New England Libery Loan Drive Slumps Amid Urgent Plea
New England faces a dire shortfall in the third Liberty Loan drive as only $8.9 million is listed on day 15, far from the $260 to $400 million targets. Boston and Massachusetts mobilize with rallies across Wool Trades, shipyards, hotels, and manufacturers. Liberty Day plans press for widespread bond purchases and parades.
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Summer Street
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W. T. Cluverius
United States
William Ellery
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Thomas R. J. Gibb
Treasury
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Hermon Twee
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van Buren
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Hopedale
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Suffield
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Malden
New Hampshire
Palmer
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Worcester
Maine
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Pittsfield
Portsmouth
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Setee Bangor
Belfast
Salem
Somersworth
Tilton
Biddeford
Brewer
HTSSO
Whiteford
Bridgton
Winchester
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound for Gray Hair
An ad extols Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use hair darkener. It claims gray hair disappears after one or two applications making hair darker, glossy, and youthful, while noting it is a cosmetic not a medicine.
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Wyeth
Flood of Bond Subscriptions Expected by Week End
Treasury officials foresee a flood of Liberty bond pledges nationwide by week end as districts, states, and cities go over the top. Boston response is slower but reports indicate total subscriptions reach 1.66 billion dollars, about 55 percent of the 3 billion minimum, with a nationwide hunt for buyers and appeals to participate.
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Treasury
Federal Reserve
Let Us Uproot Militarism and Buy Bonds at Home
A wartime exhortation urges citizens to fight Hun militarism by supporting war financing. It calls on Americans to support the cause and “our boys in khaki” by purchasing bonds, linking home-front sacrifice to victory abroad.
Exempt Ship Service Push Hailed In New York
New York April 23 The United States Shipping Board announces a nationwide drive to recruit officers and men for the American merchant marine. Henry Howard, director of the board's recruiting service, says draft exemption boards will grant exemptions to mariners and volunteers for the Shipping Board training vessels, under a recent government ruling. Service on a merchant ship in the present emergency replaces military service and is as important as trench warfare.
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New York
New American Merchant Marine
United States Shipping Board
Henry Howard
Shipping Board
Howard
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