The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-06

lures but it is hard to find anything
in this town.
They are harvesting grapes now.
There are lots of grapes but they
charge a lot for them, too / gave
franc apd 20 confines for a bunch
of them last night.
/ saw some boys from Belding.
They are most all at the front now.
Kenneth Oberlin is at the front.
saw Elgie Gould; he was gassed but
is all right now.
saw the ruins where Napoleon had
great battles
got a letter from Edna Bronell
and her picture; it seemed good to
see face from home.
1 tell you that we are pushing them
back and hope by the time. the war is
over that there is just enough room
to bury the damn Germans in.
Has father starte1 uL-iogs yet
wish l was there to help him but
when / get back he can depend on me
not that don't like my job over here
for when | come back it will all be
finished.
Well l will say good night, with
Pvt. Rollin Donovan,
A. p. o. 789. 34Oth Field Hospital, A.
K. F., France.
Charles King, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. King, of James street, is the
writer Of letter No. 8, which is as
follows:
Oct. 1, 1918.
Dear Mother:
Just a few lines this p. m. was
I'D NJ oh n, I'll 10 NJ rht
and Just got back here a short time
ago, about 1880 and am a little tired.
| am driving an ambulance again so
that is all hours of the day or night.
But it isn't bad at all only cold driv-
ing. Say mother, am just getting
wise as / have got a wisdom tooth
coming through and believe me it is
some sore; my face was swollen up
the other day but is going down so it
is almost normal again.
Well Mother, / rot real curious the
other day, the 9th of Sept. / was
out on relief and right close to the
trenches, so one of the other fellows
and got permission from the COM
handing officer at the post to go up
and see the sights and saw when they
named it No Man's-Land they named
right for | don't think the devil would
own it as his and the towns where
the soldiers have gone through are
almost pulp. They are using the
buildings that are blown up; they are
using the brick and stone to build the
roads up so as they can run the big
trucks and cars over. The only thing
wish is the war would only end for
you can't imagine the way things are
over here. If the rest of the people
were only as we'll off as / am it would
not be quite so bad but there are
lots ofNpeople who haven't got place
they can call home.
Well. Mother, how is everything at
home? / haven't got a letter from
anyone since August and / don't
know what is going on around there
and don't know what to think about
my mail Other fellows get mail
0. k, but / guess they have forgotten
l am here. If l could get all the
mail that has been sent to me since l
left the States / would be getting
whole sack full of my own. / have
been in this one camp since the first
week in June and have not got over a
half dozen letters. / have got 20
letters altogether of the mail that
was sent from the States but i should
y .
Well, Mother, / guess I'll close for
this time, hoping to hear, from you
SOON remain as B-4, your loving
son,
II Pvt. &c Chas. c.. King,
Evac. Amb. Co., Prov. No. /, A. z. F.,
Care Evac. Hosp. No. 1.
General Won Windy Bugg, of the
Cherman army, has also kindly sent
US in a copy of letter which he re-
Gently sent in to the kaiser in which
he tells the ruler Of the ruthless ruff
fans of the love and fealty which the
German people and soldiers do not
feel toward him. Won Windy Bugg's
letter is as follows:
On the Way Home, Oct. Is, 1918.
Most Foolishest Majesty,
Imbeerial Palace, Berlin.
Sir:
/ tink mebbe you tink by dis time !
dot have forgotten you, but it ISIS not |
so. / tink of you always. Ven am |
away from you / can't keep mine |
toughts off of you und if vas near |
you couldn't keep mine hands off of
you / could be arrested for Wit l
tink Of you. / huff effery bone in your
head. l just want to told you dot
your army is progressing fast. In
fact, dey ISIS the fastest progressers
vot you haff neffer seen. Knowing
lot dey can't do no more dirt here as
mass been did, und dot dey don't want
TO go to Paris as bad as dey vunce
lid, they are coming home to see vot
ian be did dere.
Dot long, lean complexioned son of
yours, ISIS the best effer. He ISIS also
coming home as dere is no more wine
lere as he bass drinked it all up. He
IS goot Cherman, he don't know
1ottings. You should be proud of
lot boy. He can drink almost so
much as vot you can snc you neffer
seen de day you could kill as many
oabies as vot he can. He is a fine
emon.
am proud Of the way you half not
made a monkey of dot president Viii
son NIT dot peace proposal, you sure
pulled the wool over his nose. / tink
lot. You are fine diplomat-not.
am sure the Yankees enchoyed your
as dey huff a good choke.