favorite and everyone seems to like it. You know the old Chateau Grand Blottereau comes» to life every onoe in awhile and a dance goes on, and I sure do feel, kind a proud when I find myself near the old place, the huge French windows ablaze with light and the people swaying to the tune of "Jasper" or "Bonnie" or "When I Dream of You." Say, if you folks can get a hold of a copy of the liberty loan edition of the "Stars and Stripes," our A. E. F. newspaper, and the best paper in the world by the way,- for the love o' Mike hang onto it for a souvenir. There are only about rive hundred copies in France so they tell me and I consider myself very lucky that I had an opportunity of seeing one. There is a story in there about a chap named Scotty that sure appeals. The, story appeals to me because I have met several of Scotty's pals. Scotty was only sixteen or so when he enlisted and the proudest and greatest day he knew was when he was told to hold a certain portion of the road with his sho-sho gun. Scotty obeyed orders and held the road un­ til thirty Germans had fallen and a machine gun bullet had reached his heart. The story ends. Scotty died on-his gun. He did his part, do yours. By golly, anyVody who reads of him and then doesn't buy bonds must certainly be a pro-German or else doesn't even know there is a war going on. Tell the story to others, it >> 3: ' 4 ,<vt# > & r h hat! ome. v fdu would feel proj | fellows oyer here yon should *of tbffte fellows, with won make tyou &icS,\ just a-spailing bearing the pain 'Sets^ if nothing happened. I can't say as much fcp* the Boche. They yell like they were killed at a pin scratch. ^ | Say folks, if you know of any young ladies or other folks at home, who are dying to do their bit and ;; don't know , whether to study to bei» trained nurse or to volunteer fin* overseas duty as a Red Cross worker, tell them to just sit down one of their lone&ome evenings, when they are mad because all of the fellows have gone to war, and drop a line to somebody over here. I'm not writing of myself in particular, because I guess I get my share of mail (never too much you know), but for every one in general. I have seen some bf these fellows here who have not re­ ceived a letter for three and four months get some mail dated way. back in May and you should see how happy they are. I also know of a certain fellow who didn't receive ally mail for about" three weeks and every big mail Jim Jones would get six and John Doe would get five, and I'm telling yo^ that fellow folt worse than the fellow with both legs am­ putated who had a handful of mail from tstates. So tell 'can to write long letters and enclose clip­ pings and pictures, foolishness and cartoons and everything, and< they will be doing far more than they realize. The French were all celebrating yesterday. They must think the war is over. They had the whole town decorated with French and American flags. There were almost as many American flags as there were French flags which again illustrates the friendly feeling which exists betWfeiv the French and we'uns. You will note the new signature at the bottom of this letter. It's Pvt. Icl now. A fellow just came in to congratulate ipe- and I very obliging­ ly passed around cigarettes. How­ ever, it so happened that said cigar­ ettes belonged to somebody else so it's all right with me. That's the way I am .a sport all of the time. ^ I'm kinda looking forward* to a leave' and if I get it you'll see - old Robert N. making tracks for Nice. Sure hope 1 land it, because, beliive me, it will be some trip, and Nice is quite a wonderful place. Oh, I'm jor ing to see all there is to see or Jcnow £he reason why. ^ Must close now ^nd hit the hay, 'cause tomorrow's another day. Write long • and often to Your loving brotiier.^i, ^ | Pvt. Icl Robt. N. Browne iUSA Base Hospital No. 11, I, . A. E. F^ APQ 76€i N o t i c e . ! > \ t ' been called for service in the U. S. medical corps, I will leave at once and hereby notify all persons indebted to me to call and make im­ mediate settlement. I also request any person holding a claim against me to present same for settlement. Dr. D. G. Wells. Junk Wanted!; Will pay the highest price fopr J iron, rags and rubber. Extrj^,.,; * ' prices for all telephone calls. ^ « J DAVID SEGEL ̂ Phone 90-R . :: McHswy, ift. ^ WE BUY f FALSE TEETH! We pay from $2.00 to $35.00 per set (broken or not). We also pay actual value for diamonds, old gold, silver and bridge work. Send at once by • parcel'post and receive cash by return mail. Will return your goods if iipr price is unsatisfactory. ; i MAZER'S TOOTH SPECIALTY Dept. X, 2007 So. 5th St. Philadelphia, :: :: :: to use a lamp socket as an attachment for the Vacuum Cleaner, or the Electric/ Washing Machine, or Iron, or Toaster, or Disc Stove, Chafing Dish, Percolator, Curling Iron, Heating Pad, Utility Motor, Fan or any one of maQy- &e£tri£al Ap­ pliances. "\v. ' : i ' • THE REMEDY is to equip the house with many WALL and BASEBOARD OUTlJfeW: N umerous houses wired be­ fore Electrical Appliances reached their present per­ fection are lacking in these. They are easily added to any installation. We do the work. It's inexpensive Public Service Co. or NORTHERN ILLINOIS m :V. W 'i" * * •*' V- ^ • , / -J.' - '-i ?