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The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06

fore part of September. Have met
number Of Washington and Ben
ton County boys down here Saw
Lawrence Searcy this afternoon.
There is number of Y. M. c. A.
halls here in camp. The \ men do
everything they can to entertain the
soldiers. of which the boys certainly
do appreciate They have picture
shows, singing and religious services,
writing material all free. man
is soldiers friend where ever sold
Ter finds him. Don't know whether
| will ever see France or not, from
all reports | don't see how this ter
rible war can last much longer.
am longing for that bright day TO
come when we soldier boys can all
return home. Ed.-Please tell Newt
Harris that / am going to write him
in a few days. Hoping to be in
Springdale Christmas, will close for
this time, will write more when have
time.
Sincerely,
Edward A Morrison,
IS Co. % Rec Bn. Camp Pike,
Little Rock, Ark
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06

err to France than | was when we
first got here. | don't think we Will
ever 90 now. We have been all
packed and ready to go three differ
ent times, but was delayed at the
last minute. There were two or
three companys that got on board the
ship for days and then came back.
Gee, the people sure went bugs
yesterday when they got the news that
the war was over
Believe. me this is sure some camp
or it will be when they get it done
they sure or doing lots of building. |
think we will move in barracks in a
few days. think we will be home
bv Christmas. We drill every day
here of morning and go on hikes
of an afternoon.
There sure are lots of fine homes
around here. We are about 20 miles
from New York City. ] think will
go to see the city pretty soon.
1t sure does get cold here at night
it gets as cold as twenty below IN
the winter. No n. Y. for mine when
get out, sunny California for me.
Well will close for this time.
As ever, your brother,
Claud A. Virgins.
Co. [. 18th Inf, Camp Mills N Y.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06
FROM JAMES A. FRIEDRICH.

The following letter was recently
received by Mr.. Adam Friedrich, re-
siding west of Springdale from his
son James with the l0Sth Machine
Gun Battalion in France:
Somewhere in France, Oct 20, 1918.
Dear Father, Mother and all:
Well | am in France. but | don't
know where. am all O. X. and
hope you are all the same. have
been all over France. since have
been here, but haven't seen any
thing that looks like home to me.
| think if the Huns keep running
they will be run in and we can soon
be coming home. am sure | will
get home in time to help cultivate
the crop next year, SO don't be afraid
to start large one.
Hoping to hear from you soon, and
tell every one hello for me.
Your loving son.
James A. Friedrich
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06

them the raise Sure. give it to
them, | won't neel any carpenter
work until the "frime la guerre"
What's Glenn limbaugh doing? Is
he in the grocery business? / don't
see limbaugh Bros, Phone 65'
among the advertisers.
Dad. must quit this and go to bed
Have little studying to do der
mite" for the work of tomorrow
and besides my feet are getting I'D
in these rubber boots Don't know
where 1t, Otto Christian is. Haven't
seen or hear of him since WE left
Bauregard-neither have ran into
any of the boys from home, although
| expect to any time.
Speaking of the cost of paper.
This is very common pencil tablet
and cost me about 40 cents Butter
IS $l20 per pound-but we have
it three times day-and good hot
cakes, coffee bacon and eggs for
breakfast We have store i'll our
barracks and electric lights There
are about 10 other officers here in this
one barracks taking the course and
several barracks. Say, see it is said
that it cost Uncle Sam $4,000 TO train
an observer and $4,000 for the pilot,
the two costing $4,000 Some price
for a team isn't it9
Well, good night, folks, hope you
are all well and ready to enjoy peace,
fer its only very, very few days
away
Ny regards to all.
Your son,
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06
FROM ERWIN AUSTIN.

