The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-03
- Soldiers Letters
"Erom Over There"

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ais seuAs Etv easss eoala bfeak
egssn fst ilie boat
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eili H6f farRel The boat Was first
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ef ID hsf slae shen % the oiber
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II $50 ieAtHss ii assek 81 worse
thaa sn reueo thag #ser iivad inI
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ltfe VIZ Aa sanaea w have
ssaYeiea assr egai mllea "A French
coli Aaa 8aVr nerE ID some sary ~
feftaflaF fsiaees Az present Wei
aFe msar Mrs town here there are
several very Diee museums. and one
- ~ eldest ghataHs 10 Fraiice One
81 shr si6ge was iafA here FhssI
eh8teaas u batis {rnm tbe ground np
AMI IN .sRE Fnf efeF III this Looks o.
II fhe saBis ara 5 ~ 100 fest
aleh eua dent know nUW fhieh atI
the NasF i0f shout three teet NldaI
~ tiie Top The Aaiis are pieread ~
regular Intervals fef guns Hnd can
nn iaaiBe me great aalis The resi-
dance ~ the 0NnEf 81 larataa MHNI
al through III down n the dungeon
2here prisoners wrfe keui a very
cold danar piaee Asong the
sails aad door theirs arc chains ana
ring hblis "a which tbe prisoners
Wefe chained iiiAg esiiaide ~ this
dungeon Is thr WAli fm front 1T which
si,r prisoners wefr fined ali and shot
Wua this Wall II All nlukea aud hack
eA up % NalletA
Ehe ntaaeums are xery interesting
Ais9 hets ara Ha many things In
fhem that 4 e0igld take hook GO tell
aiiaWt them an There ARE relies from
Europe Rene Greece South Amer
iea. Africa Ia faet from AL over the
N0Fia some 0f which are the atly
nfiae ii existence
ahefe n aiAn eeFY fine cathedral
hers that u quits old Tho ehaieanN
and cathedral Wefe built about the
same time hetWepn lan and 1890
A ~
Well alll close nith neat regarda
" all
4A Fes nays later
we Aayr esn ~ France severay
aase nov hal haye not aeeu enY-
tuing that laoks like Boise valley ~
yet aitho this II ! yery pretty conn
trg II III oil faahipned was Every
sbins IL s. different from the / =
fhr nanners sud NAYS and dress are
asla ana sAsn funny - ns 'the farm
ina b sert iBieuslye here cvery
foot ~ ground If Ii HEe even the Hill
sfgiea arr tgftaced % tlty can 10
madp productive The houses are
Ail made 81 stone 81 concrete Talk
sh0at Stone mnsnnrS Use aeep lots
nf stone work Ia tho n 4 hug this i
the best ana Most beautiful some
af tae denlans are works nl art and
SKIN
The concrete houses are well built
and sometimes quite artistic, Init al
are SAIL tWo ~ three stories klKh
and straight sided ana llainsroNtedi
tto Hnfuwra On extra @ind0WA any
here in aplif@ nf thH p0ng places
he house n II one md at the build
snN sud the barn, piss pen and chick
IN hotfse II the ether
SAW q ktE ana hNFw9 thtCkNNN "
anr kltrbRn and the lads Of ms
house Was cooking ia the steve Tbs
Had Az Ms floor Was about one incl
HegB Il WAS same sight ~ see I'D
lika ~ Aee the vite 81 All American
farmer rs O. Het aianE III plact
like thst
Iaik ahHut atne 1--we seem mort
niRe Ia ama piaee Than Thought
was Va ti,s Wottd aud hayeN drank
h0t saa8t three glasses They hat
sine fuss glke otl & haal6d IN ths
im dR tank ears These carr
hAFe taa narFrla hat mold shout ons
th0asauA NaiiuDs aer saeh
aa& otsf 80 5 market street ths
ni6sF AAy AMI geyer Ia ms life saa
*Aeh sight such i sight Every
thiae eat showed out tn tbs street
ana 4agh chatter ana fues ! uVreI
beard BYeFsshlnE e sola On thin
stFeel ft, malns % wooden shoes and
aii sorts ~ lieat ANYTHING yat
@aBt liSt ~ dressed
WA have ~ elttss anW bpt Wii
Fttr nsnfR eapt 1Uar friend
tUrR CLAYTON R FitEYTAG
$50 E 1ts EUNr a 6 = France
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