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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-10
ETTERSFROM
SOMEWHERE
IN IRA CE
FROM LIEUT.. WARD PRESTON
stMeusues;; France, July II, 1918.

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FROM lieut.. WARD sPkEsTON
s'Aieusues;. France Julys, Y, 1918: 4.
Kenneth A@Preston5
BISMARCK sD
Dear Brother u. 81 !. 4
RI teiyed y.OursSwelcCl1e ietteESsyes-
terday and was verysglads tOs know
you are doing so we'll. You certainly
did well atyfschool andS sls know you
are 9! great help TO Papa and Mamma.
So syeN arc buying thrift stamps.
ThatsisSthe proper spirit; II It wasn't
for You boysMat home we wouldn't
get very far over here.
MOL havesnot been In the trenches
yet. hgt have been near and hOpsssooln
to get IN 4. - NJ ~
we lost another company y y trans
|fer,. as you see we have moved again,
and are lbillleted an 2 small town. not
very far from Sours. Arrived here
with only about q non -commissioned
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EFRoM RAJ MOORE.

sstI1.sE, W 4YtEH"#
81 Somewhere in France, June 20, 1918.
,DeaLBr0ther
Will try, and answer some of your
letters. i have not had a chance
to do any writing for over a month.
Well, i suppose you wonder how l
am getting along. Well, am getting
on pretty sood, SO far. Have not been
hurt vet. don't think the "boche,
or bushes, we call them, are very good
shots; they have not been able to get
q bullet any closer than two inches Of
me even when they used a machine
gun. Am most always o. outpost
when in the, front lire. You know
what that is--5sout In mo Mans Land
about two hundred yards from your
front line, and about fifty yards from
the "bushesss-Sso you see I have a
pretty good chance for excitement and
seeing all that is going on. You said
you saw some souvenirs Bill Posner
and some OF the old non-coms had
sent. Well, they are where they can
send them; they are not at the front,
never have been and, chances are,
never will be, for they are in the re-
placement outfit.
! have a "b0che" maPk that was
taken off q dead one about a hundred
yards from my outpost, by a patrol OF
ours; also. saw some of them that
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soldiers all around here. The French
and the Sammies work together In
this part. Lieut.. Preston is up where
n was. I will look him up next time
l 60 there.
We have not been doing much this
week, but tomorrow we have to get to
work and drill with the m0rtarsN We
have good trenches--it is all r0ck--so
you see It makes. good trenches, but
they will be hard beds to sleep on
when We have to. Well, we can do
that, or anything, to win this war.
II they would not let you send me
any tobacco let it 60 now; 4 can get
along o. X. They givs us some every
ten days-not much-but ! will make
1t do until we get paid; that will be
soon, now think, before the Fourth.
Tell Fred that is John Reid that is
here, Austin, is wounded; he was shot
In the face some place. He will not
go back to the trenches. He is get
ting better now.
Well, I cannot think; of any more, so
II will have to close. &
With love and best wishes to all, !
remain, as ever. This is the new adj
dress:
PVT. W. j. OLSON,
End Bat, Trench Art.
Battery A,
"A. E. F., France.
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STEER f

In their journey from the body Of one victim
to the body Of a prospective victim the germs
which cause typhoid fever travel over certain we'll
known, well defined paths or routes.
These routes are five in number-contact, water,
milk, food and flies.
In the private filth route of contact the human
hand is the great agency which carries the germs
the fingers become soiled and carry the germs di-
rect to the mouth or to the food that later reaches
the mouth.
Water becomes the route of infection through
pollution with infected sewage.
Milk becomes infected usually by, contact with
soied hands or infected water.
Flies obtain infection by eating infected dis.
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50 many roses in my life as there

