Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-11-07


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IN battle wuued slight and after lev
days Ia he hospitai ~ rcturned ta ne
fruui whsrt s. eruntually net b.
death
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am nrr uas q the highest
John Burgess has received q letfr
frum hs soa Garrett Burgess Sho Be-
q dispatch carrier with the American
Ezpcditionary Force in Franee. m
uhich Garrett states that he Is vel
and al present l. back q the lines 81
duty 10 rest up Garrett ven. 10
France In April and has see some
hard servics. has work a. a dispatch
carrier keeping him In constant den
ger
His brother. r r. Sugvett, essh.ar
Of the McCredie Bank. told The Ca
zctte Wednesday afternoon that the
family had not been Informed II pr.
SueEett s dead and said he did not
believe the story -Fulton Gazette.
Leut Henry Kunkel Of the L. $.
air service has Iroeived orders TO 20
overseas shortly Mrs. Kunkel vii
arrive in Mexico the first Of next week
10 make her home with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs II. r. e. Tucker. until
his return.
Dee johnson and Orlando Worrell
cabled home from France this week
that they are both we'll
The application Of John Henry Mil
Ter for training in military aerionaut-
les has been accepted and instructions
received for his immediate e~ntrain-
ment. Miller will leave either Sstur-
day or Monday morning. He viii re-
ceiye his training at aero-Supply De-
pot and Concentration Camp at Nor
rison Va.
Gus Graham is in an officers train
ing school at Camp Pike, Ark.
5. ". R%awling, who has been home
+ on a three months farm furlodgh, re-
turned TO jefferson Barracks Friday.
Bryan Weeks, brother Of R. W.
Weeks Of Vandalia. died Wednes-
day night Of Spanish Influenza at
Camp Bowie. Texas. He had been in
camp only a week, had been rejected
physically, and was on the of re
turning home when he contracted The
influenza. He was married last Aug
ust
Captain Porter James, while sending
to his parents near Paris, the steel
helmet he took from the first Hun he
captured in battle, tells Of a meeting
between himself and Orlando Howe, a
former neighbor boy, while a battle
ragged and the field was being deluged
with German shot and shell. They
belong to different companies and bad
not seen each other since they were at
Camp Funston many months ago.
jThey both took refuge in the same
shell hole IN No-Man's-Land on the
Western front. Neither n knowing
the other was anywhere near
The Ledger has received a photo.
graph from Chauncey Kimbrough, q
this city. who Is in France driving a
motor transport for the army. II
was taken with A group Of other driy.
ors, Chauncey weighs 1870 pound,
nov and shows that he is in splendid
health. His many Mexico friends vii.
be glad to know he is getting alung
well.
Edward II. GOwan, who is in Frarr'
r with Supply Co. 349 Inf, writes tht
, Ledger that he is well and happy AM
sends his regards 10 his many Mex
/ leo friends. His letter cannot be re
produced because Of instruction.
otherwise by the censor.
Corp. Clyde Pendleton, Of East 81
/ Louis, was recently killed in action o.
the Western Front. He was a bunkit
at It. Sin, Of Bryan Kelso, Of this eft,
and a brother Of Mr.. Pendleton VIII
called the races here at the Mexic.
fair.
Lloyd Gilpin, who is with the 1885,
on the Western front writes HON
that he was recently gassed, but
recovering nicely.
Frank Beam, who has been at Ke.
" ly Field, San Antonio, Tex, at th
bedside Of his son. Jesse Beam, mas rt
turned to Mexico. Jesse Beam q,
companied him hele, for a visit.
Stanley Eubanks. Of the L. S.
North Carolina is enjoying a seve
days furlough with his parents. NJ
IS and Mrs. Eph Eubanks.
E Roscoe Enloe, % years old. Of Je
ferson City, one Of four sons Of D
= l. n. Enloc, among the best-kn0V
al physicians in Central Missouri. W:
Vi killed in action in France Septemb.
IS 20. He is a cousin Of D.. P. H. Gre.
e. DRY, Of this city.
1T j. W. Gallaher has received wo
>. that his nephew, T. Z. Gallaher
Hannibal, has sailed with Unit
States troops. Mr.. Gallaher is
graduate Of Westminster College, a.
o, is well known in Mexico where he h
"a visited frequently.
A. Luther Baker. an engineer aith {
d. United States troops, who was injur
4. on July 18th while in active sery.
,aI IN France, il getting along nicely, ;
eOrding to word received here BY
wife.
~ LeBt " j. Sannebeck. Il. $. gu.
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