TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ROGERS DEMOCRAT OCTOBER 31, 1918 P. 1
Dear Mother:
Your most welcome letter was received yesterday and while we have health and pleasure, nothing can fill the long felt want like a letter from home.
The French people are very nice and make it as agreeable as possible but their language is too deep
for me.
I have not been with my organization for more than a year and have never been to the front. There is very little excitement here: in fact, none, altho our work is very interesting. There is very little news here except the daily paper from which we get the news from the front.
There is no need for you to worry as this is too far from the front to get injured unless I am run over by a pushcart or bicycle which I hope will never happen. Your son, JACK
NOTES: This letter was written by Royal Kennan Farnum to his mother Mrs. Jennie Farnum. He was born in Rogers, Arkansas on October 21, 1894 and died on March 16, 1969. He is buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLE MCCLAY CLEVELAND
Dear Mother:
Your most welcome letter was received yesterday and while we have health and pleasure, nothing can fill the long felt want like a letter from home.
The French people are very nice and make it as agreeable as possible but their language is too deep
for me.
I have not been with my organization for more than a year and have never been to the front. There is very little excitement here: in fact, none, altho our work is very interesting. There is very little news here except the daily paper from which we get the news from the front.
There is no need for you to worry as this is too far from the front to get injured unless I am run over by a pushcart or bicycle which I hope will never happen. Your son, JACK
NOTES: This letter was written by Royal Kennan Farnum to his mother Mrs. Jennie Farnum. He was born in Rogers, Arkansas on October 21, 1894 and died on March 16, 1969. He is buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLE MCCLAY CLEVELAND