Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-27

Peering through the wintry gloam,
This is all We seek from you
All we ask iS--"SenQ US Home.
-Grantland Rice.
The following letters was recently
received by Mrs Coleman Brewer of
Fairfield from her son, Ora Brewer:
Swansea, Wales, Dec. IS, 1918.
Dear Mother:
Just a few lines again to keep YOU
we'll posted as to my Whereabouts also
to say that am we'll and enjoying
the best Of health and hope this finds
you and all the rest the same way.
wrote YOU the last time in France be-
fore we left. We just arrived here
about an hour ago after very cXcit-
ing trip. We left Rochetort. France,
on Sunday, Dec. -. and have been al
most a week going 500 miles. We
ran into 4 ~ orm when we were about
a day out from Eochefort and We
could no, make much Roadway. 1T
was pretty rough for couple az days
and the night before Christmas We
went into st. NaZairc. Franco, to wait
until the storm Guicted down and on
Christmas morning we started on for
Cardiff ard got there about 1890 this
morning and then they changed our
ard,,. on1 ,,,+ ne 70 S,,ansa,. which
/. o,o,,t y ,,,i,oy from, carrir W
,,obo, o,,t -, tho stream,
but expect to move UP to n dock
sometime tonight. We have never
been to this place before so we Will
have 10 20 ashore ard look the place
over. Wen. we certainly had some
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weather over 'here ~
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moro tins evening, i"NV
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went Saturday afternoon ".'' Went -
!: picture show IN "" eN''AlH- "''''
had very enlHNah'e 1l'hH. VIZ,
ashore again It's AFTERNOON anu Wy
not put o. our liberty nlocS. '"st WHY
with oVor2llS on our snip = III
only American snip IN thls port ~ VIZ
present time. Thla IS Pfet'E Sppo
size city and has nopuiatlon VI NV
geo, SO YOU see we set III sollie
these biggest towns, altil"uS!' di uii.
is larger than swansea pu' 1 'hlliN
like this town best. we Went 'hto
/ Woolworth's ana ~ cent store ohls
IN : call 1t SO ana 90 IN pace OIL anu
20 which means ana - cents III
American money. lheS nave S.o'es
most everywhere that We i'a.e oeeii'
Y IS IN" same one lhat mas t'a' SURE
IN NaterVlile. lei i'au 'o'S' d,
l)eElls WoooPite puzzic III we rii,
10. II only cost me penn. anu
took II apart ana nave iorSotlei ~"
TO put II tosetner.
Wen, l got some more man ses'er-
DAY. ! got hve letters put none from
YOU iot TWO from ,'eorse, one lfoiii
Eolth ono from \eii',a anu one iiu'i
scout fease 'fla' uSeu ~ Won a. 'l1e
store. II was JUST aoou' ,l.s Sa'ae ao
nearing liolil sou iio'it 80
Saio S''e i'ao JUST oee.l 'aiiA!is'
you OH tiie p'io.ie '-iiu '''"N 49,
was wen. E"'u siic "'' "''7't.i.S
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