The following is a letter received by Geo. Packer from this friend W.J. Ashley in France and on the battle line. It gives a graphic account of is experience in battle and how he was hit:Somewhere in France,… Read More
France, Aug. 29, 1918Dear Sister Shirley:Two of your letters have reached me O.K. I’ll bet you people at home had a swell time at the lakes this summer.Palmer Adwell’s parents must feel very badly over his heath but… Read More
Aix-Les-Bains, Sept. 6, 1918 Dear Mr. Reid: This trip of many may be of interest to you, to show you what the army does for us when they send us on our seven day leave. Aix-Les-Bains as you… Read More
Sept. 6, 1918, 14th Co., 2nd Motor Mechanics Reg. Sig. Corps, A.E. F. France Dear Mr. Reid: I have been planning on writing to you for a long time but it is hard to do very much writing… Read More
Dear Folks:I have moved twice and stayed a couple of days in each place since I wrote the last post card.By the time this reaches you, you probably will have threshed. Tell me how you worked things and… Read More
Somewhere in France, Aug. 15, 1918Dear Sister,–Received your first letter, which you wrote about June 10 the other day also the papers which were in good shape.I suppose you will want to keep this letter as a souvenir… Read More
Renville Boy Now Located in Southern Camp Describes The Sensation of Sailing Above the Clouds Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 9, ‘18 Dear Mother: Well, were you able to read my last letter? Am afraid it was put together kind… Read More
An article of Sept. 9th, by a special Paris correspondent of the Minneapolis Tribune, contains the following information concerning a Hector soldier boy. “Mrs. E. J. Butler of Hector, Minn., whose son, E. M. Butler, a private of… Read More
The letter which follows was received in this office for publication some time ago but on account of much other material clamoring for space it has, each time, been left out. We publish it with the feeling that… Read More
A P. Sell Wounded Writes Cheerful Letter Home The following is a letter received by R. E. Sell last Saturday from his son, Alfred, written August 16th, bringing them the news that he had been wounded and was… Read More
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Operates Machine Gun Renville Star Farmer October 3, 1918
The following is a letter received by Geo. Packer from this friend W.J. Ashley in France and on the battle line. It gives a graphic account of is experience in battle and how he was hit:Somewhere in France,… Read More
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Letters from Boys Renville Star Farmer October 3, 1918
France, Aug. 29, 1918Dear Sister Shirley:Two of your letters have reached me O.K. I’ll bet you people at home had a swell time at the lakes this summer.Palmer Adwell’s parents must feel very badly over his heath but… Read More
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Letter From Manley Alsaker, Renville Star Farmer, 10-3-1918
Aix-Les-Bains, Sept. 6, 1918 Dear Mr. Reid: This trip of many may be of interest to you, to show you what the army does for us when they send us on our seven day leave. Aix-Les-Bains as you… Read More
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Letter From Marcus Huff, Renville Star Farmer, 10-3-1918
Sept. 6, 1918, 14th Co., 2nd Motor Mechanics Reg. Sig. Corps, A.E. F. France Dear Mr. Reid: I have been planning on writing to you for a long time but it is hard to do very much writing… Read More
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Letter From France Fairfax Standard October 3, 1918
Dear Folks:I have moved twice and stayed a couple of days in each place since I wrote the last post card.By the time this reaches you, you probably will have threshed. Tell me how you worked things and… Read More
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Emmett O’Neil Writes from ‘Somewhere in France’ Morton Enterprise September 27, 1918
Somewhere in France, Aug. 15, 1918Dear Sister,–Received your first letter, which you wrote about June 10 the other day also the papers which were in good shape.I suppose you will want to keep this letter as a souvenir… Read More
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Thrilling Account of Aeroplane Trip, Renville Star Farmer, 9-26-1918
Renville Boy Now Located in Southern Camp Describes The Sensation of Sailing Above the Clouds Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 9, ‘18 Dear Mother: Well, were you able to read my last letter? Am afraid it was put together kind… Read More
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Soldier E M Butler Recovering From Wounds, Hector Mirror, 9-26-1918
An article of Sept. 9th, by a special Paris correspondent of the Minneapolis Tribune, contains the following information concerning a Hector soldier boy. “Mrs. E. J. Butler of Hector, Minn., whose son, E. M. Butler, a private of… Read More
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Letter from Elmer Midby, Renville County Journal, 9-20-1918: A Delayed Letter From A Soldier
The letter which follows was received in this office for publication some time ago but on account of much other material clamoring for space it has, each time, been left out. We publish it with the feeling that… Read More
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Letter from Alfred Sell, Buffalo Lake News, 9-20-1918:
A P. Sell Wounded Writes Cheerful Letter Home The following is a letter received by R. E. Sell last Saturday from his son, Alfred, written August 16th, bringing them the news that he had been wounded and was… Read More
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