Liberty Loan Day Agenda and Bond Support in Boston
In Boston events surrounding the Liberty Loan unfold with speeches by Grafton D. Cush ing and a pledge by the Love o Mike troupe to raise support. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge visits the Liberty Loan headquarters and urges universal subscribed bonds as vital to U S credit and Allies. The Boston Stock Exchange votes to close at noon for Liberty Loan Day and a local woman with four sons in the navy is honored.
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Percy Knight
Blue Hill Avenue
Boston
Liberty Cottage
Grafton D. ¢Ushing
Stella May Hovan
Leone Morgan
Clare Stratton
Hilda Pentland
Luella Bear
Helen Clark
Allison McBaine
Honia Goodwin
Love O' Mike
Greater Boston
EB. Bagley
Summer Street
Navy
Boston Stock Exchange
Liberty Loan Day
Henry Cabot Lodge
New England
Liberty Loan
State Street
United States
Liberty Bond Drive Boosts New England Shoe Firms
The second Liberty Loan campaign gains momentum as New England shoe and leather companies report large subscriptions led by W H McIlwain Co and Graton & Knight Mfg Co. Leaders pledge broader campaigns with Union and Bobbystoun events. Will Rogers and other figures attend bond meetings while firms like American Trust Co and local merchants push sales.
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Shoe and Leather and Allied Industries
New England Shoe and Leather Association
Henry B. Endicott
Massachusetts
Boston Boot and Shoe Club
W. H. McIlwain Co
Boston
Manchester
N. H
Graton & Knight Mfg. Co
Worcester
Rice & Hutchins, Inc
Thomas G. Plant Co
W. L. Douglas Shoe Co
Brockton
A. (. Lawrence Leather Co
National Calfskin Co
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Bliss & Perry Co
Newburyport
L. B. Evans Sons Co
Stoneham
Thayers Foss Co
Cass & Daley Shoe Co
Salem
Fissex Street
Harry S. Thayer
Fred B. Rice
Elisha W. Cobb
Cecil Q. Adams
Edwin P. Wolmes
H. B. Dillenback
Sig. Rothschild
William Noll
Boston Shoe Travellers’ Association
Lynn
Haverhill
New England
Thayer
American Trust Company
New Zealand
Will Rogers
Follies Company
Liberty Bridge
Liberty Cottage
Harvard Students Subscribe $15000 in Liberty Loan Drive
Harvard undergraduates have raised more than 15000 in subscriptions during the first three days of a Liberty Bond drive. Banks and student committees contribute, with a 50000 goal set to be reached by tomorrow night. The appeal stresses cash support for arms, food, and clothing.
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Harvard
Liberty
Troops' Bond Purchases Reach Nearly Six Hundred Twenty Five Thousand
Major J. R. Coffin of the Liberty Loan committee for the Department of the Northeast announced that total subscriptions by officers and men reached nearly 625000. Four companies achieved perfect scores with every member subscribing for bonds.
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J. R. Coffin
Liberty Loan Committee
Department of the Northeast
Veterans to Drill for Liberty Loan Mobilization
Civil war veterans of Massachusetts will drill at the East Armory under ten regular army officers to join the Liberty Loan drive. Enrollments for veterans not yet enrolled are open 10 to 11 a.m. at Room 1102 Pad dock building and after 9:30 a.m. at the East Armory next Tuesday. Governor McCall and other officials will address the mobilization scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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East Armory
United States Army
Civil War Veterans of
Massachusetts
Grand Army
Paddock Building
Tremont Street
J. B. Lewis
Greater Boston
Lewis
McCall
Aiken
Boston Federal Reserve Bank
J. Payson Bradley
Matthew Hale
Liberty Loan Rally at Eliot School
Arrangements are made for a patriotic rally on Friday evening October 19 at the Eliot School North End. Frank Leveroni will preside Madame Elvira Leveroni will sing. Speakers John A. Keliher and Vittorio Orlandi Guidi will attend. Guidi recently returned from the Italian war zone and will speak in Italian.
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Fliet School
North End
Frank Leveroni
Elvira Leveroni
John A. Keliher
Vittorio Orlandi Guidi
Guidi
Keliher
Liberty Loan
Liberty Bonds Rally Draws Land and Air Forces
Aviators from the Atlantic coast aeronautic station performed thrilling feats overhead while thousands of soldiers camped and paraded the streets of Newport News Vermont. Representative James B. Aswell of Louisiana addressed a mass meeting later.