so many roses in my life as there
are here. ss.
/ have had q spell OF influenza since
ARRIVING here; 1t lasted about a week
and I am not as fat as I was. Am
feeling fine again, now, and working
like the dickens every %day--sure is
no picnic.
What did you do the Fourth? W.
helped the French celebrate today by
putting o a field meet for them. Had
quite a time. Well. will close for this
time; next time I write you. maybe
can tell you about the trenches.
Hope you will write me often. Say
hello to all the kids for me.
WARD.
". i. Preston,
1st Lieut.. 164th, Inf. Co. X,
A. E. f., France.
FROM w j. OLSON.
Somewhere in France, July l, 1918.
Dear Joe: ":
I III will drop youTssa line ito let. you
know that I'm we'll and hope this will
find YOU and James and all 1T home
the same, II have not received any
mail from anyone yet, but.expect Ia
soon, now. I feel that you are O. X.
Be sure and let me know that money,
If you did not get It yet will see the
Captain about it at once. / went to
the dentist Friday; had one tooth
pulled out. I>had to go to the 18th
regiment camp; they are from North
Dakota. l only saw two boys there
from home. They we're Harmon and
Smith; they play in the band. The
others were out. drilling, some place,
They wanted me to stay for dinner,
but / had to get back at noon and. did
not stay. They are all close around
here, where l am. Thursday night we
bad Countess Aviella. daughter of the
Belgian minister Of state, speaking to
us. She gave us q hne lecture. We
were to have Gen. Pershing here to-
day, but he did not come vet.
This is q nice place, but the old
us. IA. for me any old time We will
have a good time the Fourth of July,
II nothing unforeseen happens before
that time. We may hear; German
crackers any day; we are always on
the lookout. We have no English SOL
fdiers with US there are some French
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charges. They carry the germs both on their
feet and in their stomachs.
So you see one may steer reasonable clear Of
the typhoid germ by keeping his hands clean, his
water and milk pure, his food wholesome and by
swatting the fly.
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WAVES OF HATE"

The new Optimistic League hopes to win this
war by rolling waves Of hate onto Germany. This
is the plan: til
Twice a day the leagues optimists shall, at .
designated hour, concentrate Intellectually, grit
their teeth, stamp their feet and simultaneously
wish dire things for the Germans"
The league proposes to mentally electrocute'
the enemy.
We wish this could be done. 1t would be ever
SO much cheaper in men and money.
But wishes are not horses and waves Of hate
can't compete with waves of poison gas and Krupp
cannon.
If that Optimistic League" really wants to
help win the war it can do more by hoeing corn,
digging potatoes, buying Thrift Stamps, and max
ing munitions than by gritting teeth and stamp
ing feet. Instead of using up perfectly good time
in connecting waves off, hate, it were better to
dedicate those minutes to work.
We can't win this war with waves of hate
nor by telling what we'd do to the kaiser if we
caught him. The only things which will win this
war are
WORK, SAVE, FIGHT!
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r 0 HARRY ii. DENZIE

A. E. f., France, 7-6-a9l8.
Dear Father: Just q few lines to
let you know that | am still getting
along fine and hope you are the same
Well, as I can't write much about
anything over here, will close, hoping
to hear from you soon.
HARRY.
HARRY H. DENZIE,
161st Ambulance Co..
11Sth Sanitary Train.
A. Eff, France.
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lnsurmountable difficulties make impractical
the execution of a recent plan to mount guns on
clouds. But if we could mount HUNS on clouds
and then evaporate the clouds-that's an idea
with the value, at least, of pleasurable cogitation!
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RALPH MOORE.
with 4. +. r, France, June %, 1918.

