New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-12-25

t.l29, M. u. Ii. N, A. T.. F., writes to
his parents at Sleepy Eye that he is
well and is safe and sound He tells
Of the cold rainy weather that seems to
be prevalent in France at this time to
the year and he says he has notevena
had a glimpse Of the sun for ages. Hr
! had been sick in the hospital with the
influenza but is well again. He says:
"a strange thing happened the other
1 day during roll call The Captain
1 called my name and another fellow
answered and so did l and it turned out
that we both have the same names. first
and last. 1t seemed strange but 1
have never had a chance to talk with
4 him. My best regards to all
Your son, ALFRED. .
Miss Ida Engelbert is in receipt of
letter from her brother Harry which
is dated November %, and he writes:
Il have received all your letters and
was glad to hear from home. I am we'll
and was at the front for long time,
but now things look pretty good. It
was no fun to fight The town in which
| am at present is well sized and the
French people are all coming home
again. They certainly look glad and
it makes a person feel glad with them
even tho we are SO far from home. I
haven't seen many French girls, but
those | have seen are not as pretty as
the girls from the u S. and they were
pretty enough for me. The weather is
getting pretty cold around here. How
is 1t at home? Have had one letter
from Carl. He is a corporal now
He closes with best wishes to all and
Merry Xmas to all his friends.
i Arthur Boyer OF this city received
letter from his brother, Sgt. Paul C.
Boyer who is with the 1928 Headquarters
Supply Co., which was dated November
10th and he writes that he was glad
TO near from the folks at home. and
was surprised to hear that his family
had been sick but hoped that his letter
would ind them all in the best of health,
again. He says, "Tell mother that T
was IN Paris all the time and that I
had a good place to stay. We are
stopping IN stealn-heated room and
nave flne beds to sleep in. | was
running shoe sole cutting plant and
had oo French women working. Some
job, believe me.
Never was sick day, SO far. l
haven't heard from Carl for so long a
tlme that don't know what to think
OF 1t. Tell mother and father both
not TO worry about me as / am all
right. He closes with best wishes
Tor Merry Christmas and Happy
New 7 ear to the folks and all his friends
IN New Ulm, and wishes that the Review
De changed to his new address which
Is 32S Headquarters Supply Co., A. P.
y. No. TOP, France.
Candidate Henry NJ. Ranweiler writes
his parents in this city from France.
1t was dated before Thanksgiving and
contains interesting bits of information
concerning the country He says: Il
am 1eellng fine and our work isn't
harder than it was in the States 50 we
are perfectly satisfied here" He goes
on to tell about the prices of things
over there: Zone of the hardest things
TO ouy IN this country is bread You
can buy beefsteak and potatoes nearly
any place but seldom get piece of
bread with it. We do get it at Lyons
but we can't get there every day, only
on Sa urday or Sunday some times.
! We can get cheese any time and they
have "boccu' (plentyl Of that but
they charge from soc to 81 a pound
but it tastes very good. / ate more
/ cheese since we're here than ever ate
before in all my lie.
I will encl2se franc so YOU can
fsee how French money looks. They
have paper bills Of IL, l., 2, 5, 10,
20, 50 and 100 franc notes. They
also nave silver coins like our dimes
and quarters and a franc silver piece
4 which IS the size OF our dollar.
+ The weather doesn't seem to change
bit IN this country as it has been the
same Tor the last three weeks. We only
have little rain here once in a while.
Heven't had any real cold weather yet
ana 1t warns up quite bit during the
day.
The boys are all trying to find out
how long we viii stay here and there
surely are a lot of runors floating
around, something new every day.
We walked over to La Valbonne
alter supper and bought a piece of
candy tonight. 1t only cost 6 francs.
or sl.10 in u S. money. That's cheap
and it is only an example They think
we are all millionaires.