The following letter was received
by Mrs Dallas Smith of Lowell from
her brother, Erwin. who IS with the
American Expeaitionary Forces in
France
Somewhere in France. Nov 1, 1918
Dear SIS will take the pleasure
50 early in the morning, ) o'clock to
answer your most kind and welcome
letters, received few days ago, and
was glad to hear from you and to
hear everybody vas well | am fine
and dandy but am Just a little sleepy
at present for | have been up since
midnight thought | would try and
write few lines now and finish when
| get back to my barracks for | have
not your letters with me. therefore |
cant answer the questions tell
you we sure are having plenty of rain
over here. ! have never seen II rain
SO much without resting little while.
One thing | liked about my job yes
terday and last night was. | got to
be in out Of the ram and mud and
that counts whole lot over here, |
am still holding my old job AZ a
switch board operator. like this
work fine Well guess | will cut
this out and finish later
Wednesday night the 9Th. Hello
sis, will try and finish my letter
in answer to your dear letter Of Sept.
90. | was indeed glad to hear from
you, Yes you are right, anything
The French say to me, say Wee,
Wee" that means yes in French, and
if | don't understand what they say,
| say" No Compree." which means
am learning French fast Well here
| am again. | had to quit and cut some
wood for my stove for | was about
to freeze | received letter from
Margery Graham today and it was a
real interesting one too. She was
telling me that Robert got married
while he was home on furlough |
have never met up with any of the
boys ! know visited my old Co
which is Battery A now ! went
down the other night and had a real
good time with them. | seen the Coo
per boys, Jesse Evans, the Graham
boys and the Goree boys all of Spring
dale. suppose most every one near
Springdale knows the boys | have
named and probably haven't heard
from them for sometime They are
all we'll and we had good time, got
few songs books and sang few
songs but of course there wasn't much
music. To all my friends | say
Howdy. Arden Deason, who lives IN
following distance of me in Lowell,
is still in the same company with me.
All who know us know we are great
ehams and when We come back to
Lowell we will be TIE same way. We
had to leave one good friend of GUS
at Beaurgeard, Raymond Bridwell,
Whom most everyone knows well.
| will have to close, with regards
and best wishes TO all ard love to you,
Your loving soldier brother,
Pvt. Erwin Austin,
Headquarters Co. "a f. A. Brigade
American Expeditionary Forces
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06

the only boys whom the Bochs let
get to Germany will be the Air Ser
vice gang and | want to go over with
the first bunch I'd like to drop a
few bombs right on the Royal Palace
but the Kaiser and the Crown Prince
would be in cellar.
I'm enclosing herewith "Plane
News" a paper published by Air Ser
vice. 1t is interesting save some.
Also subscribed for Stars and Stripes
that you should receive weekly.
Well, It's enough for this time.
Must bone up" for an exam this
afternoon.
Guy
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06
FROM CLAUD A. Virgins.

Mrs. Bertha Frost of Gait, Calf,
sends the News the following letter
received by her from her brother,
glaud Virgins, stationed at Camp
Mills. N. Y. Mr. Virgins is son
of T. j. Virgins. residing near So
nora:
Camp Mills, n. y. Dear Sis
win write you d fey lines. This
leaves me all OK. but not any near
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06

The New Hope correspondent OF the
Rogers Democrat reports the death o.
Miss Ruth b. Rainey, 70 year oiu
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. " {. Ram
ely, death being due to pneumonia
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06

Stop coughing! you rack the lungs
and worry the body. BALLARD'S
HOREHOUND SYRUP checks irrl-
tation, heals the lungs and restores
comfortable breathing. Sold by J. K.
Joyce Drug Co.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06

J. c. Pace, Defendant
The defendant, J. c. Pace, is warned
to appear in this court within thirty
days to answer the complaint OF
plaintiff, Fayetteville Vuleanizing Go.
This 10th day Of November, 1918.
30-4t X. J.. Atwood, }. +.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06
FROM LIEUT.. GUY c. STAFFORD.

