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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22

/ care about. | surely do love music
as you know Then l thought !
might as well write you a few lines
before | go to bed.
I am working hard every day. 7
have to work much harder here than
l did with the British butt l surely
like my work very much.
l am feeling fine and have nothing
to complain about except my mail
have not had any mail fro~' the
States for over three weeks. | hope
| will soon receive some. If I do not
| will have to write to myself I just
got to receive some mail soon. am
wondering if you folks have been re
ceiving my mail. | hope so at least
Well, mother dear, hope you are all
we'll. We are having dandy weather
over here. Don't work too hard Re
member me to all the people / know
Don't worry about me as l an not ir
the trenches. AS you know l am in.
structing. l have got all America
officers in my class.
Well, l must close for this time.
Write when you can. Best of luck
and hope lit will soon be all over
Goodnight and God bless you with his
richest blessings.
With love and kisses,
Your loving SON.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22

cially in this hot weather.
| expect Betty is the real girl by
this time. Wish | could see her /
am afraid she will forget she has an
"Uncle John Peter"
Gee, but it is some hot. 1t is al
most too hot to write so this will
have to be short.
Somebody told me that Harry Tt
dor was about 40 miles from here
wounded in the leg would like tc
get out to call on him but will not /
able to get away. Have you heard
anything about it?
I surely got a dandy bunch of mail
and | have only read it over hurried
ly so l will have the pleasure of re
reading it. Believe me the mail W.
receive is reread more than once.
| hope you all will write real often.
You see mail from the States is not
censored so you don't need to be
afraid to write a lot.
Some think that the war is nearing
a close but l am not saying a word
When it is all over it will be all right
with me. l believe in doing it III
right while we are all over here.
Well, that was certainly a surpris
about Uncle Wesley. 1t was too bad
but that was the Masters way, so we
cannot complain 1t is something that
cannot be avoided by any of us.
Well, tell the folks all l am fine
and not to- worry about me. Write
real often and tell me all the news
l do not know Of anything else to
write about now so will close for this
time. l have not NETT any of the boys
from Baraboo as yet. l have met
them from Reedsburg, Sparta, Tomah
Madison, ETC., but not any Baraboo.
Goodnight to all. Don't worry.
With love and kisses to all,
Your loving brother,
PETE.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22
TOLD GERMAN HIS
SOUL WAS GERMAN

In sentencing the Rev. John Fon-
tana, pastor of the German Evangel-
ical Lutheran church, found guilty
of violating the espionage act, to
three years in federal prison, FEEDER
al Judge G. F. Amidon said:
"You received your final papers as
a citizen in 1898. By the oath which
you then took you renowned and
abjured all allegiance to Germany,
and to the emperor of Germany, and
swore that you would bear true faith
and allegiance to the United States.
What did that mean? That you
would set about earnestly growing an
American soul, and put away your
German soul. That is what your
oath Of allegiance meant
"Have you done that? do not
think you have. You have cherished
everything German, and stifled every
thing American. You have preached
German, prayed German, read Ger
man, sung German. Every thought
of your-mnd and every emotion of
your heart through all these years
have been German. Your body has
been in America, but your life has
been in Germany. If you were set
down in Prussia today you would be
in harmony with your environment.
1t would fit you just as flower fits
the leaf and stem of the plant on
which it grows.
"The object OF the sentence imposed
upon you is not alone to punish you
for the disloyalty of which you have
been guilty, but to serve notice upon
you and the like of you who have
been cherishing things foreign that
the end of this regime has come; that
the day has arrived when you and
the like Of you must grow an Ameri-
can soul within your body"
The Rev. Fontana was charged with
uttering seditious remarks against
the United States, and in favor of
Germany.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22

