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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-11-22
LETTER FROM DEWEY WOLFE

Somewhere in France. Oct. 26.
Dear Sister Ruth:
received your letter some
time ago, but as we did not go out
TO drill today on account of if
raining so hard, and | took nv
tablet and envelopes and Junk
and beat it downstairs by the
fire. We live over some nice old
French people, and they let us
come down by the fire to keep
warm and to dry our clothes.
You tell Charlie M. that | think
ne was very much mistaken, for
haven't had a promotion yet,
except they have made me sec
ond in command of squad (8).
but do. not have very much to
do except when the squad mops
up a trench; then i am pretty
busy, or will be pretty busy, L
should say.
Just a word about how a
French woman has to do her
cooking. They have fireplace
and right near it cook stove. 1t
has two holes and little bit of a
reservoir from which they get the
water out by faucet, and then
fairly good sized oven to do what
baking is necessary. They use
mostly (here in this place)
wooden knives and forks, but
they sure do the business, for she
cooked us a rabbit the other day
and it sure was fine. 1t was
cooked in wine, and should be
pretty good, Ell?
Mother wrote me letter a
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and NH, Edgecomb, Mrs. Meyers,
Mrs. MeGavren, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
M. Jones; also the following Wis
-itors, Mrs. Tom Cdsack, Mrs.
futile, Mrs. Myrtle Darman, Mr..
and Mrs. Ennis Davenport and
son, Bruce Moorehouse and GILL
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Beckiey
and son, James Allen, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Jines and children, Mrs.
Geo. Colver, Misses Luree Fitch,
Lydia Colver and Ruth Hoden.
After singing America, tho
club adjourned to meet with Mr..
and Mrs. j.. W. Deal the third
Saturday in December.
J. f. JONES, President.
Mrs. Bernard Jones, Secretary.
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9MopALE.

Mrs. Roy Mead..and children of
collins, Ia, are-visiting with rel
atives here this week.
Miss Fern Eddie left Monday
for her home at Carroll, Neb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sharpnack,
of Omaha visited Saturday and.
Sunday at tire parental VIM.
Sharpnack home.
Mrs. G. W.. Middleton and
-dauhter Beulah were Missouri
Valley visitors Saturday after
noon.
S. Fitzpatrick purchased a new
Hundson Super Six car Saturday.
Mrs. George Riley of Mondamin
visited friends here Friday.
Mrs. Ida Little went to Omaha
Saturday to visit her mother, who
is in hospital there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley Middleton
of Omaha visited Saturday night
and Sunday at the parental VIM.
Middleton home,
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LETTER FROM GAIL mokAln.

| lamp funStOn, kaS., Nov. IA.
Dearest Mother and Dad:
| | received your welcome letter
today and was sure glad to hear
from you all. What made you
think was sick, for mother, /
write to you every other day and
sometimes every day.
Am feeling fine every day, but
there are lots of the men under
quarantine here. Our battalion
OF $50 men are all we'll, and if
should ever get sick, sure will
have our captain write you. /
write Hattie every day and she is
we'll for her. Don't worry about
me, for everything will come out
right for us, I'm sure, and I'm
sure feeling better now than
ever felt in my life.
Well, mother, will know for
sure tonight or tomorrow if | will
get to come home and will write
you right away as soon as I'm
sure about it.
Hope you are all we'll. Tell dad
got letter from Cousin Gussie
Bingley and she said they were
all pretty we'll and to give her love
to all.
| SO, mother, don't worry about
me, and l will at least write you
three or four times week. Give
all the folks my love, so l car
save stamps, and wish them vel
and lots of good eats Thanksgiy-
ing. | remain your son always
with love and kisses to yourself.
PRIVATE w. G. McKAIN.
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"sR,.a,no IN the .nEAvEs."

| used to have a feeling that the
earth was done with war;
That for the fall of Adam men
had paid in full the score.
I thought the nations Christian
don't think so any more,
AS we go marching on.
Columbia tried to dodge it, but
she couldn't quite do that;
So off TO France go, side by each,
the plebe and plutocrat,
While here at homeythe profiteers
are licking up the fat,
AS we go marching on.
Some day the soulless sons Of
Mars in battle will go down
Before the hosts of freedom who
will wear the victor's crown;
The goose of Bill the. kaisersawill
be cooked perfect brown,
AS we go marching on.
And when the land has finished
with these furious affairs,
And many men now living will
have. climbed the golden
stairs,
Our patriotic profitecrs will all
be millionaires
AS we go marching on.
They have sounded forth a trum-
pet that shall never blow re-
treat,
For a strong revision upward as
TO spuds' and bread and meat.
This damgrafting process touches
everything we wear and eat
AS we go marching on.
Nebraska State .Journaf.
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-srnAwsERRIEs ron xmas.

