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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
4
Grover Waggoner written Dec 1918 from St Nazaire France describes Navy service near the Rhine. He details a railway gun and shellfire against German railways tunnels and says the war ended their harsh work with victory reports. He hints at impending return home and closes with love to his family.
From Earl Snyder Bar le duc December 5 1918 writing of the YMCA building comfort and bath visits to rid cooties, hopes of eastern occupation or a seaport, and distant talk of Wilson at Peace Conference. He recalls harsh battles near Romagne, air attack and artillery barrages, and the Spanish flu in a damp European winter. He mentions friends Bugbee Bent and Charl e, and ends with Christmas wishes and a note on mail delays.
Orval Patton writes December 2 1918 from a French hospital in Toul describing slow recovery and uncertainty about return to his unit He notes no mail for three weeks lack of funds and boredom with shelling while longing for the dear old U S A and commenting on the Frog Pond nickname of the area.
Pvt. Frank Frisbie reports healing wounds from Europe after service with the American Expeditionary Forces. He recalls battles near Chateau Thierry and September shellfire, mentions the back injury and numb hips, and expects to return home by next summer if sent. He asks about corn harvest and plans to visit Dad's table once more.
In letters from Frank Cully dated Nov 1918 and Nov 26 1918 he describes sea voyage conditions aboard the German ship Rappahannock with 374 horses, a submarine scare, a death from flu, and pay delays. He notes train travel near the front, German prisoners, influenza, hospital life, and longing for family, candy, and Christmas.
Ray Green writes of receiving three letters in two days, sharing hope of returning home in spring and securing peace terms. He notes gaining weight, armistice celebrations in French villages, and his duties in the Receiving Office handling patient records and mail among doctors and Red Cross nurses.
Mrs John Jamison of Ellis died Wednesday from pneumonia following influenza leaving a husband and five children and an aunt of Mrs Archie Carpenter. A carload of cattle was shipped by Will Camp. Mr and Mrs Chas Sandman visited Fairbury and Paul Sandman’s. Claire Cuthbert sick with flu. Dora Mees and Marie Shipman visited. Russel Campbell and Henry Arnold ill or gassed. Kroeteching Co. cutting ice from Ralph Sandman pond north of town.
A fragment notes a fiancé described as an official by using the term kitchen police, contrasting with a statement that he was in the food conservation service. The dialogue hints at a humorous mislabel or mistaken title.
Ridgeway Pa James Reed sought a new wooden leg but chose to buy a Liberty bond valuing country over prosthetic. His patriotic stand earned him a wooden leg gifted by a local concern that promotes disability issues.
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