Bohemian Support and Large Subscriptions Boost for Wilson Window
Article notes strong Bohemian backing for President Wilson during wartime and highlights substantial individual subscriptions not yet counted, with major firms like Home Savings, Hoat Rubber, United Drug, and others pledging significant sums toward the effort.
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Hoat Rubber Co
United Drug Co
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Xiison Electric & Tilum. Co
Nited Shoe Machinery Co
Light Treatment for Psoriasis Promises Relief
Mr. Magnuson and Mr. Gershaw praise the Osmo-Chemic Physicians for a new light therapy that reportedly cured psoriasis after prior doctors offered little help. Dr. Walsh is hailed as the best by Magnuson and Gershaw, who traveled from Dorchester and Salem to seek treatment.
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Walsh
Carl Magnuson
Saxon 8
Dorchester
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Simon Gershaw
Osborn St
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Boston
Liberty's Bond Poem Calls Citizens to Support War Effort
A Boston News Bureau verse urges all townspeople to buy Liberty Bonds. It recalls the sacrifice of soldiers going to Flanders and asks civilians at home to share the burden, linking patriotism to a common bond that keeps the flag’s colors united.
Free Treatment Offer From Osmo-Chemic Physicians
Osmo-Chemic Physicians offer free consultation examination and trial treatment for indigestion intestinal diseases liver trouble and stomach or bowel disorders to patients who apply by November 1. The offer requires only that patients call before November 1 to share its benefits at No. 18 Boylston Street Boston. Office hours listed include Tuesday and Friday mornings and afternoons.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
Cincinnati reader reports relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial describes improved health allowing housework and renewed happiness. The ad promotes the remedy as a forty year old tonic derived from roots and herbs for the female system.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Josie Copner
Harrison Ave
Fairmount
Cincinati
Worcester Drives Way Over Bond Quota in Liberty Drive
Worcester has surpassed its Liberty bond target with banks and insurers subscribing 5.01 million, bringing total institutional support to 7.49 million and estimated public subscriptions around 3 million. Liberty Day features an 11 am auto parade, 20 000 school children parade in the afternoon, and a civic industrial parade in the evening across Worcester.
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Worcester
Liberty Loan Speeches Planned Across Chelsea Schools
Mayor Willard and Chelsea business leaders will address grammar schools and Chelsea High in morning and evening sessions as bankers organize a major drive. Subscriptions already reach 675000 with an allotment of 1225000 expected to be raised, following factory canvassing.
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Liberty Loan
Willard
Chelsea
City Hall
Meyer
Boy Scouts of Nation in Bond Contest
St Paul hosts a Liberty Loan drive with Boy Scouts from major cities. Mayors Mitchel and Ralph accepted the challenge by telegraph, while Mayor Behman declined. St Paul scouts report subscriptions exceeding 6.25 million dollars.
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BOY Scouts OF Nation
ST. Paul, Minn
Mitchel
New York
Ralph
San Francisco
Irwin
St. Paul
Boy Scouts of American
Behman
New Orleans
Germany Exults Over New War Loan Victory
Washington reports German government declares seventh war loan at three and a third billion dollars a sign of economic strength. Officials say the move counters Wilson’s note and opponents’ hopes for Germany’s economic breakdown.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
Liberty Bond Drive Aims To Rally War Support
A wartime appeal urges Americans to purchase Liberty Bonds to support the war effort and boost morale as soldiers face the dangers of frontline combat.
Harvard Bond Drive Reaches 55270 in Subscriptions
Final figures in the Harvard Liberty Loan campaign report 55270 from 348 bonds sold. Students on the club arrangement accounted for many purchases. The top group raised 7200. Canvassing ends soon but subscriptions are collected until Saturday noon.
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Harvard
Harvard Committee
Rindge Boys Aid the Liberty Loan Parade
Five hundred boys from Rindge Technical School Cambridge marched to Central Square to subscribe for over 4000 dollars to the Liberty Loan. They placed deposits in local banks at Central and Harvard squares and were reviewed at City Hall by Mayor Rockwood and officials. Led by John Wood headmaster and the school drum corps, the parade moved through Cambridge streets.
