Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1918 — THREE SONS ARE FIGHTING [ARTICLE]

THREE SONS ARE FIGHTING

Mother Wants to Engage In Some War Work That Will Take Her to France. St Paul, Minn. —Mrs. P. Holstrom of No. 690 Conway street has three sons fighting for Uncle Sam, and she herself is planning to go into some kind of war work that will take her to France. Enoch Holstrom, a graduate of Cornell university, went to France with an engineering unit, and during a phase of the present German offensive twentytwo American engineers were killed around him, but he came through unscathed. He was promoted for his bravery under fire from second to first lieutenant. Harry Holstrom, twenty-two years old, is on the ocean somewhere chasing submarines. Ben Holstrom, twenty years old, who joined his brother in the fight against the kaiser, though he is npt of draft age. Is in. the aviation section and now is awaiting orders. All of the boys graduated from Mechanic Arts High school. The two latter attended Cornell university.