Mrs. L. E. Weiland of Wesby, who
is spending the summer in. Baraboo,
has received the following letter
from her brother, First Lieutenant
John P Sprecher, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. P. Sprecher, Baraboo.
July Fl, 1918.
My Dear Sis and all:
I received "a letters the other day
Several from you. think the drink
ing cups and soap leaves are very
nice. What they won't think Of next!
was certainly glad to get my mail.
I also had nice letter from Mrs
Bekhedal. 1 am enclosing the name
Of a Wesby boy, maybe you know
him.
That must have been a real storm
that swept over Wisconsin. We hac
a little accident here the other day
by a shell exploding too soon. One
boy was killed, two will die and sever
others wounded.
Our boys have been doing dandy
good work up in the line. hope they
keep it up. If nothing happens l ex'
pect to go up to the line for a weelt
or ten days at the end of this course.
Then if all is we'll I will come back
to my same job Don't worry, | will
let you know if leave.
What seems to be all the excite.
ment at home? / hope you all keep
WE'LL have lost little in weight
since | left the British. | only weigh
1873 pounds.
: I have received several nice lettera
from Leonard He is some boy. ]
expect Noble is busy at the same old
lob. I am glad he sticks to his job.
| wish I could call on him just to sam
pie what he is making. That is one
thing we all miss great deal, espe'
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22
IN CAMP AND FIELD
CONTINUED from page 81

some thrilling experiences. One day
the engine quit working and his COM
panion and himself fell over a thou
sand feet before they got it in motion
again. On another occasion the gas
oline tank sprung a leak on account
of the vibration and the liquid spurted
over the two in the machine. If the
engine had backfffred there would
have been trouble. With piece Of
paper Mr.. Martiny was able to partf-
ally close the leak until the ground
was reached.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22
Two Brothers a Short Way Apart

Miss Lucille Schultz has received
the following letter from her brother,
Corporal Louis M. Schultz, somewhere
in France He is a brother of Serg-
cant George Schultz, also in France.
Miss Lucille and the two soldier boys
are children of Mrs. Fred c. Schultz
of this city.
July IA, 1918.
Dear Sister:
Received your letter the other day
and as this is Sunday and we have
no work to do, will try and write you
a few lines to let you know | am IN
the best of health and getting along
first rate. AS there is not very much
to write about, this will not be very
long.
We are at the front now, and 1t sure
is a very interesting place. We have
nothing to kick about, as the weather
is just lovely, with very little rain.
We do not, of course, get as many
good things or have the comforts we
had behind the lines, but then we get
along very well considering our posi-
ton. One thing that is hard to get
used to is wearing our steel helmets
and having our gas masks on our
chest at the alert position at all
times.
got a whole bunch of Baraboo pa
pers the other day and although they
were a couple months old, there al
ways is lot of interesting stuff in
them We get bunch every little
while so that I can manage to form q
pretty good idea Of what is going on
there. Got a long letter from Miss
Junge the other day with a full ac-
count Of what was going on at the
store, which was very interesting to
me: I don't believe I will ever be
able to work at a steady job again,
as I will want to be moving around
with a tent on my back all the time.
Have you heard from George lately?
He is just short ways from where
I am, but we will not get a chance TO
see each other while we are here.
am going to write him, though. Have
not heard or seen anything of him
since we left Waco.
Will close, hoping to hear from you
soon. I am, your brother.
CORP. LOUIS M. SCHULTZ.
Co. F, 107 U. S. Engineers.
A. E. F., A. P. o. 734, via N. Y.
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fore thew explode.

fore they explode.
| suppose you are wondering why
the American troops don't start some
thing. Well, don't worry. Some day
the powers that be will consider the
war machine complete, and then the
apparatus will just walk right into
Germany.
Let me give you a tip. When you
write about anything, leave out the
eats. Please! You see, we don't get
anything more fancy than doughnuts.
and those only often enough to keep
us from forgetting about them. So
the less we are reminded of ice cream,
strawberry shortcake, etc., the better
it will be for us. l like this country
better than do France. We can buy
milk here for about eight cents per
quart.
Our weather has been cool, but am
afraid we will soon be in a warmer
district. The nights are regular San
Diego nights, none of that sultry stuff.
Yesterday | lay down after dinner
to take nap, but there is big (cen-
sored) near here that has something
to say about every five minutes, so
had to give up my nap.
| wish l had little reading matter.
There is "Y" quite near here, but
all they have are cigars, cookies, can
dies and soap. They are o. K. in the
states, where the troops are stationed,
but haven't seemed to get much help
from them over here.
l used the yarn you sent me, for
my socks needed darning very badly.
Well, I'm going to close now and go
see if Sandy or Koonie has anything
to read Please note new address.
Mail reaches me more quickly.
Your loving son,
CORP'L G. EVERETT TINKHAM.
Co. F 107 Engineers,
Am. E. F., A. P. o. 734.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22
Celebrate in France

