Messages from the Front and Home Footnotes of 1918 War Life
A fragment from a World War I letter details battlefield anger, prisoner treatment, and ministering to wounded. It notes a newly earned Master Gunner rank, shared living quarters, scarce baths in France, and the harsh Y M C A environment while anticipating the war's end.
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Mother
Marvin
John Jessup
France
Fort Stevens
Alfalfa Sale and Local Help Wanted Ads
Classified notices include Chehalem Valley Mills selling alfalfa at 28 dollars a ton, a high school girl seeking room and board for light housekeeping, and a small second hand separator wanted. Also included are a church supper notice, rental details for a house with outbuildings, and farm with pasture near a mill. Local contact at Box 414 and River Street Newberg.
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Chehalem Valley Mills
River Street
Newberg
Wesley Boyes Seeks Sale of Farm Livestock
A rural notice by Wesley Boyes requests buyers for fat cattle, sheep and goats. The listing lists mutton lambs veal and goats for sale from R F D No 32 area with a Blue 148 designation.
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Wesley Boyes
Pheme Blue
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