The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-10-24
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The following letter from Joe
Stucke Somewhere in France,
which will be interesting to
Joe's many friends here, who will be
glad to know that he is well and
happy in doing his bit for Uncle Sam.
Somewhere in France, Sept. 1918.
Dear Folks at Home
/ haven't got the time to write to
each one of you, so you will have to
take turns in reading it. l am happy
and am feeling fine this morning. /
am not on duty and thought it wise
to drop few lines to you folks for
it has been some time since you
heard from me. Am sitting under a
tree and using an old mill stone for
table. Everything is different here
than in the states, we have been NOV
ing most of the time since we left
the boat, but l have not seen any Ger
mans yet only few prisoners, the
Germans are running so fast that we
cannot keep up with them.
We have no barracks to sleep in.
Myself and forty others have our
sleeping quarters in an old mill. The
buildings are all made of stone, and
most of these buildings are over 200
years old. There is Catholic church
a short distance from here that was
built 800 year ago. The soldiers
don't have coaches to ride in here,
they use box cars, 80 to 40 men in a
car, but t is not half bad when you
get use to it. They have a queer way
of driving horses here, never see two
abreast, always strung out. I have
seen four stung out, but they sure
have got the horses and also good
looking cattle. We have no wash
board here to wash our clothes on but
we go to some creek and use stone
instead which answers the purpose
real we'll. Well folks there is lot
more to write but I am not allowed
to do so.
I suppose you folks are are
through threshing, how was the grain
this year? l haven't run across Albert
yet but he must be around here
somewhere. I certainly would like to
meet him. I must hurry as I wish to
write a letter to mothehr too, so
answer this letter at once and tell
me all the news as we don't get no
news from the states at all. With
best wishes, I remain, your brother,
Joe Stucke.
John Nelson and family visited at
the o. M. Stenslund home Sunday.
John Konzak and family visited
Mrs. Konzak's folks at Belle River
Sunday.
F. L. Bradon, old time travelling
man for Gordon & Ferguson, visited
friends here the first of the week.
Henry Messer returned to work
here on the section after relieving the
regular foreman of Sank Centre for
ten days.
Herman Mix and son left for their
home at Nelson Saturday, after COM
pleting the job of building barn for
Fritz Moehring.
Mrs. Albert Rueckert left for Bird
Island, Friday morning from Sank
Centre, where she goes to visit her
parents for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Nelson of Osa-
kis was down on business and visiting
their son at the John Nelson home
north of town, one day this week.
Mrs. H. j. Wagner and daughter,
Charlotte, Mrs. Hugh Owen and Mrs.
Toilet Johnson motored to Osakis on
business and called on friends Tues
day.
Gladys Slauson, assistant cashier in
the bank left for Morris Friday,
where she made an over Sunday
stay with her parents returning Mon
day morning.
Miss Genieve Sheets, who teaches
in the Primary department Of the
school here, spent Sunday with her
mother at Long Prairie, returning by
car Sunday evening.
A. E. Erwin and family and
Vera Jamienson were up Thursday,
A. E., looking after his elevator
business here and the rest of the
family calling on friends.
Lorraine Snyder of Albany came up
this week and is taking the position
as school teacher in the John Kraemer
school district where she will. teach
the coming winter.
Henry Messer, who has charge of
the Sank Centre section at present,
was home over Sunday. The regular
foreman there belonging to the Home
Guards was called out to fight the
fire in the northern part of the state.
Beste brothers and j. J. johnson
pulled their threshing machines in
the last of the week having finished
the work in this part of the country.
Both report an exceptional fine fall
for threshing, only few hours lost
on account of rain during the sixty or
seventy days they were out.
John We're, who has been some
where in France the last five months
writes home this week that he is well
and hasn't seen a sick day and likes
it fine. John is employed as railroad
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