The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-20
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Lieut.. Cassius NJ Clay, who has
been in the service in France, re-
turned Wednesday and is at present
at the home of his mother, Mrs. G.
M. Clay, at "Auvergne," near Paris.
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Mr.. and Mrs. j. Miller Ward, OF
near Paris, have received a letter
from their son, Lieut.. James Clay
Ward, who has been on the firing
line in France. The letter bore a re-
cent date, and the writer stated he
was well and enjoying the luxury of
a rest from duty.
Mrs. Ruby Arnsparger, of Paris,
has received a letter from her son,
Lucien Arnsparger, now overseas,
and located in Belgium, covering the
time he left New York until Noven1-
Der IA, the day the letter was mailed.
The letter is very interesting one,
but because of it's great length, hard
ly possible to publish in one issue.
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A letter was received in Paris yes
terday by relatives from Mr.. j. Scott
Woodford, who has been on the firing
| line in France since being sent over
seas from Southern cantonment.
Woodford stated that he had seen
plenty of excitment, was in excellent
health and hoped to be sent back to
the U. S. A. shortly, in which wish
his friends here join.> -
49,
Equipped with papers showing his
honorable discharge from service in
the U. S. Army, Lieut.. Ollie w. Nc
Clure, of Little Rock, has returned to
his home. Lieut.. Mcclure, who is a
son of Dr. and Mrs. P. L. Mcclure,
of Little Rock, has been stationed
in the Government Aviation Service
at Fort Ethan Allen, in Vermont.
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In the casualty lists published re-
Gently in the daily papers appeared
the names of Private Gus Westfall, of
Paris, as seriously wounded, and Pri-
vate Henry Whitridge, of Paris, as
slightly wounded. THE NEWS pub
lished a letter sometime ago from
Private Whitridge, stating he had
been wounded twice and was in a
Base Hospital, to which he had been
carried by Paris boy, Lucien Arm
sparger, a meElber of the Ambulance
Corps.
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With the announcement that a
large number of negro soldiers from
this State had arrived in New York
from France, the first lot of BLACK
Devils to return, the colored people
of Paris are quite certain that mum.
Der of men from this vicinity are
among the number. Numerous post
cards have been received at the Paris
! postoffice in the past few days from
former Paris men who had been in
France, stating that they fully ex.
pected to return to this country, as
they had been moved close to seaports
and that their return home was only
a matter of a few weeks.
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Corp. John M. Stuart, of Paris, sta
toned at the U. S. Proving Grounds
! at Aberdeen, near Baltimore, Md.
sends THE NEWS man copy of The
Baltimore Daily Star. The paper
] contains two pages of illustration!
showing some of the immense guns
mortars, tanks, siege-guns, feid
! pieces, etc., tested at the Aberdeen
: Proving Grounds. One of the guns
was a monster of steel, throwing 6
! big projectile thirteen miles. The
; article was written by staff cores
pendent of The Star, who accompani
ed a party of Government experts or
an inspection tour of the huge plant
II and the testing grounds.
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n A postcard from B. Clark Wilson
son of Mr.. and Mrs. D. T. Wilson, Of
Paris, states that he has been moved
4 with many others, from a Base Hos
\ pital in the East, to the new Genera
: Hospital No. IS, recently instituted
/ by the Government at West Bader
II Springs, Indiana. The Government
has taken over the magnificent Yves
\ Baden Springs Hotel, one Of thu
finest show places in the country, ant
equipped it as general hospital FOL
wounded returned soldiers. Wilson
l who was in the aviation service, wa
slightly wounded while in France
l He writes that he was in bed, bu
: feeling much better. He enlisted IL
/ the Canadian Royal Flying Corps ant
was afterward given a release to joi1
!: an American aviation corps, going t.
\ France with the corps.
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!; The official reports of the War De
i partment contain the names of HaTr!
y w. Cunningham, Strother Prewit
!. and James Fuller, of this county. a.
/ having been killed in action IL
!. France. Young Cunningham, wh'
n was reported as having been killed
Il on October 6, was a brother of A. w
|. Cunningham, of near Paris. He wen
n to Camp Taylor in April and wa
Il sent overseas in August. Prewitt
!: who was brother of Mrs. VIM. Kin
n kaid, of North Middletown, went tt
Camp Taylor in September, and wa
!: sent overseas short time after. Full
I Ter was officially reported as killed IL
action on October 81. He was sor
!: of Mrs. Martha Fuller, of near Paris