Il Quite a number of letters reached
sSpringdale Monday from the boys on
the other side, but so far as known
all were written before the armis
lice was signed Following letter
was received from Lieut. Guy c. Stat
lord, who went over with the l42nd +.
EA., but was transferred to the air
Service after reaching France:
\ Tours, France, Friday, Oct -, 1915.
Dear Dad; Received your letter
Sept. q yesterday and was GER
falnly pleased. 1t was the first let
1er have had from home since | came
yer Had a card from Raymond
rom Little Rock, en- route to San
lego Have had one copy of the
aper, the issue Of Sept. 9th. | de-
oafed every line, even the "Consti-
pnonal Amendments" and Tree
pne" 1t also was fine reading,
pecafly Fay's letters-they are
0od. Also 1t told me where he was.
uess by this time he must be on
! way over, or already here. Send
MS address as soon as possible,
p Send him mine. Have been try
70 locate some of the boys-The-
slaughter. or Gus Daily, but have
succeeded. Perhaps, I'll find them
he"here, maybe I'll land" near
IT, Am getting along just fine,
"eai'h IS especially good, but this
- mas been strenuous one-final
= Vi observation, with two exams
@s,aha 1t Means additional study.
eh been doing much flying. on
vuAt OF the foggy. rainy weather,
. not very good for air work,
Vush we sometimes get caught oat
our Three Stars was a master
= Out Dad it hit me in a funny
s',o" / can't explain it
""eh ! read the article cried
a''ie-great business fer a fell
~. s0'e up over brain storm"
mat Ia, Especially when ten min
ahs, ne IN the air flying 1000
en, ~ me earth. On that trip
? ~ thinking about that story
I'm doing everything in NV
!. y DO my bit over here in the
and W. nut I'll be glad when it's
ihree Stars" come bael;
NM. nome and you, and |
ssle .,,., mat I'll have to have
T. " with Fay and Raymond ri.ht
d. ,0or IN the front room-but
ro,... IN" Vi US all on the front
yon r various experiences.
all - eh. Coming back, sure
IN ~ be De back before spring. and
bers s'p You , with the Kentucky
a, ~ ne way the boys are
much In, Ioe.i front the Huns can't
/ i .onser-two months at The
d IS $ my ny guess Dad. they're h, y'rs
! cal, t'e inst water and they're
get !. rope every time the
It's not u hitting distance, but
Us. a. = easy for the Yanks as
I'm oyaa '.'as the Yanks thrive
with Me- anxious to get in my
'es'' I'm thinking that
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06

Some Of those American boys VINO
passed physical examinations spleh-
didiy became suddenly deaf when any
suggestion of retreat was made
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06
NJ Y regards To all,
our son.
Guy.

Irregular bowel movements lead to
chronic constipation and a constipated
habit fills the system with impurities.
HERBINE is great bowel regulator.
1t purifies the system. vtalizes the
blood and puts the digestive organs
in fine, vigorous condition Sold by
J. X. Joyce Drug Go.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06

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The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06
WARNING ORDER.

State Of Arkansas
Washington County IS
Springdale Township
Fayetteville Vulcanizine Co, Plaintiff
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06

For that bad taste in the mouth Try
lickifs the bs.A-ef 4 War ssv'ns-
Stamp. = -
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DIR. b. +. McALlSTER
OSTEOPATH.
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Phone Office. 25l; Residence 1871.
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.
A Tonic Laxative
sAx-Eoc WITH pEpsiN

that will remove the bile from the Liver and
cleanse the System THOROUGHLY without eripans
or disturbing the stomach is truly Peffect LaA-
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-12-06

Co L. 18th Inf. Camp Mills N. y.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
OWE DEBT TO SERvIAN BARDS
Men Of Letters Have Kept Alive the
Spirit Of Liberty Which 10 the
country's Pride.

The schoolmaster as the citadel and
hope Of national aspirations Is today
what he was q hundred years ago.
when Korais laid the foundations Of
Greek independence by purging the
native tongue Of its barbaric infeo
tons and bringing it as near as poo
sible to the language Of Pericles. K
may be the professional schoolmas'
tiers, or it may be the professors, writ.
ers, poets, who constitute themselves
the schoolmasters of nation. With
the hedge priests of ireland who kept
alive the national spirit under fierce
prosecutions stand the Servian bardA
who, through the centuries, kept the
national soul alive under the despot
ism Of the Turk. AS applied to racial
awakenings, Faust's conclusion 10
wrong. In the beginning is not the
deed, but the word, the word thaa
often has to be taught to people thaa
has forgotten 1t, and even when half
learned falls upon their ears from az
ancient past as call to great deeds
It Is the schoolmaster and the book
men who have stirred up and led rev
olutions In our own day, the intelleo
tuals in Russia, Nansen and Sigure
Ibsen in Norway, Braga in Portugal
DAnnunzfc and Martinetti in ItaJy.
and now Pearse and his predecessors
Of the Gaelic league in Ireland. Anon 6
the Jews today the revival Of national
aspirations expresses itself, in one
form, through the rebirth Of the lam
guage Of the Bible as a spoken tor cue
a parallel strangely akin to the G Z
renaissance.-New York Evening Ft
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
Love and MARRIAGE.

