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A HUMESTON BOYGIVES HIS LIFE INBATTLE IN FRANCE; |Albert B. Anderson, Member 01 \Co. C 119th Infantry, aWar Victim July 21.AGED 26; .NATIVE OF SWEDEN;. !Word Received Sunday by His Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sweii Anderson.iMPrivate Albert Bernard Anderson, 1 aged twenty-six, who left Humes:- •-ton on February 25 for Camp Dodge, j was killed in action in France on jJuly 21- |That wars the information received j in a telegram received by his par- jeels, Mr. and Mrs. Swen Anderson,Sunday afternoon. tPrivate Anderson is the second \ mi] Humeston boy to lose his life in at action in France. One other, Corporal Alva F. Eaton, was killed in action on March 5.No details of the young man’s death were given in the official message. He was a member of Co.C 119th infantry, and it is presumed that he took part in the great allied counter offensive at the time it was started, and which has had such great results.Private Anderson was a particularly high type rof young man— earnest, modest, chivalrous. He was a good worker on the farm.He had many friends.He and seven other local hoysiytio;thillo^tnain2Nilwere given a farewell dinner at the jHotel Lee on Sunday, February 24. The following day he reported at Camp Dodge. He did not have an opportunity to come home on a furlough after leaving here.He had been in France two months and had been in Belgium for a short time. He is survived by his aged parents and a brother, Seif, who is in class 2. The boy was born in Sweden and came, to this country when seven years old.A letter, dated July 17, was received by his parents Monday. He wrote a cheerful letter and stated that all was well with him.His relatives, of course, were grief-stricken to learn of his death, but they showed how Americans can meet and bear sorrow when it comes as a result of what they believe is a righteous cause. - Sad-nened as they are they are proud of Private Anderson and his soldierlyDofrobetReGeHa\GeSirLecourage.Following is a copy of the telegram received by the family Sun-PaElt;W-1GInM;day:Washington, D. C.Deeply regret to inform vou that Private Albert B. Anderson is cf-f.cally reported killed in action,July 21.McCain, Adjt. General.The sacrifices of our brave lads on the western front knit together the American people in the high resolve that the war must go on till the brutal autocracy that started it is destroyed.mMofbeclattrriseO!qg:
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Humeston New Era
Humeston, Iowa, US
Wed, Aug 07, 1918
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