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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 1918

Page

2

New England Slumps in Liberty Loan Sales

New England faces another slump in Liberty Loan subscriptions, risking a lag behind other regions. The New England committee urges immediate action with rallies in Melrose, Boston, Needham, Waltham, Lynn, South Boston, and more, highlighting strong pledges from firms like Hayden, Stone & Co. and A C Lawrence Leather.

New England New England Liberty Loan Committee Boston Melrose Club Melrose Pliny Jewell College Club Commonwealth Avenue Louis D. Gibbs New School of Design Charles Fr. Johnson Needham Town Hall George B. Glidden Corporal Auger Waltham General Electric Works Lynn Grafton D. Cushing H. & J. Shoe Company South Boston

Detroit Passes Its Liberty Loan Mark in Campaign

Detroit reports oversubscription for the third Liberty Loan with a four day total of 38.6 million dollars against a 36.8 million quota. News notes wide participation from stock exchanges and firms like United Cigar Stores, plus local women’s and Jewish committees driving house to house appeals in Massachusetts and New England towns.

Detroit Wholesale Millinery Trade Committee Tobacco Trade United Cigar Stores Company B. T. Stephens John E. Hennigan Barristers Hall Bolton East Templeton Seekonk Dalton Brimfield Gill West Boylston Plymouth Yarmouthport Cohasset Walpole Hudson Leominster Sunderland Carver Concord Brewster

Liberty Loan subscriptions soar in New York five days

Subscriptions filed at the Federal Reserve Bank of the New York district for the Liberty Loan in the first five days reached 206,560,100, compared with 131,312,100 for the same period of the second loan. Speakers praised Americans for raising funds to support the government. Rallies in Boston Barracks and Liberty theatre featured speakers and entertainment.

New York Federal Reserve Bank of the Germany England United States Florence Luscomb Boston America Glendower Evans Teresa A. Crowley Frederick A. Bagley Alice Stone Blackwell Liberty Barracks Boston Common Guy D. Gold Boston War Work Council

Liberty Loan subscriptions top 3451.7 million in five days

Liberty Loan subscriptions reported to federal reserve banks through last night total 351,744,000, about 175,825,000 more than a night earlier. New York District leads with 206,560,100. other districts show varied results across Chicago Boston Cleveland Philadelphia St. Louis Dallas Kansas City San Francisco Richmond and Atlanta.

Washington Liberty Federal Reserve New York Federal Reserve District Minneapolis Chicago Boston Cleveland Philadelphia St. Louis Dallas Kansas City San Francisco Richmond Atlanta

Investigation into bonds trading below market value

New York April 12. Assistant District Attorney Brogan announced an inquiry into individuals buying Liberty bonds at prices under their quoted market value. The probe targets those in the business of purchasing bonds at discounts and may involve further legal action.

New York Assis~tants Brogan To Day

Randolph School Board Faces Flag Display Question

Randolph school board members Dr George W Higgins Edmund K Belcher and Edward C Long were summoned to Quincy District Court to show cause why a complaint should not be issued for failing to display the United States flag at Prescott School Randolph Commander William B Spear of Captain Horace Niles Post G A R testified that the board claimed there were no halyards on the flagpole and offered to rig it but no action followed

Randolph Scho Avery Quincy United States Prescott School Randolph William B. Spear Horace Niles Post Spear Prescott George W. Higgins Edmund K. Belcher Edward C. Long

Two Arraigned in Elevator Accident Case

Herbert G. Perry and Jefferson I. Morse were arraigned in the Superior Criminal Court yesterday over the Carney building elevator collapse that injured seven, including five with broken legs. They posted $500 bail after entering not guilty pleas for failing to report a prior August 15 incident.

Herbert G. Perry Jefferson I. Morse Superior Criminal Court Carnego Perry A. W. Perry Boston Morse Carney

100 Coal Passers And Firemen Needed

The United States Shipping Board Recruiting Service in Boston called for 100 more coal passers and firemen for immediate sea service to New York, citing an acute shortage of manpower for American merchant ships.

