Newspaper Cassville Republican
Date Thursday, Oct. 3, 1918
Headline Soldier Boy's Letter - WW I
Text Dear Mother:

Will write you again today. I am well and feeling fine. It is nice and warm here today. This is the first clear day I have seen for about a week and a half. The sun is shinning and everything looks good.

I am still in England, have seen some as pretty nights as I ever saw. This sure is a fine looking place. Have had the privilege of seeing Liverpool. The buildings are all stone and brick and when you look up a street it seems odd to see the buildings just the same on both sides. Of course everything looks strange, it is so much different to what we are used to.

I went to Winchester this morning, it sure is an old and fine looking place. There were no electric cars and what were in Liverpool were short and double decked.

I also got to see the great hall of Winchester Castle, it has been there for 830 years. I also went through Winchester Abbey. It is a great church and I enjoyed it.

The houses through the country are all stone and brick. The fences are stone, the farms are small but well fixed and cared for. They have good crops and are just now harvesting; wheat looks good. Have not seen any corn but a good many crops of oats. Crops are mostly wheat and vegetables. Potatoes are especially fine.

I would love to hear from home to know whether you are all well or not but suppose it will not be long before I will hear and when I begin to get letters will hear often again. I will still write often, don't know whether I will still get to write every day or not but will write as often as I can.

And before I close I want to say that God has not forsaken me that I am still trusting him and clinging to his promises. I want to live so that when I come back I can say that I am a better boy than when I went away.

Will write again soon.

As ever,
Your son,
Otto Farwell,
Co. G. 350 Inf., A. E. F.
Resource State Historical Society of MO Microfilm
Submitted by Donna Cooper