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Newspaper
Checotah Times
Location
Checotah, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1918
Page
7
A government bond guide shows the impact of Liberty Bonds on the War Department. A $50 bond buys trench knives or grenades or surgical kits. a $100 bond clothes or feeds a soldier, or buys rifles, grenades, hot water bags, and surgical needles. Multiple bonds fund clothing, meals, rifles, horse or mule for cavalry, motorcycle for machine gunners, and even X ray gear.
The Third Liberty Loan Drive will launch the new bond issue with rallies in every school district nationwide featuring speeches patriotic music and bonfires on April 6. The $3 billion bond offers five year terms at 4¼ percent interest, higher than prior issues. District and county chairmen will map buyers to identify supporters and non supporters, with McIntosh county led by R L Simpson organizing assets and volunteers to meet the quota. Also notes stray horse ad and local ads for Checotah paper delivery and garden seeds from R A Presson & Son.
Allene T. Wilkes relates Anna the stenographer and her family facing conscription during a time of conflict. Anna’s brother Joe resists the draft, voices antiwar sentiments, and is marched to Yaphank with his unit. The piece contrasts private sorrow with the broader duty and disruption felt by immigrant families in America.
Mrs. Royal B. Robinson is appointed by the American Defense Society as the district representative on the Woman's National Committee. She urges immediate home defense actions, warns of German agent activity, and outlines plans to recruit members and host a patriotic film to support enemy activities prosecution.
Well known eye sight specialist Prod Levy, acclaimed across Oklahoma, demonstrates unique eye testing and glasses fitting methods. He claims his lenses ease eye strain and headaches, and will be at the Gentry Hotel on Wednesday April 3 for examinations.
Dr Potter of Kansas City announces a half day free clinic at the Gentry hotel in Checotah Oklahoma on Tuesday April 1st until 11 30 am. He offers consultation examination and medicines free and treats deafness catarrh throat and lung disease eye and ear stomach liver kidneys and many other ailments. Married ladies must be accompanied by husbands.
Presson and Son offer dirt for sale with a note directing customers to Whitaker and Shields for details. The brief notice names no prices or quantities and provides no further context beyond procurement and contact.
A free matinee at the Cozy theatre last Saturday afternoon drew a large crowd of shoppers. The sign advertised as “out” and the event left about 100 people turned away due to capacity limits.
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