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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
6
A brief notice describes a special mail order service with telephone access at 490 Beach. It outlines how customers can request materials by phone and receive items by mail, highlighting convenience and contact details for orders.
New England races to meet a $500 million loan goal with only ten days left. Subscriptions reach $220.5 million. Boston accounts for $74.8 million as banks commit to loans on bonds. Cities across the six states push campaigns with public events and retailer drives to accelerate totals.
The Treasury Department acknowledged slow Fourth Liberty Loan uptake with half the subscription period past. Only 30 percent of the $6 billion goal is subscribed, amounting to $1,791,463,200. Officials urge larger bonds purchases and deeper personal funding to reach the target by October 19.
Vice President Marshall sold Liberty bonds in front of the Capitol behind a Liberty booth. Senators Walsh Montana Watson Indiana Harding Ohio and Gore Oklahoma were among customers while sales were recorded by motion picture.
Cambridge banks will stay open until 9 pm and campaign aims to raise more than half of the Cambridge quota tomorrow. The Liberty Loan Jewish committee runs a sale room at 34 Leverett street Boston using Yiddish posters to reach non English speaking Jews. Shapiro Brothers employing 200 workers in military uniforms reported every employee bought at least one $50 bond, marking another 100 percent subscription.
Governor McCall calls Massachusetts banks to remain open on Saturday October 12 to receive Liberty Loan subscriptions. He notes Columbus Day as a legal holiday and Liberty Day per the President and says open banks will aid campaign committees amid a severe epidemic and public meetings constraints.
A Brookline freshman track athlete who made the team last year has been accepted by the Marines at Harvard and will begin studies for the officers' school today. The Kaiser quips about bonds, while Mr. Wilson warns about rocking the boat.
Mrs. Arthur Gebhardt, ill with influenza, was rescued by Sergeant Arthur Putnam of Station 15 from a two story wooden building at 3101 03 Washington Street. The fire started in Truman F. Reed's drug store basement and spread to the Gebhardt tenement roof, filling the room with smoke. She was taken to a nearby store for medical aid.
New England Liberty Loan committee chaired by Professor Frank Vogel conducts a mass auto tour through Massachusetts urging Americans of German ancestry to buy Fourth Liberty Loan bonds. Gustave Heim of the Boston Symphony Orchestra played trumpet as banners proclaimed the appeal. The tour moves toward the Connecticut valley with Rhode Island results noted.
A brief patriotic plug urging readers to join the Fourth Liberty Lean by subscribing, framing the Battle Hymn of the Republic as the rallying motif and inviting audience participation.
Albert Sidney Reinhertz alias Logan was arrested at Albany after impersonating Second Lieutenant A. V. Nash in uniform. He halted a car carrying A. M. Johnson of Dorchester and his daughter en route to visit a patient at the base hospital, drawing Intelligence Department interest.
A bogus lieutenant stole a car, aiding a soldier in Worcester and prompting charges against Reinhertz for multiple thefts and impersonating an officer. Camp officials announce Liberty Theatre opening, Columbus Day Liberty Day events, and high level visits. Governor Milliken to read Wilsons Liberty Loan message. Guard battalions reassigned under new majors amid pneumonia and influenza tallies.
A playful note asks whether the line is sung or hummed, linking the tune to patriotism and a Liberty Loan subscription, suggesting the song’s performance reflects support for the war bond drive.
Relief comes instantly as a dose is taken every two hours for three doses. It opens blocked nasal passages and airways, stops discharge, relieves headache and feverishness, and eases sore throat and sneezing. The genuine product costs only a few cents at drug stores.
More than 160 men who sought nomination in the state primaries have not filed campaign expenditure returns as required by the Secretary of State. Some cases move to the Attorney General for action. Yesterday’s filers include Henry Wells Haverhill for district attorney $845 Edwin O Child Newton for Congress $1265 Joseph ONeill Boston for lieutenant governor $375 Josiah Quincy Boston for Congress $375 mostly for publicity.
New York City barber A. E. O'Brien endorses Orlex powder as a home remedy to color gray or faded hair. He claims it can instantly darken or shade hair with a simple water mix and comb through application. The box carries a $100.90 gold bond guarantee and promises no silver, lead, zinc, mercury or coal tar ingredients. It supposedly makes hair look twenty years younger and does not rub off or feel sticky.
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