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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1919
Page
4
Postmaster Fanning announced 2000 Dad's Day letters from Omaha Yanks to France arrived for distribution. The notes, written November 24 at the Stars and Stripes request, describe soldiers’ hope to return home and share a brief honest Christmas message with their fathers.
Soldier Beuford writes from Frence addressing his father on Dad's Letter Day. He describes travel through Sostland Ragland and across the Channel to camps in LaHarre Nantes and notes hardships now eased with good food and morale. He reflects on American resolve, hopes for imminent departure, observes French slow pace, and expresses family love and pride.
Scott Miller writes his mother from Belgium about American troops aiding civilians, Belgian kindness, and bayonet wounds suffered by civilians. He recalls Meuse drives, the 1918 armistice, and longing to return home while noting friends like Oscar died of spinal meningitis and the Belgian relief’s impact on famine.
French trains delight American soldiers with light freight cars and efficient women brakemen. French passenger coaches seat sixty per car, doubling capacity by using two cars for one American car. Freight cars are ten tons, easy to move, with yard shunting aided by small turntables. through trains run on good roadbeds with straight tracks and no grade crossings, while tunnels are bore rather than curved.
Young Bobby writes to Santa Claus for gifts as his father remains believed lost at sea. A telegram honors family hope and, three days before Christmas, Peter delivers a letter from Santa promising the finest present. On Christmas morning the father arrives home to a joyous reunion and a festive, unforgettable day.
The fragmentary text shows a handwritten wartime letter referencing rising costs, items like shoes and suits, and high prices such as a gallon of fuel. It mentions movements, censorship, and concern for the mother and family, with scattered personal notes and numbers.
Report describes French freight trains lacking air brakes or cabooses and staffed by one male conductor and two women brakemen in black uniforms. Women wear embroidered insignia, wear balloon skirts replaced by pants, and ride in crummies called dog chennuses. Codetailed accounts note they perform well as brakemen.
Creditors of Beulah Bell deceased must present claims to the Administrator before the county judge at the Jefferson County Court on March 10 1919 at nine oclock AM for examination adjustment and allowance. Three months from December 1 1918 are allowed to file claims. any not filed by March 9 1919 will be forever barred. Dated December 1918. Louis J Nuetzman County Judge. C H Denney attorney.
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