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; with the Pittsburgh Coal company
with headquarters at Pittsburgh the
first of the year.
, Camp Lee, Va, with the United States
army, is in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles n. Johnston.
OF Philadelphia, are spending the holi-
days with Mrs. E. S. Amos in Locust
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Timbers and
daughter Miss Virginia, OF Charles
ton. are the guests OF Mrs. Timbers'
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. +. Dent, IN
this city.
James Brownfield has arrived in the
city from Mercersburg, Pa, where he
is a student at the Mercersburg Mll2-
tary academy to spend the holidays
with his mother, Mrs. Clark Brown
field.
go to Morgantown today to spend
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. L. X
Beyington-
Mrs. S. W. NIunden left today fog
Greeasburg, Pa, to spend the holt
days with relatives.
Congressman and Mrs NJ. NJ. Nicely
and little son, John, have arrived home
from Washington and will spend the
holidays at their home in Watson ave
nue..
Lieut.. and Mrs. Basil Heron ar
rived here yesterday from Jackson
vile, Fla. Lieut.. Heron, who was
one OF the city's leading dentists had
been stationed at Camp Joseph +.
Johnston for several months. He will
resume his practice here
Miss Lucille Henry IS spending the
7 holidays with friends in Moundsville.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Steele Went
! to Morgantown today where they will
! spend several weeks.
Miss Ruth Kelley. who had been the
! guest Of her brothers, Ralph and Al
bert Kelley, in New York City, has re-
turned home accompanied by Ralph
! Kelley, who will spend the holidays
here.
MRS. D. P. Fitch has returned from
Cleveland, Ohio, where she had been
| the guest OF her sister, Mrs. FredericG
o. Smith and her niece, Mrs. Frank
Butler Both Mrs. Smith and Mrs.
Butler are recovering from illnesses
with influenza.
Miss Mamie McWhorter who holds
a government position in Columbus,
! Ohio. is here to spend the vacation
with her father, ]. C. McWhorter-
Meade Price, who is member of
! the S. A T. C. at Wesleyan college at
Buckhannon. is at home to spend the
holidays with his parents. Mr. and
J Mrs. George Price, in Maple avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Ramage will
spend Christmas in Clarksburg the
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Home Baked Pies ane Pastries,
BoyerS Restaurant ArVs.
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Holiday Dances.

Eatrnolt society folks viii have an
unusually gay holiday season tb,s year
IS dances galore are planned for the
season Since the war strain has les
sened and war activities maze some.
what Slackened a spirit Cor q bit Of
society has revived ard the young PEG.
DE WIN have enough society to salts.
~ them this season. Fairmont has
been unusually quiet ever since the
country entered the war and few so.
ciety events Of any magnitude have
been held here. The dances planned
Cor this eek and next viii many OF
them be benefit dances, however, the
proceeds to be devoted to various
Charitable Organizations. There aIe
scores OF young women and women
Home from college for the season
while many soldiers and sailors have
been honorably discharged or are at
hoEte on Through and touch Of the
military viii thus be added to the
Christmas festivities. In addition to
the dances planned for the season a
number OF home affairs will be staged
n various homes of the city where
house parties are being held.
On Christmas night a dance will
be held at The Fairmont hotel under
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iI5ell la lee11e Lava e la1s
BodFe Cone a . the lllEys
Eori We GOT Q e =. that = 50 MIN.
portant that I have foEas0tten the
ISM dsm en- no pm ug5 no1 SuBU
about where We are
The day the AInistice vas signed
e1czy Frenchfe Ne met would say.
%Ila guerre fnfs- Viva lie America VI
re IA France" They were sure pleas
ed and have every right to be-
I have received one letter from Per-
tina. one from Gladys and one from
you since have been here i re-
cefved the one from you dated Oct
18th last night
CLARENCE.
Mrs. Fred x johnson also received
a letter from her nephew. Guy Archie
McEIhesh OF Bat D. 18th F. A.
With American Army IN Belgium,
Nov. 18th, 1913
Dear Aunt Nellie:
l received your letter OF Oct
23rd yesterday It was the first had
received since In August / am back to
my own regiment again The people
Of Belgium think We are angels ex-
eept the wings. They have great
Arches over the SLteeCS 1OE uS "
march under with big signs on them
Honor Our Lfbeators", or other COM
phments to US. This is a pretty
rountry. The towns are clean and
the people have good appearance.