First love is very apt not to be the
lasting love" said DR.. Antoinette Koni
kow, speaking at the Boston School Of
Social Science.
Young lovers try to excuse all the
faults of the loved one because they
are not in love with the individual, but
with love. Hence they may not choose
the partner with whom they will find
their happiness in later years. Many a
man and woman is glad by middle age
that the first love was frustrated.
Marriage should be based on love
alone or it is immoral, and some change
is necessary if marriage is to be saved
from degradation. Real love always
makes people better. Romantic love is
the source Of all the best things In life
the foundation OF all the arts. And
individual happiness makes up the hap
piness of the ce."-Boston Post
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
HEALTH FOUND IN GARDEN
Precipitation That Results Carries
Away NoxIous Elements, and
Strength and vigor Are Certain.

To the man who woos her earnestly
nature offers a store Of unexpected
gifts. Our thousands of amateur gar
deners who have put in the leisure
hours in their little garden patches
have begun to realize that one of the
biggest rewards Of their labors may
not be the actual produce they will
obtain, valuable as that may be, but
In the less tangible results on their
own bodily and spiritual welfare
There is health in the soil of Mother
Earth. The perspiration that results
from your labors is carrying away nox.
ious elements from your blood
Strength and vigor come from contact
with the soil. In this kinship to the
earth Is found one reason that nearly
all Of our greatest men have been
country-bred boys. It Is why farmer
boys Of today are stronger and more
able than youths reared in cities. Dc
not be afraid If your hand acquires o
few callouses or brownish tint. A
well-tanned hand Is a more fitting sub,
ject for pride than a soft, white, use
less hand. You may meet with some
failures from not knowing the how and
why Of things, but there is a joy which
cannot fail.
The miracle of planting q seed and
seeing the growth, though a common
thing, contains joy and food for the
heart. Gardening not only brings nour.
ishment for the body and food for the
mind. but it expands the soul-Mil
waukee Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
When "oId Woneny AboundeA

il the eighteenth century womei
soon grew old. says an English writer
At the age Of twenty-nine Marie An
toinette, the wife of Louis XVI, grave
II discussed the question with ne
Elodiste, Rose Berlin. She would sooi
be thirty. Her idea was to change hel
manner of dress. which inclined to,
much to that of extreme youth IL
consequence she should wear no NOR,
flowers or feathers. The glorious
Georgiana, the duchess of Devonshire
complained to the French Ambassador
that she was already seven and TWEEN
~ years old Consider" said thu
glorious one, what an age that Is.
to which the ung' liant ambassador r.
piled that ''in France ct seven and
twenty q woman was considered elder
-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
HE BLAzED NEWSPAPER TRAIL
Young Ohio Printer Established In.
dianapoIis' First News Dissemina.
tor In 1922, In Log Cabin.

The first newspaper published in
zette, started in January, 1922, by Ma
thaniel Bolton, young printer who
came from Ohio. He was born at
Chillicothe, once an Indian town, and
later for few years the capital Of
Ohio. He learned the printers trade
there and moved to Indianapolis q
year after the capital was located
there. In reminiscent address many
years later he said:
'The Gazette was established in a
buckeye log cabin Of but one room.
part of which was occupied for fam
lily residence. 1t was printed on new
type. The ink was put on with balls
made of dressed deer skin stuffed with
wool. The balls. when out of use,
were kept soft by the application Of
raccoon oil. There was no post Office
nearer than Connersville, distance Of
60 miles; but private mail was es-
tablished and person employed to &c
to COnnersville every four weeks tC
bring the letters and newspapers. IL
February, 1928, the presidents mes
sage, delivered in December, 49,
came to hand and was published in
the two or three succeeding numbers
of the Gazette. During the year 1922
q United States mail was established
and in a short time we had our mail
from the East every two weeks, unless
detained by high waters" A year
after starting the Gazette Mr.. Boltor
became mail carrier. In his reminis
cent addr ,ss he says:
"In 1928, having received contract
from the postmaster general, pro
ceeded with the first United States
mail north Of indianapolis to the Their.
recently deserted village of Anderson
town. A post office on the route was
established at the home Of William
Conner, four miles south of Mobiles
vile, and there was another post office
at Strawtown, prairie of consider
able magnitude, where many remains
Of the Indian village that had been 10
Gated there were still standing"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
Mast of Iurffa.

