Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 20

1 'A Be 1 raiejg wMe3eiietewJ -1? LEWISTON JOURNAL ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE SECTION OCTOBER 18 Xiu THOUSANDS OF PEACH STOKES MING UNCLE SMI IN LEmSTON JOURNAL HHQE eon that I would drop you a lino on my arrival in Washington Vary sincerely you re WALCOTT RAYMOND Oct II Jonas Edwards Robinson a native of this town bee resided la Aahsn for the last fow years wsMitar his homo with a sister sad working in a box factory Private Robinson who la II years old ia now at Camp Havana When war was declared he enlisted In an Thes totters are (ram Mechanic Xeka Stroud 87th A A They ara written to bla wife who wa a Miu Nettle Staples of Auburn Me ed to brine la the grapes from tha i vinea and believe' mo wa aat some 1 ThJrnk Sln thorn and its Hoboken or Veil for chanle Stroud was stationed at Fort WIMioms before going over In July 1117 1 Franca Sept 181913 "Dear Wife: Just a few lines today to let you know that I am well and getting LAKE SHROUD" HERE THEY ARK UNCLE BAM! The Two Proprietors of the Company IddV of Lew-taton WUtartl Wight and Harold cGoWkit Two of UZe Most Eocrgetto Little Patriots in Town Alter a Trip are laboring asking carbon for the masks and continuing experiments more nuts!" cries the Red Croce ooenmittee more nuts!" echo the Peach atone boy For peach stones are ever new all the peach atones we will get will come from canned pacha But there are prune stones olive stones and all the nut ahella The contest which the Stone and Shell committee of the Bed Cross ha arranged for tho boys and girls will end Friday Nov At this time a prise will be given to the (trie collecting the mat atones and another to the boy collecting the most A prise will also be given to the one who collects the mat of all When this campaign la over another will ha arranged for the Law-la ton Stone girls who are to start work on November let So there la na end to the collecting of stones and ahella And If there should he tha re are doiene of other-things that Uncle Bam thru the Red Cram Is likely to call for most any minute These are some of them: Bottles cold cram Jam pate tuba old rubbers shoe gloves auto tires Inner tubas rags newspapers brass copper nine alnmnlum waste teed and tin foil fruit atona and nut shelta Everyone moat halpl along fine We worked pretty hard tor the past few days You will see In the parent what tha 8 boys hive done I don't know where we ara going front here possibly for' a rest and possibly not I will let you know later 1 saw aoma of tha French ladies and- old men who have been under German rule since the war started "Our boys took also took all Germans' who ware In sight You can take it from me those old French people were noma glad to get back with us Tne way the Germans hate treated thorn must have been something awful and from what I saw It looked as tho a good feed would do them good I wouldn't-have missed this for anything I will ha6 much to tell you when I get home The German prisoners were coming back so hut that they 4ad to march them thru the flelds Don't think this battle lasted week It I please and The the The here more to get good and This which night and boys people with amusement all The and able atciice scarce they All the boys of ohr regiment arc in flna health and we expect to do our bit pretty soon to up the Watch on tho Here's hoping that you will bo in office when 1 coma homo RALPH XaBEAU Frotn Bates Boy Miss Emily Rossland of Auburn formerly of Unity and a teacher In Rumford has received the -following letter from her brother Harold Rose land Mr Rose land ia a graduate of Bateo college class of lilt He la the son of Mr and Mrs' Gas Rose land of Unity where hla boy: hood was spent Since his gradua tlon he had boon employed by the Goodyear Rubber company and was making good in- Arisons when he was drafted and sent to a California training comp Ha was sant to I ranre four months ego-- Somewhere In France Sept 1918 Dear Sister: There much opportunity hare for letters and have been busy since I wrote a week ago 8unday when we ware at the rest camp Since then we have moved and ara now located at an old French chateau or sort of castle or estate We are living in the -barn sleeping on the hay and aitho It's tar from pleasant yet we are getting on It was quite a ride here and made the trip in aat-tie car llko they ship stock in the States The railroads site very "poor comparatively the earn being muen smaller -and many of tho passenger coaches have small compartments which are entered thru doom at the ide of ear The country soon' so fab is much th same as that In Mains The1 climate is beautiful Aitho 00 Id Wa have hot reached tho front yet therefore have not seen the desolation destruction- of actual battle IteMs here are cultivated and products are the same as ours care-taker ia digging in' one of tha fields