Thousands Raised at Bond Rally in Mechanics Hall
At Mechanics Hall last night under the Retail Trade Board of the Chamber of Commerce a bond rally drew about 4000 attendees. Speeches appealed to patriotism and subscriptions for Liberty bonds reached thousands of dollars during the event.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Retail Trade Board of the Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Mary Pickford
Tremont Temple
Fitzgerald
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Uncle Sam
Boy Scouts Sell Liberty Bonds at Rally
In a public event the Boy Scouts handed out bidding cards to a large crowd. Those who wished to support the war effort wrote their subscription amounts for Liberty bonds starting at $50 and rising, listing several names among the participants.
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Boy Scouts
Liberty Bond Drive Attracts Star Power In Benefit Event
Key figures Charles F. Bacon William L. Shearer George B. Johnson and Marcel N. Smith joined the Liberty Bond fundraiser presided over by Alexander Chandler. Mrs. Drew opened with a strong appeal for $1000 in bonds as Miss Alice Brady and others helped push subscriptions beyond $5900, while speakers urged nationwide sacrifice, duty, and unity. Grace Hamlin sang America and The Star Spangled Banner, underscoring a wartime plea for support to aid troops overseas.
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William L. Shearer
George B. Johnson
Marcel N. Smith
Alexander Chandler
Sidney Drew
Mr. Drew
France
Drew
Mrs. Drew
United States
Charles F. Weed
Liberty Bond Committee
Liberty Bond
Belgium
O. B. Jones
Black Watch
Halifax
Harry G. Milson
Michael J. Murray
Mme
Grace Hamlin
America
Tremont Temple
Evry
Fitzgerald
Alice Brady
Mary Pickford
Southboro Liberty Loan Dedication in Town Parade
Southboro marks its status as first Massachusetts town to go over the top in the Third Liberty Loan. Governor McCall unveils a tablet honoring 75 local servicemen as 2,000+ attendees, with a parade, band, and speeches amid nationwide fundraising rallies and plans for Patriots' Day events.
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Southboro
McCall
Liberty Loan
15Th Regiment
State Guard
St. Mark’s
Fay
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Ranner
America
Chelsea Jewish Liberty Loan drive aims to top quota
The Third Liberty Loan is two-fifths complete with less than one third of the three billion dollar goal officially recorded. Tonight the treasury shows 952,923,250 raised, 48 million short of the expected billion. A Sunday meeting at Williams School Hall in Chelsea will begin with an auto parade and feature Mayor Edward E. Willard and Senator John E. Beck among speakers.
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Washington
Treasury
Williams’ School
Chelsea Jewish Liberty Loan Committee
David A. Laurie
Chelsea Jewish War Relief Committee
Chelsea
Liberty Loan Committee
Edward E. Willard
Laurie
Jewish Liberty Loan Committee
Willard
John E. Beck
Louis E. Kirstein
Adolph Leve
Harris L. Selig
Max Mitchell
Abraham Alpert
David A. Lourie
Columbian National Life Insurance Company
Italian Liberty Leaff
Palace Theatre
Scollay Square
Thomas Nuttle
Murray
Cavanaugh
Vittorio Orlandini
Ubaldo Guidi
Vimy Ridge
Victory Cottage
Charles l. Burrill
Internal Revenue
John F. Malley
John E. Hannigan
New England Conservatory of Music
Louis Keene
Canadian Army
Richard Bradley
Samuel Carr
Ralph L. Flanders
George W. Chadwick
Dorchester
Dorchester Avenue
Columbia Road
Hodge Boiler Works
East Boston
Liberty
Boiler Works
Sumner Street
Twenty-Four New England Towns Reach Honor Flag Quota
The Honor Flag committee reports twenty four New England towns and cities completed their quotas yesterday. Paxton Stowe Gleasondale Westminster Ashburnham Hubbardston and Norfolk Mass Milford Westmoreland Surry Greenland Durham New Boston New London N H Stockton Springs Unity Montville Lee Masardis Upton Prospect Maine Middlebury Newington Cornwall Wethersfield Chaplin Conn Vergennes Vt plus Bedford Bolton Lindon and Islesboro over quotas and 26 towns reporting full quotas or more.
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New England
Liberty Loan
Paxton
Stowe
Gleasondale
Westminster
Ashburnham
Hubbardston
Norfolk
Mass
Milford
Westmoreland
Surry
Greenland
Durham
New Boston
New London
N. H
Stockton Springs
Unity
Montville
Lee
Mas
Bolton
Lindon, Vt
New Harmoshire
Maine
Francis H. Gutowski
Polish Kosciuszko Society of Boston
Five Cent Savings Bank
Norwell
Plymouth County
City Club Liberty Loan drive begins with flag unfurling
Liberty Loan committee and Navy yard workers push the bond drive with a $820,450 subscription. An honor flag will be raised at noon to start the effort for a star on the flag once the $60,000 allotment is secured. Many shops report 100 percent participation, with riggers and laborers noted for high share, while machinists lead in overall bonds.
