Liberty Bonds Rally for Fourth Loan to Hit Kaiser
A wartime editorial urges timely purchase of the Fourth Liberty Loan opening September 28. It argues American funding and manpower will push German morale down, extend fatigue on Kaiser and Crown Prince, and keep the U S army supplied as it advances toward Berlin. It warns slacker dollars weaken troops and aid German sub tactics.
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Amsterdam
Paria
America
Parle
Rhine
Kaiser
Germany
France
Berlin
United States
Epy
Churches Buying Bonds A Fourth Liberty Loan Push
The Pilot reports the opening of the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign with calls for Evangelical churches to buy Liberty Bonds as a reserve fund and memorial. Westminster College and other denominations are urged to endow through bonds, linking church work to national finance. The Treasury monitors legislation affecting government finances.
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Eel 28
The
Pilot
St. Louis
Evan@elical
Westminster College
Fulton
Presbyterian Church
Campaign Office of
Westminster
Treasury Department
Church Stripped for Action in Liberty Loan Sermon
Rev Dr G A Hulbert appeals at Kingshighway Presbyterian St Louis urging church to strip ornaments and mobilize for Fourth Liberty Loan. He says the church must lead in democracy, education, culture and moral renewal, aligning with government and Christ to win the war and secure righteousness.
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Arael
Mt. Horeb
G. A. Hulbert
Kingshighway Presbyterian Church
St. Louis
Hulbert
Horeb
Ten War Commandments Urge French to Endure With Economy
The League of Patriots in Paris distributed a pamphlet titled Ten War Commandments urging citizens to sacrifice and conserve. It calls for rationing food and fuel, saving French soil products, avoiding unnecessary travel, working if able, and enduring hardships to ensure victory and national defense.
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The
League of Patriots
Paris
Rue Ste. Anne
France
Battle Cry of Freedom quote on Liberty Bond
A Chicago report from March 1 1869 quotes Abraham Lincoln urging steadfast faith and unity to uphold liberty bonds as the match in the hand that can fire against autocracy, urging citizens to stand together with their guns ready.
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Abraham Lincoln
Liberty Bond Appeal Quoted by William F Kirk
A wartime Liberty Bond appeal urges readers to buy bonds today with a prayerful tone. The letter, signed by William F Kirk, cautions that delaying payment leaves the purse empty while supporting servicemen abroad.
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William F. Kirk
Farmers urged to invest in Liberty Bonds for lasting prosperity
The piece argues that wartime wealth and high crop prices justify buying Liberty Bonds as a permanent investment. It notes Tennessee Kentucky and Southern Illinois tobacco profits, rising prices for wool, cotton, meat and grains, and likens bonds to a safeguard against bad seasons and drouts while supporting the war effort and postwar recovery.
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United States
Droutha
Gell
Tennessee
Kentucky
Illinoia
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
America
Europe
Germans Watch 4th Liberty Loan Campaign
The Fourth Liberty Loan runs September 28 to October 1. A U S Treasury official says the loan will be watched in Europe as a gauge of American resolve. He notes allies and enemies alike will judge U S support by home sacrifices and urges universal participation to honor soldiers in Europe.
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Europe
United States
America
Times Have Changed Says Reminiscent Man and Sorghum
A reminiscent man notes changing times and laments that busy Americans focus on military matters. Senator Sorghum agrees, saying statesmen lack the nerve to claim personal credit for saving the country as before. The exchange highlights perceived shifts in political boldness and accountability.
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Sorghum
Liberty Loan promotes war bonds as national duty
The piece argues Liberty Bonds divide citizens into two classes after war: taxpayers who earn interest and those who pay taxes. It urges all Americans to support the Fourth Liberty Loan, noting bonds offer lasting personal benefits and a chance for stay-at-homes to prove loyalty while financing government.