Col. A. N. Draper, operating q
truck farm northeast of MoAllen,
was a visitor at the Monitor of.
flee during the week and .stated
that his strawberry patch is do-
ing nicely and that he expects to
begin picking the luscious red
berries within another week or
two. This is nearly three weeks
insadyance of former picking And
Mr.. Draper believes he will have
the earliest Strawberries ever put
on the McAllen market. - sThere
will be plenty of them, he stated,
to decorate the Christmas festive
board. just think DfsitssMr. Snow
Digger! Strawberries f6ts Christ
masl Can you, beat it in, your
frozen-up northern home Mo-.
Allen -(Texas) Monitor.
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short while back and also sent me
comfort kit, and say, l thought
never would get through taking
thlngs out OF it, for there was ev-
erythlng in there anybody would
have use for and then some.
Yes. Ruth, l received that box
OF cigarettes and many thanks
for them. This pay day l bought
some French silk pillow slips and
am sending them to you. There is
one i'm there for mother and ono
for you, one for Grace and one
Tor Lucy, also little handker-
chef for Mrs. True. didn't
know what else to buy and
thought they might look good to
you, so be on the lookout for
them. Will send them with this
letter tonight.
Have you heard from grandma
or grandpa lately, and how are
they?
Well, l can't say as whether
the Ak-Sar-Ben will have any,
thing on US or not, as, you know
we have some pretty big fire
works over here all the time, but
we can't see them.
Yes, | have learned the wig-wag
and also part of the semaphore
signals, but don't use the former
very much yet.
think we will have the chance
pretty soon, or anyway, l hope so,
to muss up some of those Dutch.
and when we do muss them up it
Will be one big slaughter, for we
will go in not to lose, but to
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PRIVATE FRANCIS McDERMOTT 18th Railway Eneineers

for them to come through Bel
GUM. They weren't looking for
them to use gas. either, but they
did. The French or English
didn't know what gas mask
looked like. have had several
lrenchmen and Englishmen tell
me if the Germans knew the eff
feet the gas had they could have
gone through their lines lots of
times, but now they are wasting
their gas. Little damage done by
II. There is a regiment of coons
located near our barracks and the
lieutenant can talk fairly good
English. He was telling me of
ms experience in the trenches.
us better than Charlie Chaplin
IN the movies. He started with
1875 men. He has 95 left. He
SAID the regiment relieved regi-
ment OF Frenchmen and thew
made the change at night and the
next morning the Fritzies made a
charge on their trenches. He said
they waited until they got out of
their trenches, then turned the
machine guns on them and moved
Them down like weeds. Then the
blacks jumped over the TOP and
started after them, but their cap
tam called them back. They cap
tured some prisoners and they
We're crylng-nothing but kids.
one OF the coons pulled his knife
out and cut one of their throats
before they could stop him. The
next day they held bread up over
their trenches and showed it to
them. They said ''Kamerad.
prod, so the coons threw them
some, the big coon said, but the
next day when they said "brod,"
we threw them mud. Then he
would laugh. He said he would
wait for a Fritzie to put his head
above the trench, then he would
nail him. He just came from the
front this week. He told us the
Germans would offer peace by the
FIRST OF the year. If they don't.
ana we get licked over here, don't
ever look for me back home. he
cause | would jump in the pond
on the way hack with the rest of
the fish.
Ii you could see all The French
men and Englishmen and all her
colonies, and the Chinese and
coons and Russians and Amer
leans, and then let country as
big as Texas lick the world!
| don't believe these Deutch
can fight with one hand-that's
all they have left. They have to
hold their crutch with the other.
Here's a little bit more of that
deep sea stuff: When we were
coming over, an English steward
SAID, IF you bloody rascals fight
like you eat, you'll eat the kaiser
up"
Well, dad, tell them to get the
old soldiers home ready. Well
be back in the spring. Will close
Tor this time, with heaps of love
to all. Your son, FRANCIS
P. S.-Will write mother TO-
morrow.
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~
LETTER FROM
GUY ALEXANDER

