Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-22
], S, CHRISTMAS !
FOR FRENCH KIDS
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS Or
THIRD IOWA MAKE MERRY
IN FRANCE.
ENTERTAINMENT FOR MORE
THAN 800 CHILDREN
Iowa Soldiers Enjoy Their Christmas
Day Despite the Fact They Were
Thousands Of Miles From Home
Priest Extends Thanks Of PoPu!aee-
Sergeant Major Ball Writes.

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! 'hFis''''"S 'e''e'S
oers OF the Old IN EH Iowa NO" III
France. have reached here. Among
Them : ,,s from scream; Major John
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tide cheer FOX the children OF the village
where they are 1.lleied. He says:
~L,u, ,.,-.s,r,,s Nav ielI.-
,,,,,,,s.,,,, Oh, ~ l,ranre-with the
So, ,,,,.r ,rr,, ina. ever served
- I,,-., .na.,S THAR IN, snending
,a,;ah, -, .5#. n.,Ia French village.
vhare we have haan since reaching this
Na~d ~ war ana waiting. |, has been
g., ,,,r,.,,,,os ,ha, veil all remember
To,.- rn~;s,nas that we've enjoyed
6asn.,e ,1s fat rbar We are thousands
~ r,,,,os fro,, where ve lyo,,ld choose
=, s,,a,5 80 yr'e.j5e
Owe ~ ,ha ,,,s;,, reasons We have
a,i,,.al .Its ~h-;s-r,ss : : Christi
mas ava Marty the regiment held las {.
,ipb- ~ fro village churchill party
q,,.o,, - TIA Riddles Of this little
naasan- town NV the officers Of the
re- nan, in order 10 show 10 them
bow Ar,a-ico,s calahra.a the birth
~ ,ra Chrs- And = hapoiar party
could ha found anywhere rhan that
y-n.c1 several hundred Iowa soldiers
1eIf v,,1 connie hundred little
E,rar~1 ,o,opste-s and ,ho.r parents in
hi5s.,-a,,-ay ha,,1e. N t,ar-yorn
L7--a7co "a ,iLa "a kr,, where il IS
for - u,aS eor,e -ar,,
os.;.a-. pIa,,ad Fvant.
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,e-,s o,,1,-,ad las. o-ecE 70 the -egj-
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rrhara T.. MO u.;-h aDnrovai-vnani-
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,,a r,ortb Nv, r,,.,,o~ ., WAS carried
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s,,oi, -,.},,-.r, oo,,rd no assem-
Ma rba, wac the VILLAGE church
ava .bo o,,-a ,,.os ,a,,.r u.itb his con-
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,nra ,ea- tho cantor Of .he TOWN It's
r,.o,l. ,,s oas,;,, ,Io:r Alonr, tho
n lgl~ r
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thar no o,i,.a dr,h soldiers arranged
. L,,,a r-,-;s,,a. -rsa I5oh-aa with
arnv-i,staIIaa e,ac,r;c tights the
c,,,ro, 1.s ,o 1ieb-iny svs.an1 The
-raa vas ,,aar no car.e~ If -he edi-
g. ord on.rsro,y s,,as.e occun;ed
~. s.,~ .backad hoard nevs along the
around me sidas TIE cbrrch was
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co,,ra n-oyide pes;das anusemeots
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&c ~. ,-,,1.ya .-,,o,.ia, show We l,,op. j.,
,,,,,,f,o o-d o,,,,r:,, .b.. "a, ~,
.,oir minds @ro,, no ,borgb, .. u.ar is
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