I am having a good time, have
not seen James Chis brother who ar
rived in New York the other day. nor
any of the other boys Send me
Clarence and Lloyd's addresses as
soon as you receive it.
Much oblidge for the pictures had
lost all that did have
How is everybody now2 I was very
sorry TO hear that everybody was sick
I have few boils.
l am glad ire war IS over hope to
come home soon. am in the Second
Division that 70 umay have heard of
during the last nine months The
Erench people as soon as they find
out what battles we hare been in VIII
nearly go Wild over US.
While was at ire hospital the Red
Cross certainly treated me fine. They
gave me all the tobacco and cigar
cites 1 could smoke. They also gave
me candy few times The Red Cross
is enc of the best organizations over
here. The Salvation Army is another
Of the good ones.
am about out Of paper so l Will
close, Answer Soon,
Guy A. NcELFRESH,
BIT. D. 18th. F. A A. Eff
John Huffman Marries.
Jorn huffman was married Thurs
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H(llILT
Letters Fren1 SOLDER.


Since the war has ended and cen
minimum the letters from the soldier
boys are more interesting.
All tell the same stoEy Of fine
treatment the Americans receive at
the hands of the French and Belsians.
al request for the boys to write a
November 24th.
Jas. D. Bowman received the fol
lowing letter from his son Clarence,
Battery c. 4Sth Coast Artillery:
Donzy. Nevers. France
Nov. 9th. 1918.
This is Fathers Christmas Vic.
tory Letter. AS the censorship has
been removed Will try to make it In
teresting.
About the trip over. will save
that to talk about when get home.
viii tell YOU this much though:
found out on the way over what It
feels like to be in the vicinity of the
enemy. and learned what a periscope
locks like sticking out of the water.
We landed at Boost and went to a
rest" camp for eight days.
We then boarded side door pull
mans" and journeyed to this place.
1t took US 31s days and three nights.
There is a detachment Of Forestry
Engineers and a detachment of col
ored laborers here besides our one
battery Of artillery. Believe me We
are some lumber jacks. We work
ten hours a; day. six days a week, and
sometimes on Sunday We do guard or
Military Police duty. Our captain
told US this morning that the sooner
the work was finished the sooner We
would reach home.
We are three kilometres e miles
fom village named Couloutre and
six kilometres a miles, from a small
town named Donzy, so can have little
enjoyment in the evening and on Sun
day.
On our railroad trip We took the
following rou:e= Leaving Brest We
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PERSONALS

Miss Emma Gardner, Of the post
office force, VIII spend Christmas at
lelarksburg this year
Misses Margaret and Virginia Ma-
der OF Martins Ferry, Ohio, are spend
ing this week as guests OF Miss Ruth
Frances Morgan In High stress.
Miss Ruby Gatrill, OF the city treas
urer's office, Will go to Grafton this
evening to spend Christmas with rel
atiyes.
Mss Viola Hall, assistant cashier IN
the Fafrmont State bank, lsS. today tor
MorEantown to spend Christmas with
relatfves.
Dalton van Fleet, who is stationed
ct Camp Devon, Mass. IS spending a
furIough In this city with Mayor and
Mrs Anthony Bowen at Bowenita.
Mr. and Mrs Clyde aeimicIz ana
daughters, Misses Alma and Nellie,
have returned TO CIarI;sburS after u
visit with Mr.. and MIS-. Thomas Wal
terS in Benoni avenue.
Mrs. Charles Davis, of Grafton, was
the guest yesterday OF Miss kuby
GatrilI en- route TO Mo=gsrtown where
4 she VII visit relatives.
r- and Mrs. ". G. Colborn and
daughter, Mary Catherine. of Raven,
ss..SsFa., are the guests OF AR Col
poEuSs parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. E.
oEhoFn, Of AZ CASTOR avenue.
Y Miss Blanche Colborn. OF Morgan
town. Is spending the Christmas vaca-
donS;with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. z CoIborn, of 412 CASTOR avenue.
Miss Helen and Charles Colborn, of
Grafton, spent Sunday with their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs, w. e.
CoIborn, Of 412 CASTOR avenue.
