Boston Liberty Bond Drive Pushes Subscriptions Across City
Boston crowds, stores, and workers rally for Liberty bonds on Liberty Day. Subscriptions totaling millions flow from wholesalers to banks with figures from notable companies including United Fruit and Arnold Print Works. A strong crowd at the Stock Exchange hears Brigadier General Johnston urge a bold bond sale while a Boston parade and concert energize subscribers citywide.
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Liberty Loan
Boston Stock Exchange
Johnston
Department of the Northeast
Weeks declares full income for Liberty bonds and Red Cross
Senator John W. Weeks told a Newton Liberty meeting at the armory that his entire income is devoted to Liberty bonds and Red Cross work. He said he has given his only son and would rather see him dead in France than a slacker, urging others to buy bonds amid a large turnout despite the storm.
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John W. Weeks
American Red Cross
Newton
Newton Armory
France
Yale Subscriptions to Liberty Bonds Rise to 325000
Liberty Day at Yale saw total Liberty bond subscriptions climb to 325000. Yale raised its share to 250000 with 75000 from the university community, including 153 faculty, 242 students, and 109 employees. Administrators expect 350000 by week’s end.
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YALE
New Haven
University
Liberty Bond Beat High Living Costs War End
A Liberty Bond is praised as the best means to cut living costs during wartime. It is hailed to end the war and consequently curb price hikes, framing the bond as a practical economic tool for households.
Roosevelt stirs townsmen at Oyster Bay Liberty Day
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt spoke at a Liberty Day gathering in Oyster Bay New York urging citizens to serve their country in war and prompting subscriptions totaling over 50000 to the Liberty Loan. He warned against hollow patriotism and urged action to support the allied war effort at home and abroad.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Worcester Liberty Loan Drives City to 16 545 000 Total
Worcester reports the Heart of the Commonwealth achieved a Liberty Loan total of 16,545,000 by Oct 24, exceeding the government allotment by 3,545,000. Officials expect the sale to reach 18,000,000 by Saturday, about 5,000,000 over the limit.
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Worcester
Commonwealth
Liberty Loan Committee
Philadelphia Raises Liberty Loan Total Amid Delays
Despite a wind and rain storm delaying the Liberty Day parade, workers for the second Liberty Loan added 16 million dollars to sales and edged the Philadelphia federal reserve district toward its 250 million minimum. Officials predicted the minimum would be met and the campaign could reach a final total near 415 million with days left.
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Philadelphia
Liberty Loan
Federal Reserve District
Liberty Loan Committee
Holy Cross President Receives $1000 Liberty Bond
Worcester news reports that during a Liberty Loan Fund meeting at Mechanics Hall Rev. Joseph Dinand S.J., president of Holy Cross, was presented with a $1000 Liberty bond by the college. Students donated $700, the athletic association and the Purple newspaper added $300.
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Worcester
Liberty Loan Fund of
Mechanics’ Hall
Holy Cross
Joseph Dinand
Athletic Association
Post prints Kaiser cablegram in window display
Branch Manager J J Kennedy of the Western Union Telegraph office displayed a genuine cablegram blank with the message to the Kaiser in his Tremont street office window. Hundreds of passersby read it as Liberty Bond oversubscription news cheers readers and "the boys in France."
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J. J. Kennedy
Western Union Telegraph Office
Tremont Street
Kaiser
France
Liberty Day Observed in Boston Schools
Liberty Loan Day was observed by more than 100000 children in Boston schools yesterday with patriotic exercises in every grade. Teachers explained the day proclaimed by President Wilson and the duty of each citizen to support the war effort by subscribing to bonds. Treasury Department circulars were given to pupils to take home to their parents.
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Boston Post Business Office
Federal Trust Company
Boston
Vivian Barry
Oxford Terrace
Back Bay
Wester
Wilson
Treasury Department
New York District Nears Billion Dollar Liberty Loan Total
Subscriptions to the Liberty Loan in the New York Federal Reserve District reached 935 million dollars, up 120 million from the prior tally. The total tops the Treasury minimum by 35 million dollars as Liberty Day progresses.