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Sanders
Harvard University
Henry Cabot Lodge
Fassett
New York
Cambridge
Sanders Theatre
Lowell
Harvard
Harvard Radio School
Rindge Technical School
Cambridge Boy Scouts
Delta
Memorial Hall
Central Square
Rockwood
Liberty Loan
Central
John Wood
Kaiserism Squeezes War Loans in Germany
A stark contrast is drawn between German wartime finances and American Liberty Loans. The piece frames Kaiserism as coercive and questions which system the audience prefers to carry into the future.
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America
Reciprocity Club dinner highlights loan drive and race issue
The Boston branch of the Reciprocity Club met at the Hotel Bellevue where a Liberty Loan plea urged $2700 in subscriptions and Rev. Adelbert L. Hudson of Quincy warned the Negro question would be the country’s most serious postwar problem.
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Adelbert L. Hudson
Quincy
Boston
Reciprocity Club
Hotel Bellevue
Liberty Loan appeal urges over subscription to shorten war
Boston tax collector Joseph E. Perry urges over subscription to the Liberty Loan to shorten the war and conserve freight cars. He compares bonds to cash and urges giving until it hurts, noting rapid subscription of $2700 after his talk. Reverend Adelbert L. Hudson then addresses the Negro question amid the crowd.
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Joseph E. Perry
Boston
Perry
Mr. Perry
Adelbert L. Hudson
Quincy
Central issue of race and citizenship after the war
A speaker warns that 11 million Negroes will reshape the nation after the war. He asserts the North and South must unite to address the problem and that the Negro voted before ready for citizenship. He predicts social level resistance and says the question will occupy people and government.
Liberty Day Celebrated in Lawrence with Parades and Banquet
Lawrence held Liberty Day with bells, whistles, parades, band concerts, and floats. A street parade featured 400 Lawrence men from Camp Devens, Ayer, followed by an armory banquet for draftees. Mayor Hurley and other officials spoke. Captain Brown attended as guest of honor. Banks stayed open and reported many bond sales.
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Camp Devens
Ayer
Hurley
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Liberty Loan Drive Passes Million in New England Army Camp
At Ayer Camp Devens on October 23 the Liberty Loan drive reached 1,022,600 dollars with 12,328 officers and men subscribed. Lt Col E K Masses directed plans to raise 1.5 million while Maine and New Hampshire youths of the 3034 Heavy Field Artillery rejoiced in a rally. Leading units were the 502d Field Artillery with 130,650 dollars and the 308d close behind with 127,650.
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Camp Devens
New England
National Army
E. K. Masses
Maine
New Hampshire
3034 Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
Field Artillery Command
Navy Yard Workers Raise $78000 Toward Liberty Bond Goal
Charlestown navy yard employees have raised 78000 of the 200000 allotted for the Liberty Loan. Since Monday they contributed 19000, following a mass meeting on the parade ground where Ensign A A Gatherman urged subscriptions. A half holiday is planned for today.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
A. A. Gatherman
Liberty Loan Subscriptions Hit 100 Million in New York
New York reports subscriptions totaling 100 million dollars for the Liberty Loan on a single day. The city mobilizes public response with financial support and patriotic appeals. Local officials note strong participation across sectors amid ongoing national bond drive.
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N. Y. New York
Liberty
New
York Fed District Reaches 815 Million In Total
The York Federal Reserve district reported a day total of 815 million dollars, bringing overall district holdings to 815 million. The figure remains 85 million short of the 900 million dollar minimum quota established for the district.
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York
Former Mayor Presses Rail Fare Cut for Soldiers
Former Mayor Fitzgerald met with the Committee on Public Safety to urge a lower car fare for soldiers from Ayer to state destinations. He visited the camp Monday night and heard from Dorchester contingents that railroad fare reductions would aid all men at the camp.
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Fitzgerald
Committee On Public Safety
Ayer
Dorchester
War bonds urged to fund victory and food relief
A wartime appeal invites readers to buy Liberty Bonds to lower prices and secure food and coal for the war effort. The message links bond purchases to broader home front aid and victory.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Preserve Complexion
An advertisement promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a beauty aid. It links good digestion to clear skin and advises taking tablets after meals to preserve complexion, offering a 50 cent box at drug stores.
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Stuart
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