Robert Henry, who is stationed at
Camp Hancock, Ga, will arrive here
today TO spend a furlough with his par
enfs@ Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Henry, in
3 Fairmont avenue.
Frank Mansfield will arrive here
this week from Charleston to spend
christmas with his sister, Mrs. y. h.
JaI3son.
MSS Myrtle Mckinney. who is a
teacher In the CIarkSburg schools, is
here to spend the holidays with her
sisters, Misses Iva and Matilda Nc
Kinney.
WORD has been received here since
thes4Enfng Of the armistice from Capt.
John Paul Jones, grandson of ]. w
Faustl and Mrs. Clara Jones, OF Ma
Pile avenue, to the effect that he Is
safe and well He had been in France
for some time. /.
George Decker who is with the u.
s: aFmy at Camp Mills, N Y. has ar
rived here to spend Through with
relatives.
Lieutenant George Fitch, who was
stattoped at Camp Humphreys, Va, in
government service, has been honor
ably discharged and is here to spend
the holidays with his father. DR.. D. P
Fitch he VIII resume his position
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Personals.

Sir anc 3frs Harry 9fcElfesh we're
visiting at Warrington last week
Miss Amanda Tichnel OF Little Falls
was visiting relatives here last week
Sfrs. Jas D. Bowman Is much Inn
proved IN health and able to be about
the house once more
Miss Gladys watkins who teaches
the Goose Creek School IN Union dis
trict was home on a visit Sunday.
aIargev and Eleanor the two small
children of Mr.. and Mrs Chas- h.
Hoult werc visiting their aunt, Mrs.
Nellie E1arr IN Faimont Saturday and
Sunday.
SIS. Frances Brown Of Clinton Fur
mace was visiting her Aunt Mrs T.
T. alcElfesh hcre. Friday
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En4ertaininn co..

Mrs. Laura Cole and Miss Florence
Arnett have as their guests at their
home in Main street, the formers
daughters, Misses Grace and Florence
Cole, OF New York city, and Miss
Emma Cole, of Washington, u. e. The
latter is niece of Mrs. Cole and Miss
Arnett.
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For God and France.

go over. Our officers always led us,
but l have never seen a German officer
lead a charge. They always were be-
hind their men, driving instead of lead.
ing. / do not believe they are as brave
as they are said TO be.
Well, we went over this time, and
the machine guns were certainly going
1t strong. We were pretty sore about
the chaplain and the Swiss and all
that. and we put up an awful fight, but
we could not make ii and had to come
back. Only one company reached the
Boche trenches and not a nan of ii
came back who had not been wounded
on the way and did not reach the
trench. They were just wiped out.
The captain was missing, too. We
thought he was done for, but about
two o'clock In the morning, he came
back. He simply fell over into the
trench, all in. He had been wounded
four times, and had lain in a shell
crater full of water for several hours.
He would not go back for treatment
then. and when daylight came, it was
too late, because We were practically
cut of by artillery fire behind the front
line trenches.
When daylight came, the artillery
IRE opened up right on US, and the
Germans had advanced their lines into
some trenches formerly held by US and
hardly forty-ive yards away. We re,
eeiyed bombs and shells right in our
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faces. A Tunisian in our company got
crazy, and ran back over the parados.
He ran a few yards, then stopped and
looked back at US. l think he was
coming to his senses, and would have
started back to us. Then the spot
where he had been was empty, and a
second later his body from the chest
down fell not three yards from the
parados. l do not know where the
top part went. That same shell cut a
groove in the low hilltop before it ex'
ploded. He had been hit by a big
shell. and absolutely cut In two. I
have seen this happen TO four men, but
this was the only one In France.
About seven o'clock, we received re-
endorsements, and poured fresh troops
over and retook the trench. No sooner
had we entered it, however, than the
Germans turned their artillery on us.
not ever waiting for their own troops
to retire safely. They killed numbers
Of their own men In this way. But the
fire was so heavy that, when they coun-
ter-attacked, we had TO retire again.
and this time they kept after us and
drove us beyond the trench we had
originally occupied.
(To Be Continued)
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FOR SALE-A four-room, modern
house, closets, pantry, bookcase and
built-in cupboard; electric lights.
water and phone; two lots, 100x125;
price $500; terms $500 cash, mort
gage 3 years at 6 per CEN interest
on balance of $1100; located in
Haviland & Hoskins addition; in
spection invited. Address A. c..
