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NEER, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1918men-theismeikere-thevasuseinng-Mr.to■Vitlainlin, gbt rlill ale, tied al-the up f it :ept leirre*r-Sergeant Paul Hawkins, of Ter-lingua, Texas, son of Wiliiam Haw* kins, of north of' town, in a recent letter to his father says in part:“We had just finished filling out our overseas cards when the news that the armistice had been signed reached us. I don’t suppose we will go over now, but perhaps will be keptat the border. As for the signing of the armistice, it came as no surpriseto USu“We saw by the paper what a glorious celebration was held in Lebanon. I wish that every Boone poun-ty bov, including myself, could have been there. Lebanon never was behind, thb, on that score. Down here in T^exas we did not get the news in time to celebrate much.“1 know* this will be a happy Thanksgiving lor everyone. There is so much to be thankful for. I suppose we will have just as big a feast as we did last year. We always have good food, only there are always ‘extras’ on Thanksgiving.“The ‘flu’ has struck th? camp at Terlingua. There have been several deaths near us, but none in our camp.The Mexicans have suffered greatly but the disease, is under control at ^ our camp so well that we expect no deaths.”—A—S'thbt
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Lebanon Pioneer
Lebanon, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 05, 1918
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