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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
4
A front page appeal urges readers to buy Liberty Bonds to fund WWI efforts. It stresses bonds loan money back with 4 percent interest, tax exemptions up to 5000 dollars, and a suggested per-family share of 150 dollars, warning of dire homefront consequences if the issue fails. Fiscal agents of the U.S. government are named for the region including Minnesota and North Dakota.
Opinion piece by Rev. L F Daley cautions against excessive optimism about the war’s end. He argues no one can predict its duration and cites Frank H Simonds saying the last year may come with a military decision or not by the end of next campaigning season.
The speaker asserts Germany’s 9,000,000-strong field army cannot be defeated within a year. He warns of U-boat peril, starvation risks for allies, and a long war requiring total destruction of German power and repossession of occupied Belgium, with churchgoers urged to pray for a speedy end. The piece closes with a farm sale notice in Chateau, Montana.
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