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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
3
Local notes report soldiers home for Christmas and visits by Ensign George Royer and Ensigns from Seattle. New births, business openings, and property upgrades described. The Peninsula National Bank expands floor space while pier and dock improvements move forward. Community events include a Parcel Post social and local sales, rentals, and ads for rainwear and household goods.
Pvt Louis A Fletcher writes from the A E F describing service with the 6th U S Engineers and Pioneer Engineers. He recounts the Marne battle, shrapnel wounds, typhoid fever, hospital stays, and movements toward Verdun as the division joins the Third Army while awaiting peace terms. He notes a service stripe and wound stripe, and hopes to return home once hostilities end.
The churches of St Johns observe a Week of Prayer from December 29 1918 to January 3 1919 with services at various times and locations including Bartlet church and Evensalica church each evening and Episcopal church on Thursday, all at 7 30 P M.
Wrote from Liverpool by L N Bellinger to his father recounting postwar plans. He expects to sail home by December six with troop peers possibly via New York or France. Mentions Kaiser, remaining troops, K Satterlee companion, London trip via Scotland, and a year abroad ending on the eleventh of next month.
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