with A. E. r., France, June %. 1918.
Dear Mother.# $50 ats,s
Il suppose you will be anxious to
hear from me. by the time this reaches
you, as l have only written n letter
since Mothers Day" letter. only
received one letter from that time till
last night, I got letter No. II; NOT
is missing.
1t has been sawfully nice weather
here the past month, only rained three
days since MAY Is. /,
You say you want me to write more
about what. we are doing. Well, l
don't see how 1 can. IL you get all
my letters without any being cut out
you are lucky. Youican get more from
the papers in 30 minutes thanS1 could
write, by beating around the bush"
in two days.
1 got a letter, from Oral Mckinney.
He has Joined the navy.
Some of the letters you clip out OF
the papers and send sure make me
laugh, especially Charley Towns let
tiers. He: said in the last one he has
not heard the big guns yet. Well, l
don't know where he can be station
ed, as l thought they made enough
noise you could hear them all over
France.
While up front, my gunner had the
opportunity of scattering q boche pa
troll. and believe me, he sure scatter
ed them. We could not tell If we
were lucky enough to get one or not.
on account Of darkness. We let them
come close enough we could almost
throw hand grenades to them without
standing up.
Well, I suppose when you get this
letter 1 will be gone from here. Will
close for this time, hoping this Will
find you all as we'll as I am. With
love.
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FOR SAKE

r" " - a aes N@
Uncle Sam needs nurses-skilled, brave, kindly,
sympathetic, patriotic women.
A thousand must volunteer each week-dedi-
cate their efforts to the cause, consecrate their
lives as harbingers of healing, messengers OF mer-
cy. ~
When war was declared, the recruiting offices
were besieged by men eager to sell their lives at
the highest price possible, reckoned in dead Ger
mans.
Before the break, thousands had poured across
via Canada-for humanity's sake.
Columbia's women will not be outdone by Uncle
Sans men.
For huumanity's sake they will come forward un-
der that sacred insignia-The Red Cross!
Of what avail is stretcher-bearer's bravery or
ambulance drivers heroic risk if there be not
ready hands, soft hands, tender. touch, def fin
gers and swift, to minister and staunch, bandage
and sootbe, comfort and caress!
They are DYING over there because YOU are
over here, sweethearts and sisters Of Uncle Sans
soldiers
Some-go!5 Battle, lave, cauterize, encourage,
cheer, heal and makeswell the boys with gaping
wounds, lost limbs, waiting, waitingsin4 agony for
the operation and anesthetic,, treatment and atten-
ton impossible without your help -
Give hope back to desolate spirits, repay sacri-
flee, in the one way you can--register. Speed to
those lads and bring back to them, nurse back to
them, give back to them-the life they so will
lingly endangered for YOU.
Englishman sues newspaper which stated that
he ordered his regiment to- lay down their arms.
Claims that, though well acquainted with nobil-
ity, he doesn't know Sir Render!
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SOARING SOLDIERS