Mincola, l.. L.. NOV. s.
Robert w. Harvey.
Missouri Valley. Iowa.
My Dear Bob: After many
days of packing and unpaclline
and travelling through the higgest
part OF the good old t. = A.. w,
are at last located al the above
mentioned place, which is our las
stopping place until we embark
for France and dear old Paris
We are due to leave the latter
part of this month"; maybe SOON
er. Well, Bob. at last | am TAX
ing my tryoutS ON the war planes
which are much larger and diff
ferent than the practice planes
which We're Curtis planes. which
we had been using at Kelly Field
After careful and much military
consideration by our colonel al
Kelly Field, he picked out and at
tached to our squadron the hes
of the bird men there and attach
ed them to our squadron fol
overseas service. 50 YOU can
readily see that we are going to
see real service and think We
will be the first to reach Berlin
via the Air Line, as we are all set
and rearing to 90. | only hope
n lao
chine gun that is turned upon old
Bill, as think can hand him
800 rounds in great deal less
time than what ii takes to tell it,
want to thank YOU again fol
your letter, although ii came late,
and | will not be able TO get my
ground schooling until reach
France ran into several of The
boys from Missouri Valley. here
in the Iowa infantry, and it sure
seemed good to see them. and
they We're a great deal surprised
to see me i'm the Aviation section.
some saying that | looked ten
years older. guess that is
caused from fast and hazardous
riding. as we have some hair
raising stunts to perform before
we are ready for foreign service,
such as looping the loop, nose
dive, tail dive and doing spiral
stunts.
BY he way. Bob. you spoke of
sending me a package, and | can
not tell you how glad | will he TO
receive same. hut if you have the
opportunity TO send il would
advise you to send it at once, as
it takes so long for stuff TO reach
us overseas. if we are lucky
enough to reach the opposite
shore Nell as it is time for mess
call. will have to ring off for
this time. Will keep am eye open
for your package. Again thank
ing you for past faNorS. wish to
remain. as ever, Your old pal.
BONES. :,
1O2nd Areo Squadron. :. e..
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SOMETHING new,
some

We have just received some
fancy new stationery for Christ
mas gifts, printed as you want it,.
This is something new and out of
the ordinary. Get your Order in
early as fancy stationery Of this
kind is scarce.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-11-22

Dist. Commercial Manager
Frank Elgin of Council Bluffs
was a pleasant Times caller this
morning, and explained to us the
Ecompany's position in regard to
printing the telephone directories
Eout of town. We feel that a mis-
take is being made and trust the
|change is only temporary and is
being made more as an expert
men than anything else. The Iowa
Telephone Co. has always been
very liberal in their donations to
any local enterprise and has al
ways sought cooperation. We
feel the company will not continue
long having their directories
printed out Of town, which is
bound to end the cooperation be-
tween the company and the news
papers.
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LETTERS FROM ARTHUR poTy.
Santo Domingo City

Sdlllo Domingo CITY,
Dominican Republic, oct. rs.
Dearest Parents
we'll and enjoying myself here.
The food is much better than we
had at home and lie work not 50
hard.
Our trip took us nine days from
CharleStoWn. | did not have am
opportunity to write from there.
We went right ON the ship as soon
as we left the train
This is Il beautiful place. that
is, the better parts of the city.
Last sunday they had a big band
concert in the publico parka. as
they call it here. The language
is Spanish. With a sort of mixed
dialect. both French and Spanish.
We have liberty after p. m.
until $3.50 he next morning. if
we wish. Two nights Nero
enough for most of us. We noW
go to bed about 9 or 900.
The climate here requires II
great deal of sleep. We ale given
mosquito nets to sleep under
fhis is for prevention OF malaria.
Now as ] get time ann going to
tell yo,t- all about he MANY
strange incidents during oll. "trip
and our Stay here. Mail goes out
once week. so write often and
tell me all about everyone and
things at home. Must close NOW.
so this will get in mail. Love-
your son. ARl'Hl n.
ll3 Co, Provisional Brigade.
Marine Corps. Santo Domingo
City, r.. ID. If YOU have room put
Fort Azama. That is where am
now, but we may move, so ii is
not absolutely necessary. am
we'll and healthy as an Indian.
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UNION FARMERS, GLUE