Bulls, Box 523. Winnemucca. 112
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nude they got all the men and women
before them with their hands In the
air. Those who did not were knocked
down. After a while some of them saw
what they were going to get, and being
as game sports as / yer heard of, tried
to fight. They were finished Off at
once, Of course.
The former burgomaster had been
shot and finished off with an YAK,
though he had not resisted, because he
wanted to save the lives of his citi-
zens. They told me of one case. In Dix
nude, where a man came out of his
house, trying to carry his father, a
mar Of eighty, to the square, where
they were ordered to report. The old
man could not raise his hands, so they
dragged his son away from him,
knocked the old man In the head with
an ak, and left him there TO die. Those
who were spared were made to dig the
graves for the others.
There was a doctor there In Dix
nude, who certainly deserves a mill
tary cross If any man ever did. He
was called from his house by the Ger
mans at 5 80 one morning. He left his
wife, who had had a baby two days
before, in the house. He was taken TO
the square, lined up against a wall
with three other big men of the town.
Then he saw his wife and baby being
carried to the square on a mattress by
four Germans. He begged to be al
lowed to kiss his wife good-by, and
they granted him permission. As he
stepped away, there was a rattle and
the other men went West. They shot
him, too, but though he was riddled
with bullets he lived, somehow, and
begged the German officer to let him
accompany his wife to the prison
where they were taking her. This was
granted too, but on the way, they
heard the sound of firing. The soldiers
yelled, die Franzosen !" and dropped
the mattress and ran. But 1t was only
some of their own butchers at work.
Doctor Laurent carried his wife and
baby TO an old aqueduct that was being
rebuilt by the creek. There they lived
for three days and three nights, on the
few herbs and the water that Doctor
Laurent sneaked out and got at night.
Doctor Laurent says that when the
Germans killed and cruclfed the civil
ians at Dixmude, they first robbed
them of their watches. poeketbooks,
rings and other things. There was a
Madame Tilmans there, who had had
three thousand francs stolen from her
and was misused besides.
These were just a very few of the
things that happened at just one place
where the Germans got to work with
their "kultur." So you can picture the
Belgians agreeing on a German peace,
while there is a Belgian alive to argue
about ii. They will remember the Ger
a long time, l think. But they
need not worry there are a lot of us
who viii not forget. either.
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There were seven more explosions,
and then they stopped, though we
could hear the rattle of a machine gun
at some distance away. Bartel said ii
must be the forts, and after some argu-
ment l agreed with him. He said that
the Germans must have tried an adj
vance under cover of a bombardment,
and that as o as the forts got into
action the Germans breezed. We were
not worried much, so we did not get
out Of bed.
A few minutes later we heard foot
steps on the roof. and then a woman
In a window across the street. asking
a gendarme whether ii was safe to go
back to bed. Then l got up and took
a look into the street. There were a lot
of people standing around talking, but
IT was not interesting enough to keep
a tired mar up, so into the hay.
1t seemed about the middle of the
night when Bartel called me, but he
said 1t was time to get out and get TO
work. We found he had made a poor
guess, for when we were half dressed
he looked at his watch and 1t was only
a quarter past seven, but we decided
TO stay up, since we were that far
along, and then go down and cruise for
a breakfast.
When we got downstairs and found
some of the hotel people 1t took them
a long time to get IL through u heads
that there had been some real excite
ment during the night. The explosions
were those of bombs dropped by a
Zeppelin. which had sailed over the
city.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Sixth Judicial District Court of
the State of Nevada, in and for the
County of Humboldt.
In the Matter of the Estate of w. F..
Minor, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Sarah
Alletha Wilkinson has been duly ap
pointed and qualified on the Sth day
of July. A. d. 1918, by the above
named Court as |executrix of the
Estate of w. H. Minor, deceased.
All creditors having claims, due or
to become due, against said estate, are
required to file the same, with the
proper vouchers attached, with the
Clerk of said Court, within three
months after the first publication of
this notice.
Dated, August 3rd, 1918.
SARAH ALLETHA WILKINSON,
Executrix of the Estate of
w. H. Minor, deceased.
Date of first publication, Aug. 3, 1918.
Date of last publication, Aug. 81. 1918.
