The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-10-01
, IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR
COUNTRY.

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Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Kiser, of near
Paris, have received card from their
son, Mr.. Eemmett Dickson Kiser, am
nouncing his safe arrival overseas.
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Miss Lucille Sprake, formerly of
Paris, writes from the headquarters
OF the Barrow Base Hospital Unit No.
40, overseas, to her sister, Mrs. D. M,
Plummer, of this city, giving a
graphic description of the hospital
and its surroundings.
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DR.. Victor COrbin, of Butler, KY,
who has been called into the army
service, left Saturday for Camp
Sewer, at Greenville, South Carolina.
He was accompanied by his wife, who
was formerly Miss LIMA Thomson, of
Little Rock, this county.
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His safe arrival overseas has been
announced to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Castle N. Redmon, by Lieut..
Jason A. Redmon. Lieut.. Redmon is
Identified with the 84th Division,
325th Field Artillery, of the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces.
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Another Bourbon county boy, Mr.!
Frank Higgins, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles V. Higgins, of this city, has
made the trip safely to a point near
the battlefront. Me. Higgins recently
wrote to his parents, stating that he
was overseas, and doing very well at
that time.
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Private ]. Ford Fithian, who Isl
stationed at Camp Lee, in Virginia,
was at home on furlough from Fri4
day to Sunday, as a guest of his
mother, Mrs. Mayme Fithian, and
family. An interesting letter from
Private Fithian was one of the feaI
lures in the last issue of THE NEWS
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Private David Patrick, a former.
North Middletown boy, is over the
seas with an American regiment, ac1
cOrding to card written to and rel
ceived by Miss Cordie Kenton, of.
Kiserton. Young Patrick says he is;
fine and dandy and ready for the;
dash to Berlin when the right time.
comes along.
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Mrs. Harry Hill, of Paris, is in re-,
ceipt of letter from her brother, 1
Private Cleveland Lewis, stating that,
he was now on the other side of the,
Atlantic, having arrived esafely-eyay-,
seas on the day on which the card
was written. Before being indicted
into army service Private Lewis was
engaged in farming near Paris. 4
Have arrived safely over here.
Ship on which sailed made the trip
safely over" This was the text of a
card written by Regimental Sergeant
Albert Witt, recently of near Paris,
to his wife, Mrs. Florence Ellis Witt.
He is a member of the Saith Division,
326th Field Artillery, with the
American Expeditionary Forces.
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Charles Chappell, a member of the
United States Navy, who is stationed
on the u. S. S. Calhoun, arrived here
for a visit to his mother,
Mrs. w. F. Chappell, on South Main
street. Young Chappell enlisted in
the navy in July, and was sent to
the Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
ton.
Corporal Frank Link, of Bourbon
has been added to the ranks
of Uncle Sans force of fighting men
In Europe. He is a member of Bat
terry B., 326th Field Artillery, of the
Expeditionary Forces. A
card has been received by his mother,
Mrs. America Link, in this city, men
tioning the fact that II am here and
ready for. serious business"
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Mrs. Jos. M. Rion, of Paris, re-
ceived a letter yesterday from her
grandson, Mr.. Rene Clark, at Hamp
ton Roads, Va, in which he stated
that he was still in the Base Hos
pital at that place, but was improv-
ing rapidly. Young Clark had an at
tack of Spanish influenza, which his
physicians say he is successfully COM
batting.
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Here to-day and there tomorrow"
can be given as terse expression in
these days as to the whereabouts of
the boys in arms. They are trans
ferred from camp to camp with start
ling rapidity, and then the next thing
their friends and relatives are re-
ooiuinu cards oouin0 S0Tho chin on