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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1918
Page
9
Fragmentary OCR shows a slate of candidates and officials listed for a United States Senate Associate Justice State Auditor Railroad Commissioner Congress District two County positions and local posts. Names include Lanstrum Cooper Porter Dennis Riddick Larson Coburn Harmon Rhoads Crane Garrett Webb Martine Magee and Barnett among others with unclear spellings and misreads.
A Goldwyn adaptation of Irvin S. Cobb's tale The Face in the Dark portrays a band of crooks who counterfeit currency and rob banks. The plot shows vault drills and nitroglycerine effects, banks concealing losses to avoid panic, and the gang evading capture while continuing criminal depredations across financial institutions.
War needs more than soldiers it requires food clothing weapons and vast supplies. America must fund and arm its armies and support Allied forces. Every citizen must do its full share by buying bonds to sustain the war effort at home and abroad.
National Liberty Loan drive appeals to Ninth District residents urging subscribers to purchase their full share between September 6 and 8. It promises liberal terms and stresses patriotism to sustain freedom and collective sacrifice amid wartime uncertainty.
The article urges citizens to fund the war through Liberty Bonds and taxes, stressing that every cent saved or loaned to the government furthers the national treasury and supports victory. It warns that without enough money the treasury could fail, risking democracy and the war effort. Citizens should reduce luxuries and conserve resources to strengthen the nation’s finances.
The article lauds the Ninth District for superior organization in wartime efforts while noting that over forty thousand of the five million population participated in the Third Liberty Loan drive. It credits many unnamed workers and leaders, stressing collective patriotic energy during the campaign.
In the eighth district farmers pledge full support citing large money returns and freedom goals. They intend to loan the government its share of dollars to back the ninth Liberty Loan and declare this a fine part of a wonderful country to live in.
A historical report lists Liberty Loan subscriptions by country and by Ninth District. It records totals such as 694,617,532,200 for country and 192,949,950 for the Ninth District, with other figures including 9,500.05 and 600.009 for subscriber counts and 4,170,019,650 for the Third Liberty Loan country total.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions the states Montag North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin and a campaign. It references a large number 6,006,000 and 200,000,000 and patriotic cooperation. The readable portion is incomplete and does not provide a clear event or outcome.
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