.4Ea.istGGE 0I kA1HllNu OOLOAAI1NO &###@#@ IL
Germany has now decided to spare her SOL
diers, what remains Of the millions Of men Ger
many spent years in training for this war Of con-
quest. General Lundendorff thus explains the
retreat Of the HUNS from the Rheims-Soissons
salient. Ludendorff and Hindenburg, who, by the
way isn't as dead as he ought. to be, frankly admit
that Germany has reached the point where she
must conserve her supply Of fighting men or be.
utterly and quickly vanquished after a few more
life-costing attempts to break through the allied
lines on the west front. s5 @&
Since the collapse Of Russia and Run1ania Meth
er the Bulgarians nor Turks have shown any great
desire to throw men into Germany war. Austria
cannot for she has her hands full down on the.
Italian front. It's all up to Germany, and Ger
many has drained her man power to the last avail.
able man. She has taken her young boys and her
old men. And she has wasted their lives as q
drunken spendthrift throws away his pennies.
Bill Hohenzollern, Ludendorff and Hindenburg
valued the life blood ofthe German soldier at little
until it began running low. From the Rhine to
the Marine German blood drenched the soil and
turned the rivers tossred. Each drive piled up
mountains Of German dead. But what cared the
Hohenzolerns as long as the supply held out :?
Now the war lords see the bottom. 4 They now
will spare soldiers because they have none to
waste. -6ss
Foch, Haig and Pershing all along have known.
that the HUNS were draining their man power,
and were content to let them drain it to the very
last dregs. If Germany. still had q fighting Rus
STA to face on the east front, she would long ago
have been compelled to draw back her western
lines to the Rhine. or even beyond. And it is
probable that the east front would be in east
Prussia. {ss
1t has been a we'll known fact in the allied capt.
tails that we were drawing near the day when the
German war lords would have to announce this
sparing soldiers program. They will go on talk
ing about "sparing'' soldiers as the allies force
them on to Berlin This is the only way in which
the kaiser can explain his retreats to the German
people.
In the meantime the allied soldiers will not spare
any HUNS they can touch with bayonet or reach
with she'll. That is why Ludendorff is 'lsparing"
them by heading them toward the Rhine
LAoN is next to fall. LAY on is the Yank''s
battlecry. 3@s
The man who doesn't buy Thrift Stamps can
not say, I'VE are licking the HUNS" @ #a
Let's cut out the misunderstanding, come forward
girls, they need your nursing "over there
High prices Of vegetables should not keep the
housewife from canning them. They'll be still
higher next winter.
The Germans have decided not to anchor at
the Ancre River and will be lucky if they're able
to moor awhile at the Rhine!
Because an English comedian was drafted, the
revue he led failed, and its company was discharg-
ed. He had Sc chorus girls dependent on him!
Think Of it-and then decide what chance of ex-
lemption there is for the Britisher with merely a
wife to support 8 s.If9H
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Englishman sues newspaper which stated that
he ordered his regiment to- lay down their arms.
Claims that, though we'll acquainted with nobil-
ity, he doesn't know Sir Render!
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The man who doesn't buy Thrift Stamps car
not say, I'VE are licking the HUNS"
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l H$GIkA W ~ IH~ SSNS - ZG .RE e. b. lF.E
r.. 8 hoys vet. It is very rarely that
thew con ret through the outposts and
they nevertget to the front ines.
oh, yes, I saw a German
brought down within five hundred
Yards OF. ME behind our lines. q
French forced him to land. Have
seen several other air battles, TOO nu-
merous to mention. SlE
That article you mentioned in the
Jim jam Jems is true, as you know
thew have proof or anything before
thew publish 1t. Furthermore, know
# 10 be true, and furthermore, some
French girls have been retaken after
The "boches' had captured them, ana
thew had been branded, to show their
! children belonged to the Germans. At
|the time OF motherhood they! are taken
or sent to maternal institutions mann
tanned by the Hun government, TO De
cared for.
Well, viii close for this time. hop
ing this letter reaches YOU intact.
Have tried to tell you all ! possibly
could this time.
With A. E. F., France, July 8, 1918.
Dear Mother:
win write som today, although l
am pretty tired. We hiked about If
team kilometers last night, and are
once again out of hearing of the I'M
I,cessant noise of the guns.
| wrote you a letter the 3rd, but
the envelope got wet and sealed up,
50 II came back. 1t seems like every
one has forgotten to write, as have
only received mail twice since May
Is.
Has anyone. heard from George Maui
vet. I wrote him a letter the 9TH OF
April and II came hack the lst OF July.
Il had been all over France and to
the office where the soldiers names
are listed. The envelope was marked.
"Not listed in A. E. F." SO I guess he
never rot, any further than England.
You say, Russell writes to Carrie.
Write and tell me il his rank is Lieut..
or not. Heard that he was, but cant
find out for sure. l wrote him two
or three times. but never got an n
swer.s & 4
It rainedsa little last night, the first
time ii about three weeks. It seems
to me like it has been ar awful dry
summer, but l guess it is natural, as
1.-THE crops do not seem to suner any.
HayinKg has been going on for about
two weeks now, and some harvesting
has been done, such as winter rye and
winter wheat. They do most OF their
harvesting with the scythe. 1t seems
to me they do not care for modern
machinery. ii
We are now; In a little village where
we were once before, going to the
front. The people eem to be glad to
see us back. It is Just like getting
back home after being gone for a long
time, and believe me, the boys sure
appreciate their kindness.
Well, will close for this time. Write
often, and l will write moreIregularly
now.
RALPH MOORE.
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Let's cut out the misunderstanding, come forwar,
girls, they need your nursing ,'over there"
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High prices Of vegetables should not keep the
housewife from canning them. They'll be still
higher next winter.
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The Germans have decided not to anchor at
the Ancre River and will be lucky if they're able
to moor awhile at the Rhine!
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Because an English comedian was drafted, the
revue he led failed, and its company was discharg-
ed. He had, 36 chorus girls dependent on him!
Think Of it-and then decide what chance Of ex-
|emption there is for the Britisher with merely a
wife to support! s3
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LAoN is next to fall. LAY on is the Yank''.
battlecry.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-25
HANS ANDERSON

