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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
5
The Milan region trade and social column reports on Mrs. Henry Hall and Chillicothe relatives visiting, farm supply stores advertising, wagon and farm equipment notices, and frequent visits by residents like J. Bundridge, J. M. Moore and A. L. Burdin. It notes influenza closures, school pauses, and local road travel, plus cattle shipments and a funeral in Enterprise.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims thirty five years of use and bloodborne action. Testimonials promise quick improvement and urge immediate purchase from Edeal Druggists.
Treasury figures show the Sept 1 gasless Sunday freed funds for weapons, ammunition, and food for American forces. Savings funded 5,000 machine guns, 2,800,000 grenades, 35,784 rifles, and two days of Expeditionary Force food, plus 625 tank cars and 3,500 motor trucks via rubber saved.
Financiers note many investors buy 3% bonds due to tax exemption while 4% and 4 1/4% bonds offer similar tax freedom unless holdings reach $56,000. Wall Street warns of underappreciation of Liberty Bond value and endorses government bonds as sound wartime investment.
The article notes wartime government borrowing as a source of investment safety and income for bondholders. It cites Wall Street Journal opinions on under par prices being temporary, Treasury efforts to aid bondholders, and advice for small investors about 4 and 4% bonds versus tax free 3% bonds.
A Treasury report shows one in six Americans bought Liberty bonds in April and May for the third loan. About 18,308,325 subscribers, 17.7 percent of the population, with New York State leading total subscriptions and Delaware highest quota percentage. Washington DC contributed most per capita. The loan total reached 4.176 billion, oversubscribing the 3 billion goal by 38 percent.
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