Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-10

Will DO MUCH BTdtluou AT MS new
honor.
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, Six Sons in Service
When Chester Voiles enlisted II
the marines at Kansas City Tuesday
ak sons OF D. l.. voiles, well know
Rock Island conductor. were In the
service OF their country. Alva and
Guy are over there" the former in
the artillery and the latter in the
engineers. Wilmer and Bassett are
In the navy and have been across the
pond several times. Earl Is also in
the artillery and is now at Camp
Merritt and expects to sail soon.
with six sons in the service and all
volunteers. am naturally a little
proud OF them" said the father In
speaking Of his contribution to the
war yesterday Harrington Times.
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telegram sent by Lieut.. Chaun-
cey Hunter to his parents here states
that he has finished his course at the
School Of Fire in Fort Sill and has
received his certificate and been as
signed to Camp Custer. Mich, and
granted a ten-day furlough which
he will spend with his parents.
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Mrs Oscar Bebermeyer and a mum
Der Of relatives motored to Fort Ri
ley Sunday afternoon where they
visited Ben Koelling who is in hos
pital there. i'll with influenza. They
found him improving. but still very
weak.
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Whiting Bastian Wagner, aged %
died at the Great Lakes training sta
ton September 26. OF influenza. He
enlisted about two months ago and
pevious to his enlistment had been
employed at the National Bank of
Commerce. Kansas City. He was
well known in Dickinson county as
he had lived two miles south OF Abb
Iene from 1908 to 1914. The body
was taken to Johnson. Nebr, and
given military burial
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Clarence Stoffer received a teIe-
gram from his brother Christ, who
Is in a camp In New Jersey. stating
le was well again and back In his
company Christ has Just recovered
rom a severe attack of influenza.
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Irwin Herren Is here for a few
lays from Lawrence where he is in
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James Wilkie. Cloyce Simmons,
.orraine Long and Everett Stevens
ave returned from Kansas City,
here they triel to enlist in the
avy or the marines. The navy was
losed' and the marines accepted
My 38 out of 1000 men who APP
lied in two weeks
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Mrs. John Burkholder of Elmo
sceiyed a Letter from her brother pr.
ay Willard Smith, Somewhere In
rance. He says: am in a rest
imp now. back from the front.
ave been up where there is some
ling going on for some time You
ave seen pictures of shell holes,
enches, dugouts, airplanes, battles,
C., l have seen the real things N
wv. Have looked out over that ),
Dted No Mans Land Gee, how
ose big guns do cough, sounds like !
rking a tight-fitting cork out of
ammoth jug at times Others :,
'und like big steel water tank :,
God upon edge, then thrown and =
t the bottom of 1t with a base -
Ill. The shells give an awful crash =
hen they burst close by.
The rocket signaling of many col
s of red, green, white, etc, at -
ght shooting thousands Of yards -
to the air at times reminds one
4th fireworks. There is some -
ing thrilling about it, I would g.
t be sorry if the war was over !,
Their Airoplanes going over at -
ght reminds me Of a swarm of bees
ing over. was out in the coun- -
Y today. l found some dewber- -
IS. I picked as much as tea cup
IL, put some sugar on them and
ushed them with my spoon, and
y but they we're good. They were en-
st growing wild on the stony hill VIZ