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Peters
Rush
Admiral Wood
State House
Commonwealth Pier
Naval Service Club
New England Liberty Loan Committee
Symphony Hall
Andrew J. Peters
Daniels
Stock Exchange
Alexander Whiteside
Committee of
Liberty Cottage
Boston Common
Women’s Committee
Massachusetts Liberty Loan Committee
O. P. Jones
Black Watch
Gordon Highlanders
Ypres
Hun
Liberty Loan
Liberty Loan Jewish Committee
Jewish Committee
Uncle Sam
Ganization
Liberty Loan Committee
Navy Yard
We need money for liberty loan in world war effort
Chaplain Toole addresses over 700 Houghton and Dutton employees on the store floor urging united support and bonds purchases to back the war. The Liberty Loan booth has averaged $1000 daily, with firm directors optimistic every employee will buy a bond before the deadline.
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Chaplain Toole
Houghton & Dutton Company
Taney
Liberty
Houghton & Dutton
South Boston Raises 40000 in Bond Rally for War Effort
South Boston held a rally in the municipal building to support Uncle Sam's forces in France. Team captains and hall subscriptions totaled 40000, led by Fred O Watt with 31000 subscribed by Walworth Manufacturing Company officers and employees.
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South Boston
Uncle Sam
France
Fred O. Watt
Walworth Manufacturing Company
East Maine Methodist Conference Opens in Dexter
Dexter Maine April 17 Bishop Edwin H Hughes presiding at the East Maine conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opening today Most of the session focused on examining candidates for admission to the ministry Tonight Rev C W Lowell of Franklin delivered the sermon.
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Dexter
East Maine
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Edwin H. Hughes
C. W. Lowell
Franklin
Aid the Third Liberty Loan Drive Bond Measure
A wartime appeal urges readers to support the third Liberty Loan by purchasing two bonds to help end autocratic menace and aid relief of the world. The call stresses skepticism toward the war’s objectives and urges personal contribution.
Taft Calls U S In Holy War To Send 5 Million Men
Former President William Howard Taft urged Boston and the nation to back President Wilson in the war. He argued America should deploy at least 5,000,000 troops overseas to hasten the conflict's end.
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Boston
William Howard Taft
Symphony Hall
Wilson
America
Great War Speech at Boston on Liberty Loan
Mr Taft addressed the Bank Officers' Association of Boston urging a long war effort with manpower food munitions and war machinery. He said the United States must mobilize beyond a million men to defeat Germany and shorten the conflict. The meeting supported the Liberty Loan campaign and discussed the war’s scale.
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United States
Taft
Bank Officers’ Association of Boston
Liberty Loan
World War Era Card Warns of German Threat
A lobbying flyer questions future world order under a German ruler, urging Liberty Bonds as protection against imagined German frightfulness and asserting the bond program as insurance for liberty.
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Michael
Sulpher Tablets Promise Pleasant Cleanse For Blood
An advertisement touts Sulpheric Tablets as a pleasant cure for winter blood congestion. It claims sulphur cream of tartar and molasses purify stomach liver bowels and blood, and notes greasy skin pimples and foul breath signal bad blood. Mrs B Clarke of Buffalo endorses them. Sold by druggists.
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Cross
Mark Cross Co
Tremont St
Boston Bet
Temple Place
West St
Wirth
Broadway
New York
Regent Street
London
Paul Revere
Mechanics’ Building
Sidney Brew
William A. Brady
Massachusetts
Liberty Theatre
Common
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Jones
Chamber of Commerce
R. A. Wood
Charlestown Navy Yard
Cambridge
Worthington Pump Works
Humphreys
Atlantic Works
C. F. Johnson
Fast Boston
Terminal Refrigerating Company
C. F. Weed
Salada Tea Company
Major Kinnear
Newburyport High School
W. J. Ll. Crank
Dedham Grammar School
FE. C. Potter
Quincy
Fore River Works
Guy Ham
Paine Furniture Company
Amesbury High School
Arthur Barber
North Dighton
George B. Glidden
Turners Falls
G. W. Gardner
North Attleboro
Starkey
New Haven
Gopley Plaza
Harvard
Albert Harding, Jr
Thomas G. Harding
William G. Harding
Revere
Bujter
Cams Va
Wm.elliott
New Engla
Pine Grove
Strictly Fresh
Hennery Sry
Formosa Oolong
Eng
Orant
Escanere Coelee
John Aldean
Amily
Crisco
Quis
States Food Ar
Union St. Gernot bin
Canal St
Soonay's
Bromfield St
Yens Foi
Conservatory
Henry H. Lynch
A. Shuman & Company
W. T. A.fitzgerald
Registrar of Deeds
Lowney Co-operative Association
Lowney Chocolate Factory
Grafton D. Cushing
Boston Real Estate Exchange
Houghton & Dutton’s
Cash
Nature
Gude
Ma Attea
U. S
Liberty Loan Committees
Lodges
R.c.megargelsco
Chicago Stock Exchanges
Pine Street
Jebel
Allen
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