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New York
Portland Passes Five Million in Liberty Bond Subscriptions
Portland Maine totals reach over five million dollars in Liberty bond subscriptions with $4,377,850 reported earlier in the day. Taft is scheduled to speak tomorrow as officials expect the city to exceed its five million cap and approach the $5,760,000 maximum allotment.
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Portland
Secretary Baker Speaks at Liberty Day in Manchester
Secretary Baker of the War Department addressed Liberty Day in Manchester New Hampshire urging support for the second loan. More than 15 000 people attended despite heavy rain including about 1500 women.
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Manchester
N. H
Baker
War Department
Buy a Liberty Bond for Your Part in Victory
A call to individual action urges readers to purchase Liberty Bonds themselves rather than relying on others to fund wartime needs. The message emphasizes personal contribution as a direct way to support national victory and demonstrate civic responsibility.
Long War Predicted by Lodge in Cambridge Speech
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge urged Cambridge listeners to fund and support troops fighting to stem what he called a gigantic flood of organized barbarism in Europe. He attacked peace proposals that would return the world to the prewar status quo ante bellum.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Cambridge
Europe
Senator Lodge Calls For Complete Victory At Liberty Loan Meeting
Senator Lodge spoke at a Sanders Theatre Liberty Loan event with Judge Fassett Harvard President Lowell and others in attendance. He warned that peace treaties are worthless without a physical guarantee and urged a long war to crush Germany, citing Lusitania and trench losses. He asserted Washington rejects 1914 style peace and called for inexhaustible war funding.
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Liberty Loan
Sanders Theatre
J. S. Fassett
New York
Lowell
Harvard
Old Theatre
Emeritus Eliot
Henry Lee Higginson
Germany
Senate
Lusitana
France
Lodge
Liberty Loan Urges United Support Amid World War I
Senator Lodge urged Americans to back the war effort with money at a liberal interest rate, warning of taxation or seizure if funds are not freely given. He argued victory relies on allies, warned of Germany’s gains, and cited Britain’s four billion in aid. Judge Fassett called for unity against Germany, while Cambridge’s Liberty Loan committee reported $38,200,000 subscribed with a $2,000,000 shortfall remaining.
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Johnston
Washington
Senator Lodge
United States
Germany
Lodge
England
Europe
Judge Fassett
Elmira
N. Y
Bishop Cheverus Assembly Funds Liberty Bond Drive
The Bishop Cheverus Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus subscribed to 500 dollars of Liberty bonds via Thomas J. Fay its navigator. Nearly all of the 2000 assembly members indicated intent to subscribe to the issue.
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Bishop Cheverus Assembly
Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus
Thomas J. Fay
Gibbs Named President of British Federation
Thomas R. P. Gibbs of Belmont was elected president of the American British Federation at a meeting last night at the Hotel Bellevue. John I. Masters of Boston was chosen secretary and treasurer. The federation includes nearly all British affiliated societies in Greater Boston with a combined membership of about 50,000.
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Thomas R. P. Gibbs
Belmont
American British Federation
Hotel Bellevue
John I’. Masters
Boston
Greater
Soldiers in Canal Zone Buy Liberty Loan Subscriptions
Colon October 24. Soldiers and canal employees subscribed to the Liberty Loan reaching 1 500 000. Numerous Panamanian and Chinese also joined the loan.
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Canal Zone
Colon
Canal
Liberty Loan
East Dedham Death Probe Underway
Dennis O Leary of 35 Mount Hope Street East Dedham was found dead last night on River Street near Fairview Avenue Hyde Park. The cause is undetermined as police continue the investigation Mario Sinibaldi of Manila Avenue Hyde Park is held by police he says his car stalled on River Street he got out to crank it and found O Leary beneath the wheels Dr F P Drew of Hyde Park who happened to pass examined the body and confirmed death.
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Dennis O'Leary
Mt. Hope Street
East Dedham
River Street
Fairview Avenue
Hyde Park
Mario Sinibaldi
Manila Avenue
Sinibaldi
O'Leary
F. P. Drew
O’leary
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