Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-28
DEATH, SORROW, ANXIETY
OUR BOYS DIE AND ARE MANI
ED IN FRANCE
Patriots Sacrifice Life for World HUI
manity-Sad Messages and Heart
Aches for Families and Friends

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| fallen in the trenches and thereby paid
his tribute to the cause of world hui
mainly The dispatches report the
death of Paul Gelh. killed in action in
/ France on a late date. a the old Ge-
| noa home. on Monday, high mass was
held to his sacred saemory. We learn
| few particulars Of the death of this
patriotic young man. He has always
! lived at Genoa He enlisted a year
| ago and entered the service. He was
attached to the 59th t. S. Infantry in
France,
Another sorrow AMI suspense comes
to Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Hamilton. Two
weeks ago one of their four soldier
sons was stricken and died at Jeffer-
son Barracks. A dispatch just re
ceived tells that their son Ole, was re-
| ported absent since August first, either
killed or taken prisoner. With an
other brother Ole has been in France
fer some time.
A note from Chas. f. Ward at Glen
dive, Montana, states the war depart
ment confirms the report that his son
Wilbur was killed May 20. He was the
first to lose his life on the western
front in France, from his home coun-
ty and town in Montana. Mr. Ward
writes that as soon as the war is over
he will take steps to have Wilbur
remains brought home for burial. All
their friends deeply sympathize with
Mr. and Mrs. Ward in their grief.
Alfred Wrobel. son of Mr. and Mrs
Carl Wrobel, of this community, has
returned home from the army carry
ing an honorable discharge. He went
last September and has been confined
in the hospital much of the time, I'M
dergoing serious operations in the
head He returns home in a much
emaciated condition.
Roy Stevling Of St.Paul has been
promoted to corporal "over there"
Carl Espeseth of St.Paul enlisted in
the army and was assigned to me-
chanics' school at the Minnesota state
university. Former Viroqua boys.
William Showan received a letter
written August End, in an army hos
pital at LeTreport, France, telling
that his son Roy is confined therein.
1t explained that he was not wounded,
but suffers severely from a shell shoes
which means that he was very near to
the business end of a German bomb.
Mrs. Joe Denning learns that her
son John arrived safely cover there
after being detained in a Massaehu-
sets cantonment for parade duty.
Alex Morrison, received word from
his second son that he had arrived in
France. The elder boy, who arrived
there last year, writes that he had
just finished q fye-day seice in the
trenches and had been relieved
Joseph LANCER Of Union, is advised
that his son was wounded IN France,
but was rapidly recovering. The
young soldier received a shot in one
leg and a shrapnel wound in the other.
Word has been received by relatives
here that Mrs julia Otteson-F likke
has arrived safely in France. She is
chief nurse of Unit No II.
Ole r. Moe and other relatives are
notified that his brother, Hans r. Moe,
was wounded while in trench warfare
in France July 10. His injury is in
one leg. but Hans hopes to get after
the Huns again in due time.
A son of Former Sheriff Chris O..
Helgeson came home on ten-day fur
Tough.
Earl fainter went to Lacrosse and
enlisted there for special service as a
clerk. He will be sent to Camp Green
leaf, Georgia, in few days. Earl
registered in Lacrosse year ago.
He was twice rejected because of de-
fective vision.
Lieutenant Ross Root of Camp
Grant was here on brief furlough.
He was former COW tester on the cir
cult north of this city
Harry W. Nelson writes home that
six soldiers were killed in the truck
train in which he was one driver.
They were going through the noun
| tains and a numbers of the auto
trucks went down the incline with the
result stated.