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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1918
Page
2
Hugo Kallenberg is named County Food Administrator for Fredericksburg Texas under the United States Food Administration program. The appointment covers local oversight of food distribution and wartime supply measures in Gillespie County.
The message urges Americans to place national needs above personal gain and to support the Fourth Liberty Loan. It calls for economy, sacrifice, and earning more wealth to fund government needs, stressing that those not yet contributing must work, save, and plan now for the war bond drive. It highlights citizens from all walks of life as potential savers and lenders to the government.
A wartime civic exhortation targets women, urging them to influence husbands toward overwhelming Liberty Bond subscriptions. The message appeals to Mrs. and to wives of farmers, underscoring the shared duty to fund the war effort and urging generous annual sacrifices and bond purchases.
The author urges citizens to fund the war through Liberty Bonds, insisting loan repayment will come from future earnings. He argues saving now is insufficient and mortgaging future income spreads the wartime burden, benefiting the nation and the individual morally and financially by investing in victory.
A wartime guidance piece argues that paying Liberty Loans is like rent for living in the United States. It frames premiums for life, accident, and business insurance as necessary payments to protect family, preventing seizure by Sheriff or Germans. It urges consistent saving to meet this standing government investment.
Subscriptions to the Third Liberty Loan by Americans born abroad or with immediate foreign extraction are tabulated by nationality and state. Estimated total by this group is $741,437,000 from about 7,061,505 individuals, part of a $4,176,516,850 total.
Mother to mother testimony extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic for “woman trouble” and nervousness. Mrs. Junta Stinson of Fort Worth and Mrs. Liga Epperson of Dallas report improved health and weight gain after use. The advertisement notes ingredients printed on the wrapper and offers liquid or tablet forms, 60 cents, plus a trial package for 10 cents from Buffalo New York.
Subscriptions by people of foreign birth or extraction total 407790350 dollars. Amounts are unclassified by nationality due to lack of specific information. Late and miscellaneous subscriptions are listed as unclassified by states for want of data, with Federal Reserve Banks in states of District 18 noted.
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