Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1914 — Letter From Henry Luers Does Not Mention the War. [ARTICLE]

Letter From Henry Luers Does Not Mention the War.

Mrs. Henry Lucre received a letter Wednesday from her husband, who is visiting his boyhood home at Veehta, Germany, and about shorn the family has felt considerably worried since the war broke out. His letter was written July 27th, just ten days ago, and he made no mention in it about the war, which at thst time had scarcely begun, but which ha® now reached such magnitude as to involve practically all the nations of Europe, resulted in *the stoppage of the operations of trans-Atlantic cotoomeree and the cutting of cables betwee a Germany and New York and Germany and England. Mr. Luere in all of his letter® from his boyhood home has praised the country highly. He made a trip there 36 years ago and he states that he is delighted with the marvelous improvements that have occurred during that time The roads are fine, the country developed to a high state, fine building Improvements and this year there have been abundant rains and crops are fine. Mr. Luere said nothing in his letter about coming home and it is presumed expected to regain for several weeks yet Whether the war conditions will change bis plans his family are unable to ray. It would probably be impossible now for him to get any word to them or them to him.