Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-17
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, battles. I had a pass for twelve hour
and all the rest hav been put in with
duty so you can imagine how l long
for same free days.
/ Just came out from a warm bath
house. That's the first since last
: March and it felt fine. This is taken
as a remedy for some sort of an itch,
SO you can see that I am in some sort
of a hospital. The rest is more vel
come than the cure.
How is everything back homer
The French soldiers believe that
the war will n pretty Inc
recent victories make them think So
] What do the people back across the
| Atlantic think? / and most of the
American troops think it viii last for
another year. Perhaps / am wrong. |
| notice you write about the new sport
/ Amboy has taken to. Is that in place
of the Wednesday dances that used to
be there. Pretty soon. l guess they'll
restore the favorite pastime.
How are you enjoying the summer
Are the summer resorts as busy as
ever? We are having very nice
weather. You may put ND a service
flag, a small one. SO as to please you
son. No one any out for me any
way.
VIII close with best regards.
Sincerely,
HERMAN STEIN. A. E. +.
p. S-wiIl enclose a German mark
as a souvenir for Arthur. II was taken
from a dead Dutchman.
From Private Hans C. Holt
Dear Friend Martini
Received a letter from You today
which you wrote on the 9th of June
and addressed to Kelly Field Al
{. though 1t was on its way for a long
time 1 got it Just the same. You say
An your letter you would like to know
who the rest OF the boys are from my
! home town. Well, I'm sorry to say
!, that / am the only Amboy lad here.
lAll the rest of them are scattered
throughout the country and where
they are 1 could not tell you. You
can bet 1 didn't like to see them
I parting but there's no use crying
over spilled milk.
} 1 suppose you would like TO know
how the Yankees are fighting. Well,
here 1t is, all In a nutshell. They are
). certainly doing a great deal of fight
ing. No doubt you've read in the
papers where they've made that big
drive but you DON hear IL all. There
is hardly a day goes by but what
we aren't making some big gain.
:. Why. 1 wouldn't be a bit surprised
! but what ii won't be long before
! they'll be playing the world series in
Berlin.
You know ever since I've been over
|, here / have been doing nothing but
working on airplanes and h work
is interesting because you know you
are doing 1T for a good cause-not
only for ourselves but for you al
home also.
1 can see by your letter that you
are doing wonderful work at home
in regards to the Red Cross and w,
S. S. You are doing just as much as
we are. If we don't eat why then OF
course we can't fight. And as far as
eats are concerned we get the best
food and a good place to sleep so we
can get up bright and early every
morning and do a little more work
SO you see we've got to thank you
friends at home for the fine way you
have been thinking of us boys over
here. There has been many a time
when people would say Amboy is an
awful place but you car say what
you like. I've been through quite a
few large cities since I've been In the
service and 1 never saw such good
work Ion by the people as I've seer
in Amboy.
II The people over here have beer