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Newport News
Atlantic Coast
Everyday Patriotism and the Liberty Purchase
A reflection on patriotism as an active daily choice rather than a relic of history. The author argues that true patriotism shows in ongoing support for liberty through daily actions and purchases.
Government moves to stop pro German workers on loan
Washington October 18 the government acts to curb pro German workers who have launched an organized national campaign to block the Liberty Loan. Secretary McAdoo orders banks pressured by German influence to report these acts and vows to prosecute “disloyal and traitorous persons” involved.
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Washington
St. Luke City
McAdoo
Nations rally as war loan hits record subscriptions
Justice officials widen probe of conspirators to pursue sedition charges if warranted. The war loan nears the two billion dollar goal with official subscriptions totaling 827 million and estimates suggesting 1.5 to 1.75 billion raised by week’s end. Major cities report strong gains including New York 589.59 million and Boston 95 million while New England states push progress toward the two billion target.
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Department of Justice
The
Treasury
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
New England
Goston
Employees Rally for Liberty Loan at Tremont Theatre
About 2000 Boston retail store employees packed Tremont Theatre to pledge support for Liberty Bonds. Leaders urged personal investment and urging customers to buy bonds, with plans to extend outreach after hours. Speakers included John Shepard Jr and Lieutenant-Governor Coolidge, stressing over-subscription to speed end of war.
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Boston
Tremont Theatre
Retail Trade Board
John Shepard, Jr
Coolidge
Charles F. Weed
First National Bank
A. C. Tweedie
N. Penrose Hallowell
New England Liberty Loan Committee
Michael J. Murray
Germany
United States
Europe
Hallowell
New England
John B. Schoeffel
Teel
Shepard, Norwell Ladies’ Rifle Club
Propaganda Bond Pledge Warns of Huns Threat
A wartime exhortation urges readers to invest in bonds likening each purchase to a deadly bomb against enemy forces. The call to action questions if the reader has yet to contribute and suggests embracing multiple purchases as a decisive volley.
Paul’s Hair Tonic Claims to Halt Hair Loss
An advertisement for Paul’s Hair Tonic promises to stop hair falling out and regrow where roots are alive, claiming hair will stay colored and glossy. One bottle proves the claims. Price one dollar, mailed from 108 Huntington Ave Boston by B P Paul.
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B. P
Paul
Huntington Ave
Boston
Mayor Mullen Signals Re election At Church Address
Everett mayor says he will be re elected after addressing a crowd at Zion Baptist Church in Everett on citizen rights. He recapped duties after distributing smokes to soldiers at Camp Devens and predicted political foes will not block his six year tenure. Father Lydon departs to join the 10th United States Field Artillery as chaplain.
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Mullen
Everett
Zion Baptist Church
Chelsea Street
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mayor Mullen
St. Mary's Church
Father Lydon
10Th United States Field Artillery
Kaiser Declares Alsace-Lorraine Not for France
Berlin dispatch quotes Emperor William at Balkans trip table talk after Painleve speech. He notes France claims Alsace Lorraine but adds the emperor’s retort that France must come and take it. The Amsterdam despatch relayed via Berlin reports the exchange aboard the imperial lunch car.
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London
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Emperor William
Balkans
Daily Chronicle
Amsterdam
Professor Painleve
M. Painleve
Alsace-Lorraine
Death reveals camp water boy was girl
Florence Kelly a 19 year old girl from Greenville Tennessee who worked three weeks as a water boy at Camp Stuart died when she fell beneath a motor truck during a Liberty Loan parade in Newport News Virginia. She had been performing a boy’s job and lived with the workmen at the camp without arousing suspicion about her sex.
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Newport News
Florence Kelly
Greenville
Tenn
Camp Stuart
Farewell to priest as chaplain in Cambridge gathering
Hundreds of friends and parishioners of the Rev. Patrick J. Lydon of Cambridge will gather this evening at 4 o'clock in St Mary's Hall Prospect Street Cambridge and give testimony.
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Patrick J. Lydon
Cambridge
St. Mary's Hall
Prospect Street
Liberty Bonds Campaign Urges Tight Tie to Kaiser
The notice urges strong support for Liberty Bonds to "tie up" the Kaiser tightly and end his world menace. Citizens are urged to purchase bonds to help achieve the goal.
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