UNION FARMERS, CLUB.
Union Farmers club met Sat-
urday, November II, 1917, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Allen
Jones. Morning session called to
order by president at 1880, with
music by Gladys Jones. Minutes
of previous meeting read and an
proved.
Selections were. then taken up
and read.
Mrs. Green Jones, entitled
Ideal Homes;;'' Mr.. Deur on
Honey as Sugar Substitutes
Mrs. Meyers, "A Farm Woman
Talks. J" While these were being
discussed the hostess announced
dinner, after which the club adj
journed for the usual two hours
feasting and visiting, which all
enjoyed. s.
The afternoon session was
called to order at 2:l5 with-a dl1et
by Christie Stevens and Luree
Taylor.
Another selection was read by
Bernard Jones, Bushels of Water
i'm the Corn Crop" This article
was discussed at some length.
THIS being an important subject
at the present time.
The questions were then taken
up and disposed of as follows:
No. /. We think we need
amusement and recreation as
much or more during these siren
uous times. s
No. 2. After a lengthy discus
sion it was tabled.
The committee appointed to fill
vacancy reported Mr.. and Mrs. C.
l.. Harder and they were unani-
mously elected.
A communication was, read
from secretary of Progressive
club announcing their willing
ness to cooperate With us inthe
War Emergency Farm Bureau.
and gave us the names of their
committee.
On motion the president APP
pointed a committee of five-W.
A. Jones, A. E. Bessire, Bernard
Jones, A. A. Greene and c. H.
Deur, to confer with them.
Program for December:
selections by Mrs. w. M. Jones.
Mrs. S. X. McGavren, A. A.,
Greene.
Reading, Mae Greene.
Reading, Gladys Jones.
Music, Annabelle Boyd.
Music, Ruby Deal. IL
Committee on questions for
January-Mr. Bessire, J. r.
Jones and w. A. Jones. Ill
Question No. According to,
Food Administrator Hoover, ey-
cry pound of fat and every hog is
OF greater value to the war that
a she'll. Wouldn't it be a good
idea for the farmers to raise
more hogs? Referred to Wilson
Doty.
The following five questions
were offered to the club by Mi
Edgecomb for discussion at fu-
ture meetings-things our Presi-
dent wishes to know:
No. Would it have been bet
ter to have issued long time bonds
to meet all the war expenses in
stead of passing the war tax bill /?
No. 2-Are the laboring class
satisfied with the present condi-
tions as to the war and wages?
No. 31Has the value of real|
estate advanced outside of land
during the war?
No. Are the laboring class
more socialistic since the warp
No. 5-What is the feeling Of
the people in your community as
to the government taking over the
transportation companies. Are
they in favor of such move on
the part of the government?
The following members were
absent: Mr.. Aldridge and Mrs. j.
b. Jones. Several of our honor
airy members were with us toI
make the day more pleasant: Mr.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-11-22

The Beebeetown Agricultural
club wiAtahave an entertainments
to be followed by a box supper on
Friday, November 23rd. Every.
one is invited to attend and the.
ladies. are especially requested TO,
bring boxes. The Agricultural
Club. Frederic s.. .Reebee, Pres.
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drive them clear into the North
Sea.
Must close and get ready for
guard, as | only have a half hour
TO get ready. DEWEY.
With lots of love 10 all.
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Dear Parents:
The morning we left Paris Is
land was very happy one for
me. We arose at a. M, had
chow at 4 and We're at the parade
ground by l:i5. There were 600
of us and we made quite an i'm
posing little brigade. We are
now in the Second Provisional
Brigade of the Third Provisional
Regiment. My company will al
ways be 18Th.
Well, we marched to the docks
with the band playing some good
old ragtime and went across the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

Miss Helen Murphy'and little broth
er, Fred, the former having attended
summer school at Alva and the latter
spending the summer here with rela-
tives, left Friday for their home at
Green Ridge, No. Master Fred will
resume his school studies at Kansas
City the coming year, being in COM
pany with his 6rorher George, who will
teach again at the polytechnic institute
in that city. Miss Helen will return
to Beaver to take up her work in the
primary department Of our city schools
September LIST.
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County Clerk DeGraw left today 70

