Good news from the April 3, 1919 Skidmore News, page 1: Hear From Delavan Robbins Since Friday evening of last week joy has pervaded one Skidmore home where for several months gloom and misgivings in the hearts of a father… Read moreDelavan Robbins Writes Home, 1919

At this time each year, we pause to remember those who served Nodaway County and the U.S.A. by sharing letters some of Skidmore’s soldiers and sailors sent back home to the Skidmore News. This one is from the June 27,… Read moreLetters Home: Harley Hitchcock, May 1918

From the February 14, 1918 edition of the Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), page 1: For Lieutenant Pierpoint. Last Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Montgomery, there gathered a jolly bunch of Skidmore’s business men, in… Read moreSend-off for Dr. Pierpoint, 1918

We’ve printed this one before, but it bears repeating, especially as we look back to 11 November 1918 on this 11th of November 2018. May our world know peace. Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), November 14, 1918 edition, page 1: The… Read moreNovember 11, 1918

We’re remembering the service of some of Skidmore’s soldiers and sailors in World War I. Today’s memory comes from the November 21, 1918 Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), page 8: From J. H. Tyson. Vichy, France, Oct. 7, 1918. Mr. and… Read moreLetters Home: J. H. Tyson in Hospital, 1918

From the February 6, 1919 Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), page 1: From Paul W. Karr. In European Waters, Dec. 15. Dear Folks:– Well as this is the first letter that I have written for a long time, without being censored,… Read moreLetters Home: Paul W. Karr in European Waters, 1919

We’re remembering the service of some of Skidmore’s soldiers and sailors in World War 1 through the letters they wrote home to the local paper. Today’s letter is from the June 20, 1918 edition of the Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri),… Read moreLetters Home: Pierre Karr in France, May 1918

From the June 13, 1918 Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), page 1: Sees Service in Trenches. France, May 18, 1918. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Collins, Skidmore, Mo. Dear Parents: — A few days have passed since I last wrote you,… Read moreLetters Home: Clyde Collins in France, May 1918.

We’re sharing some of the letters Skidmore, Missouri’s soldier and sailor boys wrote back to the home folks via the local paper.  Here’s another from Oppie Ross, as published in the August 22, 1918 edition of the Skidmore News (Skidmore,… Read moreLetters Home: We will all be back home by next spring

Each year at around this time, we share some of the letters Skidmore’s soldiers and sailors wrote to the folks back home via the pages of the Skidmore News. This one is from Oppie Ross, and it was published on… Read moreLetters Home: I Left Old Quitman 10 Months Ago