Mrs. J. P. Sprecher has received
a letter from her son, First Lieuten.
ant J. P. Sprecher, France, which
says:
July 4, 1918.
My Dearest Mother and All:
Just a few lines to let you know
that we had a real celebration here
also
This morning we had nice
"Sports" meeting and little boxing
Then the French changed the Place
de Bel Air to Place de Americana.
They also planted two trees in honor
of the event. I wasn't satisfied until
I had put little dirt back in the hole.
You see I thought the trees might
grow a little better after that The
band played and that ended this part
Of the celebration.
[ had lunch down town and then
sat down in my room and read a $40
page book. Then l went out to camp
and we surely had real dinner. We
had cream potatoes, soup, chicken,
string beans, sliced tomatoes, aspar.
agus tips, red wine, ice cream, cake
coffee, and then a smoke. Tell me
that was not good feed. Tonight
the Y. M. c.. is giving a dance but
am in my room. You see I am just
across the street so | get the full
benefit Of the music and that is all
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22

Mr.. and Mrs. John Kier have re-
ceived the following very interesting
letter from tneir son Wayland, who is
well known here:
Somewhere in France.
July Is, 1918.
Dear Mother and All:
| have been going to write you for
three days, but have been so busy that
I haven't had time to write letters.
1t has been just roasting hot for the
last four days. Today it is little
cooler, which I am glad of. l certain
ly had good time last Sunday. You
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22
Where Shells Explode

After a delay of several weeks Mr..
and Mrs. George Tinkham have re-
ceived seven letters from their son,
Corporal G.. Everett Tinkham.
Germany, July 4,1918.
Dear Mother:
I got a surprise last night. | had
gone to bed When one of the fellows
came in and gave me six letters. [
had received yours couple OF nights
before, and two Of these were from
Edith and Lucille. They were the first
[ had heard from home for a long
time. I wrote father couple of days
ago, but this may beat it as am send
in this in blue envelope, base
censor envelope. | wrote it in pencil
as we are at the front now, and that
doesn't include all the luxuries OF
home. We aren't faring so worse,
though.
Strange as it may seem, this is
very quiet Fourth. Don't worry,
though, for we sure have our celebra-
lions. Noise enough then to last a
long, long time.
wish you could heara barrage once.
1t sounds like, forty old-fashioned
Fourths of July going their limit at
once. Oh, l wish you could hear the
shells Of bombardment whiz once.
Yes, or be real close to one when it
goes off. / have been so close that the
conclusion would just blow my clothes
right against me. That's high explo-
sive though, and isn't very dangerous,
because it doesn't go off except on
contact, and here the soil is SO soft
the shells usually bury themselves be-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22
Has as Souvenir Piece of Shell
Which Wounded Him

This letter was received by Mrs.
Ray Hendrickson of GAINESVILLE from
her brother, Private Charley Bates,
who is in France.
July IS, 1918.
Dear Sister:
Just a few lines to let you know
that I received your letter and II
found me quite we'll, only suffering
with couple of wounds On July 9,
as I just finished eating and turned
half around bang, went a big German
shell and a piece of it went right
across my breast and half way into
my arm and then it stopped but | got
to the field hospital and had it taken
out. l have got the piece for SOU
venir. 1 am getting akong pretty
fair
Well, Elsada, as news is scarce I will
close for this time so goodby with
best regards to you all. From your
brother.
PRIVATE CHARLEY BATES.
Co. B. 12S Inf. n. Y. 30 Division,
France.
P. S. The Germans gave us good
Fourth with their big guns.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22
REEDIBURG P. D.
CLERK IN Tolls