and the sergeant was fortunate enough a few one day They euro went after our diet of corned beef hard bread place is near a small village we are allowed to visit every It's only a very small affair not much excitement exoept the trying to converse with tha The natives are very patient us and you can imagine the these lessons causa to concerned Inhabitants era mostly women kids as the war has taken the man They sura have to relate Food of course is but their generosity and feel-l'tg for the Americana Is so groat would deprive themselves to ua Just for sxampli -rr out on a inarch one morning and a woman rushed out with a big bouquet and gave it to our lieu ton ant It's not tho value but their one idea to express their gratitude that Impresses one 1 am silling on the steps of the chateau writing and since I began the 11 ret mull since our arrival came Guess you have soon a football rush Well the sprint by tha men hare was much the asms I waa favored with two one from' Phoenix and another from Akron Expected one from you but guess I got my share It la Labor Day and wo sure tabooed Are drilling as usual Waa out drawing road maps this afternoon and it waa good for a change aitho I never was much of an artist A year age was In El Paso Gee but a let can happen In a year Have seen some interesting eights as regard war preparation from the rear However cannot ten you about anything now We see a paper every day but they tell us about tha seme as those you sea at home However things seem to be going now The people and their customs are quaint and interesting That with drilling And trying to' keep dean or partially so at least keeps us busy The country has given me a big appetite so guess I am Sincerely HAROLD HOMELAND The following letter from a member of tha I'- A Food Administration to Max Berman of Lewiston Is unique in way The writer Walcott is not an acquaintance of Mr Herman met the Utter! son Myer Bunnan who waa the first Jewish boy of this city to enlist and who is at present driving a truck over there Mr Max Burman 57 Main St Lewiston: My dear Mr I have been in i-tarope nil summer with Mi Hoover and just returned Among other things I rodo on a motor truck from Bordeaux to Bouge tho largest military camp In France where I had a nephew in the balloon section The driver of tho truck which hud tern in Bordeaux getting proviaiun for tha quartermaster's department waa your son Ha waa the picture of health and In splendid spirits I eras proud of every American soldier that I saw In Francs and wherever 1 riw them they were do- I i Filch itflnui? Hare they are Uncle a email portion ol the thousands that the youngsters of Lewiston-Auburn have been getting for you Wlllardhaa one eack and Harold baa another not getting away from him- at all oven tho it does look aa tho it were Small chance any peach etone has of getting away from these two boys They are trying for a prise but it wasn't the prise that started them working Every boy and girl in these two cities and in all' ihe towns about knows that Uncte Bam needs peach atones or any other kind of big hard' Bruit stones and needa them and by the thousand They have all been working Barrels boxes and bags of atones and nut ahella have accumulated aa If by magic There are- no canning factories to help out around except the home variety and all the a to nee have had to bo collected in small quantities The Red Cross Stone and Shell committee has probably garnered every atone in the last consignment of pacha that came into Lewiston with the help of tho boys and girls Friday the government Issued an urgent can for more fruit tones and nut shells One million pounds a day! It taka Just that to keep the big plant on Long Island working Day and night chemists and their helpers FROM THE LEWISTON JOU Poach Prune and Plum Stones Rag In the lie-tore I aid Como by Mall Slcmbcnt of tho Pea Sandman Club tell ull that All that I can my to our boys art making BUI do the goose ict towards Berlin The cdiiltans of 8 a few months ago are now licking the stuffing out of the kaiser's best It only goa to ohaw what the 8 Is made of Believe nto you never rolixe what a great and wonderful country the United States until vuu lave liei She kt just twenty years ahaij of Fran-v in ninety lililcroni way: iVhgre the 8 army Is Frame ia blotted out with 8 pap and energy Tlierv are places here that look like little America My motto always was 18a Amerloa but -after rUMng mv right bund and -ay ing do" tnuuiliur hi do what JONAB HOWARDS ROBINSON Auburn company but was rejected because of poor health He then returned to tha home farm but later ia drafted and left with hla quota last Juns Ha signed up for the aviation corps and la expecting to' go- overseas shortly Private Robinson ham never yet seen tho time that he would really wish to leave the army Re hopes to coma back with the rent but standi ready to do his