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^sort of detached from the rest of the and figuring for a few days ba(^: 11world. For instance I have forgotten home.| i' the present lt;«.te and day of the week! How I would enjoy some of moth-£1ilse“j several times and have inquired of er’s cooking, t.ien a big* cigar, and a * other soldiers and they have answer- good long talk with all of you. I ed Search me sergeant. I would like to have Jim and Blanch,There seems to he three predomi- James and Elizabeth, Barton and nant interests. First licking old Geraldine and Julia Ann, Bessie, Alex Fritz, second, self preservation and and the twins, Minnie, Thom and third, “When will we get back home? Jiine all in Wabash when I get back. As to the first we are certainly1 Of course that includes Isabell and pounding them into surrender, per- Bob, and last but not least, Mother - jsonally. I think they are willing to and Father- I have received lettersrt'.quit but are restrained by their lead- from all of you and hope this letter ers. I have t.'fken part in two sue- may be passed around as an answer cessful drives and am in hopes this to them.second will “Finis Bochc■’* From i Was very much surprised and sorry newspaper reports I have learned to hear of the death of Mr. Charles fttjthat Bulgaria and Turkey have Rose and Mrs. Grass. Please extend thrown up the sponge and it looks my sympathy to those who grieve good for Austria to follow them, their death. Mr. Rose was a splendid That will break the central alliance type of man, one worthy of high re-and will certainly hasten peace with speet. Mrs. Grass was especially Germany. It will surely end late nice to me, she always had a friendly this fall or next spring. j greeting for me, and I regret verySelf preservation of course varies much to hear of her death.with the branch of service. I won’t j Received Plain Dealers this P. M. attempt to describe what an air man of August 26th and Sept. 12th. does, nor an infantry man, nor an ar- j I am writing this standing or lean-tillery man, but an engineer has the ing against a pile of Howitzer proexquisite pleasure of dodging sehra- jectiles and if they were to explode, nell and-high explosive shells. .part of Bert and myself might arrive A high explosive shell digs a hole I home in short ord^r. Engineer Hau-in the ground about ten feet wide ser read a note dropped from an and throws pieces of metal some I American plane, declaring that Tur-|times a thousand feet. The best way»key had surrendered, Bulgaria had id. to dodge them is to lie close to the - surrendered, and Austria had askedtI1(s-g*anedal-68ground and pray for good luck. If they make a direct h?t, you are surefor an armistice to be extended to them with terms of surrender.a dead fish* Last week I was stand- Hurrah! Hurrah! and then some
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Wabash Daily Plain Dealer
Wabash, Indiana, US
Wed, Nov 27, 1918
Page 3
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