The Springdale news., 1919-04-18
EEws FROM
THE 142d F. A.

81 THE 142d r. A.
E ,;r. Letter From Capt
# ,.,-Battery A is in Fine
ri Shape.
d -. valdahon, France, ?. o. 7o4'
q y fsts-Dear Mr.. Stafford
- few thousand miles away
p horne doesn't always make Eel
f ~ forget home by considerable and
~ a1ways look forward with great
Snre for any word from the home
W. and of course any one around
YIN seam like home folks to US now
w. a,ways watch eagerly for every
= the dear old News, altho it's
pally about a month cid, the news
..airs seems new to US, my copy
times comes in the Battery Mail,
aan il does. the First Sergeant
p;ngban-eets It first, he opens It
nd reads it, then sends 1t to me. II
~ot i first read it then send It TO
In We don't let rank count for much
,bere there is news from home IS
#roncerned.
We'll | received COPY few days
.eo dated February l4th, the Sergeant
49, me to usually does-when |
,ot # he asked me to let him have
i when finished as there was a clip
,;ng in it he wanted. when | returned
i. 70 him tol dhim To get his clipping
.rd then burn the darn thing that |
Exas ashamed for any enc to see 1t
las considered that piece written and
Esgned 4Old Timer disgrace to any
Nenhghtened community / don't
think we deserve that kind of adver-
Etisjne-niee little al that will make
] too Mr.. Stafford bring lots of pro
gressive people into the community
Ia few old moss backs like that are the
Eeause of our little city not being any
8turther advanced than t is TODAY, III
g. that old boy grows whiskers and
Zenews flat terbaecer'- too much
trouble to shaye-and takes bath
almost every spring-if the sign IS in
the feet-Ill bet his wife enjoys pull
ing water up with that old dollar and
Ea half windlass many of you know
what that is III bet a few French
Francs that if you had his wife's pri-
Esate opinion on the matter it would
make food for nice little argument
Ebetween the two of them some nice
#Cuiet evening after supper | don't
#agree with the gentleman as to its de
Spending altogether. on how Il fellow
was raised, think it depends to some
Eextent on what a fellow has learned
sfter he has been raised. / pre-
Esume from the gentleman's talk that
khe let the faithful wife carry water
Efrom the spring only a half mile away =.
Naturally she didn't mind it-no one
would-'tis true we can get plenty of
water by digging down a few feet.
Its also true that much Of that water
s contaminated and causes many
Eases of typhoid every summer-which
'ne doctors can varifv-vhich causes
Epot 3 few deaths sunnosn .old
lme2i would sev. Wei we can't die
&nnIi or tine comes. chats the use
0'afs5l'os nature some folks don't
Seem 70 believe mach In sanitation.
4 It's trae Iramme=s 4ill keen eoming
- also true they win advartiea onr
fova in ay hats rot rood for r.
Eana Trey are a pretty GOOD medium
or advertising too-plobably old
umer doesn't mind that but people
aat have the welfare and progress of
me city at heart should know it's not
oood business" In mentioning
lFes old timer doesn't mention our
oOys who have served so faithfully
H. the little fire department who de
'eFTes considerable credit, they have
aS cost the old timer ANYTHING with
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