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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
7
The Red Cross stands as a world wide, nonpartisan, religion free humanitarian group. It serves in disease, disaster, and war, seeking no gain and embracing all denominations. It urges support to sustain its disciplined relief efforts during the wartime emergency.
Urgent needs for hospital garments include bed jackets bed shirts and helpless case shirts with taped sleeves. Pattern numbers list hospital wear and refugees notes simplify some designs to reduce cost. A strong call for woolen socks rises as new troops are sent overseas. readers advised to follow March 4 issue knitting rule.
In Cedarville a patriotic tale unfolds as Bill Bradshaw, once reluctant, buys a thousand dollars in Liberty Bonds after a wager and social pressure. The episode centers on a bank, a local editor, and Miss Ames of the town printing shop who ignite the bet and the ensuing community reaction.
Sioux City Iowa surpassed its Liberty Bond quota by pledging 2 624 400 in one hour exceeding the target by 128 400. Four thousand fifty one subscribers joined the effort supported by six hundred solicitors. Per capita sales would reach 58.86 based on the 1910 census. The city aims for an extra star for its mag.
Madame Schumann-Heink, famed opera singer known as mothers to the soldiers, has enlisted as a Liberty Loan campaigner. She wired the National Speakers Bureau saying she is at the country s service. On April 8 she bought Liberty Bonds totaling 20000 for herself, declaring she is heart and soul for the United States and for the army and navy boys.
Comptroller of Currency data from March 4 1918 shows national bank deposits rose by 1.48 billion since March 6 1917 despite Liberty Bond sales totaling about six billion. National banks held 438.798 million in Liberty Bonds or under 7 percent of the two issues, underscoring deposits’ resilience and urging local bank directors to share these figures.
A wartime call urges laborers and capitalists to unite in supporting the Third Liberty Loan. It emphasizes shared stakes in defeating German autocracy, protecting freedom, and funding the war effort. The message notes fewer than 10 million subscribers to the first two loans and argues for 30 million to back the third.
Farmers are urged to subscribe to the Liberty Loan, despite prior criticism of lagging purchases. The message notes farmers have more cash from crops this year and urges wholehearted support to back Uncle Sam and hasten the Kaiser’s day of reckoning.
An article in Central West papers warns farmers against borrowing to fund Liberty Bonds. It urges sacrificing ease to support the war effort, asking farmers to borrow if needed and buy bonds to the limit, emphasizing that patriotism requires practical financial sacrifice and backing for soldiers at the front.
Three elderly inmates of St. Louis City Infirmary join the Liberty Loan drive paying 1 a week for 60 bonds. Crane Walsh Helmholt and others, plus paralyzed knitters and mothers, sacrifice small luxuries to fund war efforts. The Red Cross supports knitting, and proceeds aid soldiers and sufferers.
Dewey Kay retired as Walnut Grove school superintendent and visited Tuesday with his wife and son. He will move to Cuba Missouri for the upcoming term starting in January, continuing his career in education.
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A vast, well organized Liberty Bond drive in the Eighth Federal Reserve District mirrors wartime battles, with 75 000 salesmen, 6 000 publicity directors, and 2 000 speakers coordinating across 368 counties. Central staff in St. Louis directs millions of letters, tens of thousands of prospect cards, and a nationwide “slacker” tally system.
A historical commentary argues Prussian militarists misread other nations and underestimated the English and Russians. It notes American resolve in Liberty Loan drives, urging support for the Third Liberty Loan as a patriotic safeguard at home. The piece frames defense as a national duty, likening monetary support to shelling the front.
A rural notice stresses farmers provide hearty meals for their sons serving in France. Mothers fried chicken and apple dumplings give way to essentials as the home front supports troops through Liberty Bonds.
Hundreds of thousands of children in the Southwest join the Junior Red Cross aiding war work. They thrift gardens knit garments and recycle materials, while paying for Thrift Stamps and Liberty Bonds. In St. Louis 100 percent membership nears as campaigns expand, with counties like Johnson, Kansas raising funds via cherry pie auctions.
About two million men are under arms and in training to fight. The appeal urges farmers to lend money to the government for Liberty bonds, arguing these bonds provide ready cash to fund war efforts and bear interest, with farmers’ grain and meat supplying global aid alongside borrowed funds.
The passage urges volunteers to view selling Liberty Bonds as a look into human nature. It notes varied buyers from thrifty children to strapped adults, with politeness and evasion alike. It stresses that sellers should not apologize and that those who fail to respond owe an apology.
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