duty mt whatever pries Ha is tho nephew of the late Jonas Edwards of Auburn Goose Step to Bata France Boot 17 lilt Dear Mr Atherton: Just a lins to lot you know that I have not forgotten you I realize that I have been tardy lout have no good excuse to offer -will venture non I waa sorry that I rai unable to nay good-bye to you belm left but- os you know I waa ordered to leave two days before I expected to no mo It made my lut few minutes hurried oars dhnuo joining tho arxny I like everyone alas have hid nothing but aeries of experiences some hard but others ao good it baa msda it mors oven I have men aoma ot tha moat wonderful scenery imaginable can truly any that what I hare seen in this ah-ort time hota been more than I aver dared boos Have 1 all kinds from rod: bound coasts rural and ancient ehartaaua have not enough of -the Ebigiieh language at my ounmenxl to do just-la to the beauty of tbls eotlntry When the newwpapera speak of breve littla Francs they do not apeak highly enough everybody from child to the old people are doing their oit for Fnuioa Girls -it the aga of 15 And IB are to bo aren loading fraught ear old men and women working early and late In the Helds And aocaking of fanning in this country people do not have to be urgud to hare gardens It aecma that every aval table foot of ejil Is under cultivation But the people do not seem to be downcast ovoryene has a aanita I That may be because they litas to be on the good aide of the 8 soldiers they think we ara all that is Judging from tli price they usi: im At the prase nt -time I am working in a sites Commissary Hist is a place where soldiers bur candy cigarettes etc They alsi sal can nod goods for the nicest! that le the army term fur dinner supper etc It le all done system at imlly and feoi safe In suing Uz-at our days ot bueineag ordinarily wjukt nearly equal that of the They haveia flue system of bookkeeping which ia the port I mat learning and wv are accountable even for a penny box of matches Could nut pet :1 much what It hoe to be accounted for very cl only ns the government nils to nAtlim ut 11k-ainte price It burn Vuu can mv that wo are able 'to buy abut warn pretty reasonable For instance we buy 15-cenl cigarettes for cents It runs el ml lar ly all thru t'enaoiwiihi permits to say noth-nr shout what our tiwjHi are doing out tbp newwMptn lie Buies only lasted a' couple of days Well dear not much to talk about mean that I can write You will get all the war news thru the papers We have heen working day and night but we' all take it good heart -odly as we are doing It to win the war Of course we are not looking forward to any pleasure until we have licked the Huns I haven't had a chance to write 'for a week until now I will close for this time Your husband LAKE Franco Sept SO 19181 My Deer Wife: Just few lines today We are now 'm a now front Just arrived here after two days and two nights on tho read with our trucks Don't know when wo will leave This la Sunday night and I am as -happy as possible under present conditions I have been thinking of home all day I haven't any mall slnre I changed stations but guess It will aoma 1 along all right later Hope there ia no bad news I am sitting in my machine truck writing to you and tho light la a candle Ukhta of any other kind are Impossible It has rained pretty nearly all day and there la lota ol mud Did aoma repair work on some skid chains and will probably do aoma more tomorrow it was an awful tiresome trip coming over hate It took 17 days for that good old ship to get us across About eights- months had gone by when one day we read In the paper where a German sub had got her so she won't be -there to take us -back but with the help of God we will have another one Just aa good which will taka ua back to the good old A the best country In the PBfW Will writ again Boon Beat wishaa and lava Your husband LAKE To ''Wind Up The Watch On The lUilue" Dour Friend Charier: Hew Is everything In Lewiston' Hero everything goes llke the famous spring democratic elections I have bean in perfect health since I left America and now I feel as well aa at -home for tha wgathar here the aama It has been a littla 1 for the last few days RNAL SANDMAN CLUB Tin and land ML Every Box and There Have Ikm Others Many ch stone Pnmpany Thdrmg to tha ever Unde Bam mid It became my lot to "See France First" but it to a great experience and I ahuuld bate to have miasrd I am adding my address as I would be glad to hear foam you In aa you have soma unoccupied minutee I sinoecely bop that good health and the best of luck Is tha lot of you -and yours and with this wish I desire to remain Your former employe HKiUtKUT BKKDMM A TKMIT WEED Do you knew I've induced my husband to give up cigars Is that so? Well I've known him for seven years and 1 aver saw huu give up oqe Zbe peasants here have Just star: ing VI splendid work I piomUed ybur.