1t is a matter Of common knowledge that the per-
sonal element enters more largely than the political into
the selection Of local officials. But where candidates are
deemed to be Of equal, or approximately equal personal
merit, the matter Of party afiliation is apt to turn the
scale one way or the other. --- =
In past county campaigns, largely for this reason,
The Herald has usually found itself on the opposite side
OF the fence from Hans Anderson, for some time past
county auditor Of Grand Forks county, But Mr.. Ander-
son has been elected with unfailing regularity, and he is
again a candidate for his old position.
This year The Herald hopes and is confident that he
will be elected. and it knows OF no personal or political
reason why he should not be. He has always been an
efficient Official and during the past year and more he
has served this community and the country at large in
q manner which entitled him to an expression Of very
hearty appreciation The work that he has performed
rs q member Of the war classification board has been
continuous and exacting. It has been performed faith
fully, courteousiy and vigorously. A characteristic which
has been strikingly exhibited in all Of this work, and
which must commend him to every good citizen, is his
STRAIGHTFORWARD. uncoupromising, militant Americanism,
ana as this part OF his work has been entirely a labor Of
love. without remuneration Of any kind. the people Of
the county owe It, to him and to themselves at least to
ses that he is returned t. the ONCE Of auditor with a
rousing majority.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-25
GERMANY WANTS JUSTICE

From the mouths Of German speakers and writers
comes repeatedly the plea for justice, "A just peace"
and peace with Justice are phrases which fall from the
lips OF Germans Of many sorts Hho undertake to set forth
German desires.
Woe to Germany II she receives justice! After the
crimes which she has committed, the towns that she has
sacked, the innocents whom she has slaughtered, the
awful horrors that she has perpetrated, justice to Ger
many would not leave one stone upon another of all the
buildings in the empire. 1t would not leave alive one
OF her people, or. If life were granted, it would be a. life
devoted to ceaseless toll to repair the damage that she
has wrought.
shylock demanded justice as he whetted his knife to
plunge it into the heart OF Antonio. And Portia answered
him:
For. as thou urgest justice, be assured
Thou shalt have justice-more- than thou desir'st."
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Americans are fighting in france. BY
September they will be two million.
And America ID building double the
number Of ships that the few Ger
man submarines succeeded, in sink
ing.
last enough to give you poor bread
for the next few months. but next
winter you will suffer as you v
suffered befsee, because Germany has
taken for herself ~ntne-tenths o. the
grain OF Roumania, Russia, Galicia
and a=greatTpart Of your own crop.
a.. After the-treaties of Brest-
Litoysk and OF Bucharest, after the
way. Russianss Roumanians, Ukrain-
|fanA and Firms have been and are
being betrayed. no one believes in.
the good faith OF the governments Of
Anstrta and Germany. That Il why
[th6 Entente VIII never make peace
with thszssextstng = governments or
Germany and Austria-Hungary.
On ~ Oshee Hand
The Entente - ready "a make
Epeace With the free peeples OF Aus
Germans and Magyars
Included the moment their military
EoltgArehtae haxo fallen ana are no
'1eHeee - psstton to lat loose other