County Clerk DeGraw left today for
Colorado Springs for a visit with
his wife, who is there for her health.
Reports from Mrs. DeGraw are that
she is gaining in weight and feeling
generally better However, it will be
some time before she will be able to
return, in fact, it may be that she will
not again be able to live in this alti-
tude, in which event the family would
probably remove to Colorado at the
expiration Of Mr. DeGraw's present
term of office. We trust that she may
yet fully recover and that the family
may remain TO enjoy the comfortable
home they have only recently estab.
lished on their farm, north Of Beaver
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

Prof. II. G. Fellow. formerly county
superintendent of this county, being
succeeded by the present superintend-
ent, CT Ayers, was here yesterday
shaking hands with old friends. Prof.
Fellow and wife are new at Wichita,
Kansas, where Mr.. Fellow has the
chair OF education at the Friends I'm
iversity. Mrs. Fellow il devoting her
time to w. O.. U. and missionary
work. Prof. Fellow found many Bea-
yer people who were more than glad 10
see him again and TO hear that he and
Mrs. Fellow were SO pleasantly situat-
cd.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

Today's weather condition looks very
much like early fall. The sky is over
cast with clouds and IL is cool enough
for Il light wrap to feel comfortable.
however. that is no sign that we are
not going to have any more hot days.
Before this day is over, perhaps it will
be uncomfortably hot. Yea, verify
Beaver county is a land Of sudden
changes in atmospheric conditions.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

County Attorney G. F. Twyford and
wife left today for Colorado Springs,
at which place they will attend the
convention of the International Typo
graphical Union, which will be held at
the Printers Home near that city
They expect to be gone about two
weeks and will visit Denver and other
Rocky Mountain points before return
ing.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

1t the current ratio Of progress u
will not be many months until black
diamonds take the place Of the cheap
err and more common. garden variety
Of tewelry store diamonds for per
sonal wea
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

T. J. May of Riverside, was in Satur-
day %patronizing The Herald's job de-
partment. Mr.. May had bills printed
for a public sale which he will hold the
iOths The family expect to remove to
Missouri in a week or two, to remain
permanently IL they find the location
all they expect.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

"A post card with a two-cent stamp
sent to Paris i~s'retusnsd, II II cannot
be delivered. without postage due: and
with q stamped inscription meaning:
'.Gone. without any address" The In
ternational postal service sometimes
does wonders for two cents.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

A pair Of blue silk pajamas figured
in a recent news story. Persons who
usually scar the headlines In a news
pape read this article from beginning
to end. -.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

Mrs, W. II Robertson and children
William and Maurine, are visiting rel
atives in Missouri. Mrs. Robertson
will return via Kansas City. where she
will make her fall purchases OF milli-
merry and other goods for her mercan-
tile establishment here.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

Farmers should not confuse the
minimum price" with price fixing
The setting Of q minimum is merely q
step to insure the farmer against the
possibility of q loss. 1t does not pre-
vent a higher price for wheat.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

fAgyoung Californian minister has
married on eight dollars a week, say
ing, sFaith In God will sustain u.s."
and perhaps It will be all right II the
happy bridal couple are not too par.
ticular,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

Not long ago nocturnal automobile
accidents often were attributed 10 The
binding glare Of dazzling search
lights; now that dinners are In use,
Il IL getting usual to say that they
were caused by the dinners. Careless
driving might be admitted to be Q con
trfbuting factor now and then
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

Lots Of good II does the slain man
when the courts decide that being
struck by q recklessly driven automo-l
Bile 10 equivalent to being aseaultedl
with a deadly weapon. Still, the courts
cannot act until after the event.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

Miss Beulah Tiff Of Englewood, Kan
sas, a niece of AL. Fosher, has been
here for a couple of weeks visit at the
Fosher home. Miss Annabelle Fosher
had been visiting at the Tiff home and
Miss Beulah accompanied her home
She returned home last week.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-09

Captain Koenig's account Of his trips
across the Atlantic merely strengthen.
the conviction that the submarine will
never be a pleasure craft.