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Alex Murrain Telegraph* Homem in———'rfi.It will be remembered by manyit' (»ur readers that Alex Mur-•W. r * .*# * rJ\, ■lt;•,lt; •• ’ r^,T.rain, sou of Mr and Mrs. Howard T.. Murrain of Purdiu, enlisted in the Navy Dee. 5th, 1R17. Alex4 us in training for three months it . Great Lakes, Chicago, then went to Ellis Island, N'tw York, from which plaee he sailed, after only a few days, for France, go* | *.ng upon the big German interned ship, Fatherland—now the leviathan—said to be the biggest‘ * . *• % ‘ ’ *ship afloat._ • A .lt; *» . ‘ ...... „Last Saturday while Mr. Howard Murrain was in LinOeus he permitted us to see the following telegram which he had received from his son: '“New York, Mav 12th.Howard Murrain,Pttdin. Mo.: . jArrived tonight in New Yorkfrom European Port. Had a nice trip. Did not get to write beforeI left. An real well. Will notbe here long. Have not heardfrom you for a month. Will write soon. Not much scared of the kaiser.Love to all,r«*i ^•I,M i'fIt will also be good news to the many friends of Alex Murrain and Ward Hale, to know that they, having left Purdin together, were in training logether and are still together upon the sameIf ' ----
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Linneus Bulletin
Linneus, Missouri, US
Thu, May 30, 1918
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