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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1918
Page
3
A long Richmond style dispatch reports a tangle of wartime events and local misfortunes. Names such as Thaurtie Tinitier and Katherine Jane appear amid notes on trains deaths, school concerns, transportation strikes, health updates, and agricultural statistics across Ohio and neighboring areas.
The report details wartime logistics including vast clothing and equipment issued to the U.S. Army, shirt and sock counts, blankets, and stockings, with focus on laundry operations, the scale of wartime purchases, and the need for nurses and public health efforts. It notes sugar crop purchases from Cuba for equitable Allied distribution, and calls for efficient housing, sanitation, and supply chains in towns hosting ordnance plants. It also covers telephone infrastructure, paper conservation, and agricultural price contexts affecting the home front.
President Wilson proclaims Saturday October 12 1918 as Liberty Day urging nationwide celebration to boost Fourth Liberty Loan. Federal employees may be excused for the day. calls for counter displays and education outreach under treasury and education authorities.
A wartime German government poster asserts America cannot replace Russia or build enough ships to alter the war. It depicts Uncle Sam with a small U S army figure and a banner claiming America cannot train a large army quickly. The piece targets Liberty Loan audiences and includes a Russian soldier image and a French poster twist.
The poster argues America surpasses England in maritime capacity at war start, showing 3 million gross tons under US, England 20 million registered tons. It claims U boats and shipping limits, then defense of American production, Liberty Bond impact, and German propaganda as false. It closes with McAdoo praising the Fourth Liberty Loan.
Six million dollars is the amount the people of the United States are asked to subscribe for the Fourth Liberty Loan. William G McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, provides the quotas by federal reserve districts with New York receiving 1.8 billion dollars and Chicago 870 million, followed by Cleveland 600 million, Boston 500 million, Philadelphia 500 million, San Francisco 402 million, Richmond 280 million, St Louis 260 million, Kansas City 260 million, Minneapolis 210 million, Atlanta 192 million, and Dallas 126 million.
A fragmented note urges readers to consider personal budgets when subscribing to the fourth Liberty Bond loan. It stresses prudent spending, warns the country is strained, and calls for individuals to fund the loan with a clear self aware plan.
A wartime privacy of slogans questions what people can afford to give or save. The text ponders debts to liberty loans and the moral cost of comfort as soldiers die daily, urging reflection on personal sacrifice and duty amid conflict.
The article reflects on Luke 10 25 37 and argues the universal Christian obligation to aid those in need. It emphasizes the example of Christ and urges Americans to study the parable amid world suffering, calling out religious leaders who pass by the afflicted and urging a broader ministry of healing and sacrifice. It cites Belgium France Roumania Armenia and Russia as suffering nations and urges Evangelism and prayer to prepare for a world ministry after the war.
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications as they fail to reach the diseased ear portion. A constitutional remedy, Hall's Catarrh Medicine, is advertised to cure by acting through the blood on the mucous surfaces. The ad promises a $100 reward for a confirmed case cured and notes Toledo Ohio as the company location. Additional items mention a stout woman, social mishaps, and various ads.
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