The manner in which a turtle con.
structs her nest is both interesting
and suggestive, it being one Of tha
most expedis ious operations ever per.
formed by that slow moving creature.
After selecting a suitable spot she be-
gins digging cat hole with her hind
legs by moTsnS slowly In a circle and
throwing the excavated sand In rim
all around It When that is about
eighteen inches in depth and twelve
In circumference she drops her eggs
into it, pulls the rim Of sand over
them and, rising on all four legs, lets
her body drop heavily on the covering
sand until she has made it as compact
as any part Of the surrounding beach
She then makes few false demonstra'
lions on the shore to miSlead inQulsl'
tive enemies and hastens to the sea az
fast as she can travel.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
- . 49,.
NQubxN 0uale u NlSTonls
instrument Tha$ Il b Alleged Wa
Brought 70 Al ierica BY the
Pllorims.

4. M. Bever. living near Hillsbofo
nd, has bugle, said to have been
made in England early in the seven
seenth century, according to an e1
;hange. 1t Is three feet long, made
II cedar wood in two sections which
are glued together. It is about three
inches in diameter 1t the base and
tapers uniformly to . point.
Around 1t are ten crude rings made
from sections Of a buffalo horn. It was
brought to America in 1920 by the PHI
grims, It IL believed, and tradition
says it was carried by the army Of
Miles Standish In the expedition
against the Indians. The earliest au
thentic account of It dates back te
colonial days. It was used at the Boz
ton tea party and was carried by tn.
minute men in the battle of Lexington
and Bunker Hill.
struck by = British musket ball and g
portion Of the end was torn away. l,
was at the siege Of Yorktown and
helped to celebrate the surrender o!
Lord CORVALLIS in 1881.
After the war the old bugle wa,
handed down as an heirloom IN ths
Bever family. Mrs. Michael Bever
the great-grandmother Of the pressn
,wner, died in Tazewell county. Illinois
Is years ago, when she was one hun
bred and four years old. She came il
to possession Of the bugle when a yer.
small girl, and later prepared a his
Tory of 1t. Upon her death the oil
heirloom was kept for time by Jo
seph Bever. an old tanner of Hillsboro
and 1t then passed into the hands o
L. M. Cooper and wife of Waynetown
from whom r. NJ. Bever received 1
Eve years ago.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
s4aekinn tha National Parks,

The United States is carrying on Q
very interesting work in exchanging
the Wild animals of one region for those
Of iothers-transplanting elk and deer
and Rocky mountain bighorns from
regions in the United States where
sthey are plentiful to others where, SO
far as known. they have not lived.
Some Of the animals are being shipped
long distances, says the Popular Bel
ence Monthly.
Wyoming is full Of elk. The herds
In the Jackson Hole country are the
largest Of any Of North American wild
animals since the days Of the countless
buffaloes. But the big Yosemite Ma
tional park of California, with its
three-quar4ers OF million acres, I'm.
til recently had 10 elk, or at least only
q very few scattered specimens. Bui
the elk shipped in from Wyoming have
become very much at home and arr
breeding and multiplying rapidly, add
Ing to the charm and picturesqueneS'
of this popular national playground
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22


The saying THE latchstring Is out"
signifies hospitality. 1t Is standing
invitation to visit the party who uses
it. In early times throughout New
England and other parts Of the coun-
try the houses were built Of logs, and
the door fastenings were simply q
wooden latch ON the inside of the door,
which fell into notched stick in the
doorpost. The simple contrivance was
owing to the fact that nails and iron
were hard to get. On the inside the
latch was lifted by the hand easily, but
to lift it from. the outside a hole was
bored in the door, which was made OF
slabs, and string passed through,
which was fastened to the latch. BY
pulling the sizing the latch was lifted
and the door opened. To lock the door
the string was drawn inside so that q
person on the outside could not use II.