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DUBUQUE BOYPRISON CAMPI It ought to b© getting towards springaround old Dubuque now.“Your affectionate son,I JOHN.loishMy address Is Company 53, Brandenburg, Germany.*#.T»«HIM SAWYER OF 305 SEMINAR ' YOUNG MAN DIESSTREET, HELD CAPTIVE INGERMANY.WAS ON STEAMER ISMERALDAAFTER LONG ILLNESSah: hnIiAn illness of one and one half years jjAMterminated Saturday morning at 7:30Boat Wat pedoedCaptured and Then Tor*by Submarine—Writesto His Parents.in the death of Charles T Mettel, 28years old, at the homehis parents,Mr. and Mrs. John B. Mettel, 22 MonMr and Mrs John T. Sawyer of 3A5roe street. The deceased was a life-Seminary street, are in receipt of »letter from tbelr son, John Sawyer,1who is now a prisoner In a Germanprison camp near Dulmen, Westphalia,Germany.Sawyer was on the steamer Tsmer^ . alda, sunk by a German submarine,and was taken prisoner along with thecrew befor© the torpedo sent thet- i steamer to th© bottom.Hopes to Be Freed.0ySawyer’s letter to his parents foly low?r-! “Dear Father anlt;1 Mother:ai-r-3*f*•#Ju§t a line or two to let ymi know5.aQifV1that 1 am well and hope you nr© all (the same. We are in Germany now; don’t know how long we will have tostay but have hop^s of being released soon. I am all right. W© aro being treated welt. Our ship was captured and sunk and we were brought inf f Germany. Did you receive the cardsand letter I sent from Liverpool?' The weather has been cold p.n j damp ever since we have been here.innVEFFICIENT SERCan Be Obtained Only From a IVen Up His Entire Life toMen's Ailo diseased, worn out, wesire to be brought back to theirrestored again to 1 lealth and \ccpt the reconstructive treatmentaking Medical Speciaach,The Dubuque Medical Instiver. Bowel, Kidney andW eakness, Loss of Ambiness, v\ eauness.Restless Nights, Blood Poison, S By methods decidedly those ofIf you are suffering fromT*he Dubuque Medical Institute,ist. Examination strictly conficiished.DUBUQUE MEDI312 Security Building, Cor
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Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Sat, May 19, 1917
Page 19
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