Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-25

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.J.,swhere h. franco. January l.,
1913 My Dear Friends
To-day IL New Years day ana |
received my Xmas box from the
twentieth Century club-Mrs ! H.
Dunn. Mrs Louise Holman and Mrs
Frank Il. shallenbergcr. do not
know how To express my tho.s IN
words for the NmAs present that you
have sent me !. among many of
the soldiers In France VIII sure 90
my part ia this war. | know the
members OF this club. ana also The
people OF Tulsa would liNc 10 know
tho condition OF things IN France,
but dare not say word. Az you
know our mail Ii censored.
| cannot even say where In france
am, but viii say that II everything
tGrns out all right AM going 10 see
that beautiful city OF Paris. lind
the FrSnch people are very nice and
are always willing to do anything
IN their power for the Anne lean sol
ciers, France is certainly beaut-
ful country, for J haye seen quite a
lot OF u.
NY voyage across me ocean was
not so pleasant. for ! was slch for
about five days
Well, will say again sure did
appreciate the Xmas box more than
you can realize.
Give all the members OF the club
my best regards am true Ameri-
can soldier IN France somewhere ----
ours sincerely, Glen W. link. l67
Climb Co. III San. Train, \. y.
Forces Firty second division Via
New York.
PSI hope TO be In Tulsa again.
which In my home | am the son OF
Dr. ~. r Zink. so7 First National
bunk building, | sure will appreciate q
line or SO from tho Twentieth Gem
tury club,
Somewhere In France Mrs, Frank
+. shellenberscr, Tulsn, OKLA
| wish TO thank YOU ms chairman
OF the Twentieth Century club for
the nice box YOU packed for mt pnd
which received IN New Years day.
II cana 10 me late for NinaA, but "
was surely appreciated as much as
II wo,ild have been had ! received II
on XMAS.
II il very kind. indeed OF YOU
people there to remember us as you
do
was practically a stranger In
Tulsa but happened 70 the good
fortune OF meeting number of lts
people before W. were called away,
and I sincerely hope that ! may have
tn. blessed privilege ~ returnins
we are all very comfortable here,
no Il is very cold and snow tau'
often bui we have plenty ~ warm
clothes ngain thank you for your
srhcIousness and hope thn; my setv-
ice, rendered ns best l can render
them. may, IN way, rephY YOU
Yours sincerely Ralph r Johnson,
Ambulance COMPANY 1871. HIN san
trnln. Forty second division Via
New York,
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE. Jan.
Is. 1918 nv Dear Folks:
It's 1870 D M Saturday and cold
rr than oklahoma has ever known,
I was going 20 bed hut several cups
OF hot black, suRarless, milkless
coffee. reinforced by jam and corn
wooiey" sandwiches and piece OF
fruit cake from the states argued
10 the contrary Not that any OF
the aforementioned life "sustainers
would cause insomnia right now
could kleap even in. on or about "A
civilian feather bed
Tonight our squadron In on guard
duty and at i3o my shit pops on,
Timo sort OF drags 40 II the oil in
the lantern holds out III struggle e.
ring up" tha curtain and give an
"up stage" slant at some OF the
Samnies In the aerial service some.
wherc In the anowdust covered land
Of France,
The Ruardhouse, not for prisoners
but where the sentftes headduarter
may not be a below par scene for
getaway There are several kinds
OF guards sleepy, sleeping snoring
reading. singing and joke telling
Also there are guards with coughs
colds sneeyes. cold feet and frozen
chiilhlained feet , have an en-
trance ticket to the last class The
raw onion poultlcs treatment having
failed we are all now taking the
vegetable medicine internally and
as result some are suffering iu-
formally
some Of the boys gnnged around
the 'poure hon" French stove are
singing Bringing In the Sheaves.
A mouth organ" IL the only musi-
cal instrument jock about pt
definite aa "1ohn Doe. received the
harp In a Christmas box one oi
tho fellows is attempting to Interest
himself in RncunB Essays Another
IN reading six weeks old COPY ui
life We are all On for "a boar
shift and anything 10 negotiate Itme
soon finds e liberal patronage.
Leaving the guatdhnusc one s'rps
lltp really remarkable world The
SKY is as clear OF clouds us most OF
us are or knowledge 81 French. and
that means the uncS most hHShtrl
, star IN winking unhindcrod az the
snow blAnkcted world below.