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BUREAU COUNTY TRIBUNE.MANLIUS SOLDIERWRITESVIVIDSTORYmy best to all, I remain, as ever,your son,SGT. HARRY L. DABLE'R.4*—4* 4*—4*ELMER OWENS WRITES.❖4*4*U, S. ARMY LIFEISergeant Ilarry L. Rubier in Letter to His Father Tells of Work HeHas Been Doing “Over There” inthe Squadron He is With es W ork of Red lt;ross.Prais.!there. ” The Dear Dad: over and as Sunday workHarry L. Dabler, of Manlius, who arrived in Prance the first of March has written his father, William Dabler, a very interesting’ letter telling of life in the army “overletter follows:Sunday inspection isI wasn’t detailed forwill try and write abit. It is getting to be such a jobthat I have about decided to swearoff writing all together. Lots towrite about but the thing is, whereto draw the line. Just at present, Ihave a detail of thirty men doing construction work in the various branches assembling trusses, laying purlins, sheathing tar paper skylights, putting on corrugatting iron, even to building coffins for drowned Chinese. By the time I get out of the army I will have to learn the English language over again after learning French and ChineseiWe put up portable barracks for • several weeks and had one of the fastest crews on the job. With good luck when the ground wasn’t too uneven, could put up one in sevenFollowing is a letter from Elmer Owens, of Sheffield:Dear Mother and All: I am feeling just fine and ready to go. I just ate supper and we had steak, potatoes, and gravy with a few carrots in it (we call it slum) bread,jelly, macaroni and cheese, and beet pickles—sure tasted good as I was pretty hungry. We have not done any drilling since Monday because we have a lot of work to do before we leave, and have to clean up our camp. We start packing Saturday and leave here Monday, but don’t know where we are going to land.What do you think of the war? I’ll bet when the Kaiser sees us coming over the top with our big cannons he sure wPl quit very soon j for there are over 2,000 men in the81st F. A. and they claim that the 81st is the strongest and best ar-tilery in the IT. S. A., so I know we can push our way to Berlin very easily after we once get started, for you know when a “Sammie*’ fires a shot he shoots to kill. We have been shooting at a five-mile range and hitting pretty darn close too, for these guns are built to shoot where you set them.ELMER E. OWEXS, JRfletaacIrcttftcI(1iI11lt;]* COUNTY COURT ORDERS. *Probato Proceedings for the WeekEnding July 0, A. I).Estate Lewis Cartwright—Orderfix July 26, 1918 as day for final or eight hours, to house over thirty j eemenient. Order finding heirship men. Had a card from Don yester-dav, he has been away on detachedentered. Order record.Estate Wm. R. TumblesonPe-service for a month and a half. He is in the big city that sets the world’s fashions now. The morals ajoiointof the French people is wonderful, ........with no signs of weakening. Xo one seen around this part of the country except women, old men and young boys. Practically all are wear- ^ ^ ^ing mourning. Me have hoped some fjer approve and record, day of getting through with thisi tition for letters of administration l and affidavit of decease filed. Or-Angeline Tumbleson admx. upon taking oath and enter-I ing into bond in sum of $6000.• Oath takes. Bond approved. Tetters » issued. Order appoint September ; 1918 as claim term. Inventory. Or-1■construction work and seeing ac tive service on the front, but it doesn’t look promising for the near future. There is the possibility of doing construction work on the front. We wouldn’t mind doing the building work if they would only • send us where we would know there was a war going on, even though it was nothing more exciting than being bombed.We are about eight kilometers from a town of fair size and go down there once in a while on Sunday to look around. Tt is very interesting. the narrow winding streets, stone houses and every one seems to prefer the street to the sidewalk. The French say they haveto learn to speak English as theAmericans won’t learn French. Same is true of traffic laws, instead of the American learning to drive on the left hand side they have taught the French to drive on the ri rl t hand side We are building regular cities of our own.Estate Anna M. Harrison—Petition for letters of administration and affidavit of decease filed. Order appoint R. C. Webb admr. upon entering into bond in sum of $2000 and taking oath. Oath taken. Bond approved. Letters issued.Estate Joseph Minsterman, Thos. H. Stonebraker, John T. Johnson, Hannah Hanson, Jacob Albrecht, Thos. P. Guilfoyle, Harriet Lord, J. M Peterson—Claim Terms. Orderapprove notices of claim terms.Estate Umberto Chiarello—Order entered approving Appraisement Bill and Widows’ Award.Estate avid Ballans—Order entered approving Appraisement Bill and Award. Order record.Estate William Shurts—WaiverOur conditions are fine—good barracks, electric lights and hot water in the shower baths. The French are just like our own people in the states. Wherever the American soldiers are they are hell forof Award and appraisement by widow'. Order record.Estate J. M. Peterson—Claims Xo. 1 to 9 inclusive classed and allow-ed.Estate Teofil Li beck, minor—Petition for letters of guardianship filed. Order appoint Otto Liheck guardian upon entering into bond of $160. Bond filed. Letters issued.i Estate John Riordan—Petition i for letters of administration dei «■bonis non with Will annexed. Filed.francs, and it costs us about three Order appoint George E. Welshfrancs for what the natives pay for one. It isn’t so hard paying it to these people as it used to be around San Antonio. We have been playing .some baseball—w*on 4 and lost °#}so are leading the camp league now' Had my usual luck, got one of the small bones broken in my hand a few weeks ago, but it is coming along all right. Glad to learn the people of Manlius did so nicely in the Red (’ross drive, but don’t see how there ran be any slackers insuch a grand and noble work as the Red Cross work is, for they are doing wonders for the boys over here. Wait until the boys come borne to the states and they will take care of all the slackers. Hope to meet Perry, Frank, Stewartt and all the Bureau county boys. Withadmr. etc. upon taking oath. Oath taken. Bond approved. Letters issued.Estate Peter Tedisli—-(Petitionfor letters of administration and affidavit of decease filed. Order appoint R. M. Skinner, Public Admr, administrator upon entering into bond in sum of $2800 and taking oath.Hattie Ladzinski, Insane—Petition for recommitment filed. Order set for hearing July 6th, 1918, at9 a. m. Orde~ writ. Hearing. Orderto recommit to Watetown entered.InsureAgency.with the Phone 4 01.Co-Operative
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Princeton Bureau County Tribune
Princeton, Illinois, US
Fri, Jul 12, 1918
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