United States Shipping Board Boston Custom House New York

Uncle Sam urges readers to buy Liberty bonds now

A concise patriotic appeal urging immediate action to support Liberty bonds, encouraging readers to meet the government halfway by purchasing bonds as a civic duty. The note emphasizes timeliness and national solidarity without detailing instructions.

Sam

Widow loses will contest in Suffolk County

Mrs Lalra Dunbar Richards widow of Edward Richards a prominent real estate dealer loses her bid for a new trial. A Suffolk county jury found the will to have been unduly influenced by the widow or by Mary E Fallon the bookkeeper. The decision ends the contest and the estate will pass under the original provisions.

Lalra Dunbar Richards Edward &. Richards Suffolk County Richards Mary E. Fallon

Woman credits Pinkham's Compound with healing life

West Plains Missouri woman Miss Cora Lee Hall says severe monthly cramps indigestion and general weakness vanished after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a friend urged her to try. She praises the remedy as life saving and recommends others with similar suffering to use it.

West Plains Lydia E. Pinkham Cora Lee Hall Mrs. Hall

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Matine Aurora Falmouth Greenwood Eustis Washburn Oxford New Hampshire Northfield South Hampton Mount Vernon Wilton Wentworth Grafton Vermont Milton St. Albans City Johnson Massachusetts Sterlng Petersham Connecticut East Granby Beacon Falls Federal Reserve Bank Brook Milford N. H Sterling Mass Proctorsville Cavendish East Kingston Mt. Vernon Conn Johnston McCall Peters Liberty Loan Committee Hereford Street Arlington Beacon Temple Place Tremont Boylston Park Square Columbus Avenue Dartmouth Street Ivrom State House Department of the Northeast Hayden, Stone & Co A. C. Lawrence Leather Company Peabody Frederick W. Murray Boston Fire Department Brookline Women’s Committee Barnstable Upton Fall River Provincetown Woburn Hingham Harvard H. B. Royal Liberty Loan Jewish Committee Pemberton Max Mitchell Jewish Committee Mitchell Ruth Fried Louis E Kirstein Jennie D. Loitman Bessie Abrams Julius Andrews Samuel K. Casson Isador Coriat Elsie Friedman Aaron Hailparn Joseph Herman Albert Kaffenburgh Lewis I. Kornfeld Adolf Leve Morris Levin I. IX. Prager Benjamin Schellenburgh Malden Camp Devens Charles M. Blodgett George P. O’conor Sacred Heart Church 301St Field Artillery Band Father O'Conor First Baptist Church Kingston Cambridge Ward 5 Committee Boston Equal Suffrage Association Abington Stete Andover Barre Brockton Wee Canton Cambridge Chelsea Dover Everett Witchburg Framingham Gloucester Hamilton Haverhill Lawrence Lexington Lowell Biddeford Oy Brooks Brunswick Camden Farmington Escesseses Fryeburg Gardiner Islesboro Ae Oe Kennebunk Lewiston Wee Eeerenns Norway Scoeseseeveee Oldtown Orono St. Johnsbury Vergennes White River Wilmington Woodstock Ashland Colebrook Conway Franklin Keene Lisbon Littleton Meredith Nashua Somersworth Chester Easthampton Litchfield Meriden New USA THE the Liberty Loan Jack France Hornblower & Weeks Kidder, Peabody & Co National City Co Ude Gude Gades Takite M. J. Breitenbach CO Faneuil Hall William H. McMasters Ile Patriotic Wind Laura Walker Arthur Ashley Liberty Theatre Kilby Street Bacon Essex Streets Flour and Grain Trades Committee Chamber of Commerce U. S Randolph Board Mrs. Richards Teutons Connor Washington Street Brookside Henfield Brookside Creamery Maine Campbell’s Warner John T.connorco Food Administration Forrest Seed Co., Inc Cortland, N.Y Allen Allen S. Olmsted le Roy Cuticura
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