On complaint Of some Of Reeds
burg's business houses a Federal de-
tective came to Reedsburg one day
last week and began an investigation
which resulted in finding a large
batch Of evidence at the home Of
Paul Byrnes. The evidence consist
cd Of numerous pieces of mail matter
and articles taken from parcels post
packages and identified by the bills
from the wholesale houses, wrappers,
etc.
Young Byrnes had accepted posi-
ton in the Reedsburg post office last
May and is past nineteen years old.
The matter was reported to the
Federal authorities. Reedsbutg
Times.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22
Military Police Shot in France

Mrs. julius Wolfe, Merrimack, has
received the following letter from
Royal j. Garfield son of Mr.. and Mrs
George Garfield. They formerly re.
sided in Merrimack.
Somewhere in France,
July 3, 1918.
Dear Friend:
l received your most kind and wei.
come letter few days ago and was
very glad to hear from you It found
me we'll and l trust that this will find
all of you the same. We are having
some fine weather here now. 1t tried
to rain last night but it did not
amount to much. I was up to tho
dentist this morning getting my
grinders fixed up.
We had some time here last Satur-
day. A man shot an M. P, and we
were all out looking for him but we
did not get him. We were hunting
through the woods all night. Believe
me we were tired. The next day J
slept most of the time. How is the
O1u IOWu VI NnGI I1OW sup
pose there are lots of people there
[ would not know I don't suppose
I would know Edna and Estella il
should see them now. I had my pic
ture taken, a few weeks ago and whe1l
I get them I will send one if they are
any good.
[ wish 7 was there to go fishing
with you folks some time. l have al
most forgotten how to fish. We sec
many sights here, but I cant write
Of them Still I can say that [ have
been to the front and we are now
within ear shot of the large guns.
Tell all the folks, "Hello" for me.
can't think of much Of any thing more
to write, so I guess | will have tc
close for this time. goodby.
ROYAL J. CANFIELD,
Co. A. 119 NJ. G. B.
American E. F.
A P. o. 734.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22

France
France,
July 1, 1918.
Dear Mother:
It's been three weeks since I have
got any mail, guess it's been lost
some place enroute. | have been
looking patiently for a letter from
you.
How is every enc back there in
Gods country It's been so long
since | heard from anyone there il
seems almost like dream. This is
quite nice country for the people
who have lived here all their lives
but it's altogether too slow for us
Americans Things are liable to liven
up most any time though and get
lively enough to be very uncomfort
able.
I haven't seen anything of the kid
yet but heard that his outfit is some
place near here would write to him
but I don't know what company he
belongs to. If you have his address
send it so I can write to him or he
will think | have forgotten him.
have rather been expecting to hear
that Herb had been called out but
hope they don't have to take him, two
is enough.
We got a report around here that
Duluth had been bombed. If it's true
that's getting rather close. You peo-
pie back there may get sample of
what they are handing our boys over
here. Ha! Ha! They are getting
it back with interest though, our
fellows always go them one better.
l would like to be back to spend
the Fourth According to the papers
they are to have a real big celebration
in the u. S. this year but that will bf
a sane one in comparison to what i:
liable to happen here. That sure
would be a good days to strafe Fritz,
as they call it, maybe they will.
I hope you are not worrying too
much about us over here, Don't do it;
I, at least, am we'll and will take
a. chance with the rest Of them and
am figuring very strong on coming
home when we get through with this
joh
Every thing is rather quiet all over
just now but it is no telling how soon
they will cut loose again or what part
we will have to play in the big game
but we are going to come out on top
sure, if it takes another years. ]
am looking for it to end this fall
though. I hope it does for it looks
like a useless slaughter but we are
here to get the kaiser and We are go
ing to get him.
Well, [ guess I have written enough
Of this stuff for now, l wish I could
tell you just where | am but nothing
doing, you will have to wait. Tell
the kid to write, it has been a very
long time since he wrote a letter and
also give every one my best. Hoping
to hear from you soon, am
Your son,
SRGT. GEORGE B. SCHULTZ.
Med. Dept. f28th Inf. A. P. o. 734.
American Fl. F.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22
Chickens High