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Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

q From the San Francisco Bulletin: Nevada prides herself on the
. fact that not a failure occurred in the state during the present fnan-
. cal depression. There has been no boom in Nevada for a long time
. and BUSINESS is down to bedrock, but there is always something doing
. there. Her grazing and agricultural resources are magnificent and
6. are capable of expansion by means of irrigation. 1t is also a fact to
= her credit that with all her hard times of late years, Nevada has al
9 ways made her living, paid her bills as well as furnishing mnionaires
. to decorate the beautiful residences of San Francisco.
. twenty-five years ago a one1nch want ad in The Silver State cost
. $3.50 for the first insertion and Sl00 for each subsequent insertion. O
. $3.50 for three insertions. Today a one-inch want ad can be inserted
. three times for only fifty cents. and it's worth more now than then
9 @ @ @ o 9 o 9 O o @ @ o o 9 o o o o o o O O o o q 8 a
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FOR IMMEDIATE SALE-160 acres
US. patented land, at a bargain;
fenced with four-strand wire fence,
lower strand rabbit proof; new
four-room house, barn, sheds and
well with good flow of water. gaso-
line engine and pump; good part of
land under cultivation; one bumper
crop potatoes raised; about one and
one-half miles from city limits. For
terms and information, apply Silver
State office. 112-6t
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The first bomb had fallen less than
two hundred yards from where we
slept. No wonder the bed rockedl II
had struck a narrow three-story house
around the corner from the hotel, and
had blown it to bits. Ten people had
been killed outright, and a number
died later. The bomb tore q fine hole
and hurled pieces of itself several hun
dred yards. The street itself was
filed with rocks, and a number of
houses were down, and others wreck
ed. When we got out into the street
and talked with some army men we
found that even they were surprised
by the force of the explosion.
We learned hat the Zepp had sailed
not more than five hundred feet above
the town. Its motor had been stopped
just before the first bomb vas let go,
and it had slid along perfectly silent
and with all lights out. The purr that
we had thought was machine guns
after the eighth explosion, vas the
starting of the motor, as the Zepp got
out of range of the guns hat were be-
Ing set for the attack.
The last bomb had struck In a large
square. II tore a hole In the coble-
stone pavement about thirty feet
square and five feet deep. Every win
dow on the square was smashed. The
fronts of the houses were riddled with
various sized holes. All the crockery
and china and mirrors In the house
were in fragments.
Not much more than an hour before
the Zepp came, we had been sitting in
a room at the house of the local mill
tary commandant, right under a big
glass-dome skylight. This house was
now a very pretty ruin. and ii was just
as well that we left when we did. You
could not even find a splinter Of the
big round table. The next time / sit
want a lad with a live eye for Zeppe-
Inns on guard outside.
Something about the branch head
quarters ruins made us think Of break
fast, which we had forgotten. so back
TO the hotel. Then we started back to
our lines. We were ordered to keep
to the main road all the way back, or
we would be shot on sight, and to re-
port to headquarters Immediately on
our return. l thought If the sight of
me was so distasteful to anybody, /
would not take the chance of offend
ing, being anxious to be polite in such
cases. So we stuck to the main road.
Fritz did not give us any trouble and
we were back by five, with all hands
out to greet US when we hove in sight,
and a regular prodigal son welcome on
tap, for we were later than they had
expected us, and they had made up
their minds that some accident had
happened.
While / was around Dixmude, / saw
many living men and women and chill
dren who had been mutilated by the
Germans, but most of them were won
en- and children. Almost every one
of the mutilated men was too old for
military service. The others had been
killed, / guess.
But the Belgians were not the only
ones who had suffered from German
kultur. Many French wounded were
tortured by the Huns, and we were
constantly finding the mutilated bodies
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CHAPTER TX.
Laid un for Renairs-

One night. after l had been at Dix
nude for about three weeks, we made
a charge in the face of a very heavy
fire. Our captain always stood at the
parapet when we were going over, and
made the sign of the and shouted,
'For God and France" Then we would
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of our troops. 1t was thought that the
Germans often mutilated a dead body
as an example to the living.
The Germans had absolutely no re-
spect whatever for the Red Cross. For
instance, they captured a wagon load
ed with forty French wounded, and
shot every n of them. / saw the
dead bodies.
When The Germans came TO Dix