Royal Thurber, Reedsburg, writes
as follows:
The tame cherries are ripe and we
can buy them real cheap, but every.
thing else is out of sight. Today two
of us tried to buy a chicken of the
natives. They wanted 20 francs or in
other words nearly four dollars in our
money, so you can imagine by that
what the prices are here.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22
headquarters First Div.
American ExpeditiOnary Forces
France, June Is, 1918.


General Order No 26,
Extract
The Division Commander cites the
following officer of the 2Sth Infantry
for conspicuous gallantry in action
during the operations connected with
the capture and defense Of Cantigny
May 27-31, 1918:
Captain A. 3. Stewart, 2eth Infantry
"displayed exceptional GOODNESS and
fearlessness in encouraging and lead
ing his men in a counter attack
through heavy artillery and machine
gun fire.
BY command Of Major Genera Bull,
lard.
H. K. Loughry, Maj F. A., N. A,
Division Adjutant.
Captain Stewart writes home he
weighs sc Kilograms, 145 pounds, and
that he is wearing two service chew
rons, meaning years service at the
front. He also says the battle men,
toned above was surely some battlel
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22
Cited for Calamity

Captain A. B. Stewart, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles II. Stewart, has
been in the army nine years and is
now in France. He was recently cited
for gallantry as seen by the follow
ing.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22

following letter from her son, Ser
geant George Schultz, somewhere in
France
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-22
In the War to Get Kaiser

Mrs. Fred C. Schultz received the
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-04-11
DANGER FROM PETS
They Often Convey Deadly Dis
eases to Children

A report on an epidemic of vir-
ulent smallpox in one of the south
western states, submitted to the
Surgeon General of the Public
Health Service by one of the Off
GERS of that corps, sets forth with
renewed emphasis the role that
domestic pets may play in the
transmission of disease, especially
among children. The instance
cited was that of fatal case of
smallpox in an infant in arms. The
nearest case of the disease was in
a house block or so distant; and,
although the two families had no
social relations, this apparently
did not deter a dog belonging to
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-04-11

the infected family from dividing
his attention impartially between
the two homes, eating at one place
and sleeping at the other.
In no other way could the
source Of the infection of the baby
be explained, than that the dog
fondled by the children of the
smallpox family carried the virus
of the disease to the neighbor' s
baby. Similar instances have been
noted before in connection with
smallpox transmission, and cats
and dogs both have been incrimi-
mated IS carriers Of plague infect
ed fleas-cases of bubonic plague
so contracted having been OBJ
served by Public Health Service
officers working in recent plague
epidemics. The same household
|pets also have been charged in GER
tain instances with the response
Ibility of carrying the infection of
diphtheria, scarlet fever and other
communicable diseases of chill
dren, as well as various intestinal
parasites.
A disease that annually causes
more than 100 deaths in this coun-
try is rabies, and the role of do
nestle animals in spreading this
disease is definitely proven, spec
ulation or circumstantial evil
dence being discarded.
Altogether, therefore, it is per-
fectly evident that the citizen who
keeps domestic pets maintains at
the same time a very potential
source of danger; a sanitary men-
ace to his own household and to
that of his neighbor. While this
aspect of the subject applies year
IN and year out, it may we'll be-
hoove the city dweller in these
times OF urgent demand for food
conservation, to seriously take
council with himself as to whether
he is justified in continuing to
keep his dog or his cat, both of
which are casual sources of mental
to neighbors, as well as
agents for graver potentialities.-
.. S. Pub. Health Service.