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America
Mrust
Favor Registered Bonds Increase Security and Convenience
Government officials urge conversion of coupon bonds to registered form for safety and ease. Registered bonds eliminate theft risk and pay interest automatically by mail, with ownership requiring the owner's signature or consent for transfer. Banking steps involve sending bonds to the Federal Reserve Bank for registration, ensuring regular interest until maturity and full principal repayment by the term’s end.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury Department
Wil Stock
Honor Flags In Loan Drive Emblems To Be Awarded
The Fourth Liberty Loan honors will reward communities and industrial concerns that exceed quotas. Community flags will feature four bars, while a new industrial honor pennant will indicate 75 percent subscriptions. The Liberty Loan Executive Committee of the Highth Federal Reserve District oversees the contest, with special distinctions for over subscriptions. Window emblems show percentages, and those reaching 75 percent may buy a permanent honor pennant. The program aims to boost subscriptions amid crop and labor shortages while shipments of rice from China rise and wheat acreage increases in Britain and Australia.
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Liberty Loan Executive Committee
Highth
Federal Reserve District
Liberty Loan Organisation
Permanent Liberty Loan
Ita
Liberty. Loan Committee
Blood and Gold Drive Liberty Loan Victory
A historic appeal explains that gold and credit fund the war effort, arguing every Liberty Bond backs the troops overseas. It warns that without American gold, allies falter, ships idle, and battles grind to a halt, urging support for the Fourth Liberty Loan to sustain Pershing’s forces.
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Atrel
Berlin
S Pandau
Germany
France
Belgium
Pershing
America
Bagic
War Dept Shoeworks Awards Total 14 Million Pairs
The War Department Quartermaster Corps awards 3 contracts for 875000 pairs of army shoes at 2678400 dollars as part of a 3021000 pair, 14107600 dollar program to eight manufacturers nationwide. Brown Shoe Co in St Louis to supply 176000 pairs, other awards include Brown Shoe Co 100000 and International Shoe Co 200000. Delivery dates Dec 10 1918 for field shoes and Jan 1910 for matching shoes. Workers will be fully utilized and invest surplus in Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds.
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Three &T. Bouls
Quartermaster’s Corps
The
War Department
St. Louis
Brown Shoe Co
At a Common Table Amid War Food Rationing Message
A wartime note from the Food Administration Missouri Divisions emphasizes shared meals with allies. It urges smaller portions when food is scarce and promises to secure sufficient supplies for both the Allies and home front.
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Food Administration
U. B. Pood Administration
Missouri
Germany’s Conquered Lands Compared to America
A Washington summary from the Journal de Geneve argues Germany would impose harsh peace terms on America, citing forced labor for Romanians, bayonet point elections, and travel bans. It warns such tactics would threaten families, farms, and national unity, urging universal Fourth Liberty Loan subscriptions to prevent Belgian and Roumanian fates.
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Journal de Geneve
Washington
London
Geneva
America
Binder twine to cost less for 1919 harvest
The Missouri division of the Food Administration announces binder twine for 1919 will cost about 2 cents a pound less than this year, saving U.S. grain growers around 4 million dollars. An agreement with the Comision Reguladora in Yucatan will sell 600000 bales of sisal to U.S. twine mills at 8 cents a pound less than last year, bringing wholesale sisal to Gulf ports to about 16 cents per pound.
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Missouri
The
Food Administration
United States
Comision Reguladora
Yucatan
Sisal
Comision
Gulf Ports
Whole Nation At War Fourth Liberty Loan Message
A WWI era public appeal urges all citizens to support the Fourth Liberty Loan as part of a national team effort. It emphasizes devotion beyond uniforms, compares democracy against autocracy, and notes wheatless days saved 140 million bushels for Allied troops while urging continued backing and determination.
Covenant peace with Germany is doomed says Hague cited
The piece denounces covenanted peace with Germany as a hellish betrayal and cites the Hague Convention. It lists alleged German atrocities from the occupation, confiscations, and civilian harm, urging continued U boat campaigns and Liberty Loan support to defeat Germany. It appeals to national resolve and praises American soldiers in France.
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Germany
Frankfurter Zeitung
Reichstag
France
Soldier's sacrifice and ration tales unite Allied resolve
An excerpt from Private Peats Over There recounts a guard of honor at Ypres where a wounded soldier gifts his overcoat to a fallen comrade, illustrating selflessness amid gas attacks. The piece links wartime sacrifice to Fourth Liberty Loan spirit and notes tight household sugar rations in the US, England, France, and Italy, with restaurants limited and sugar bowls banned.
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Peat
Ypres
Peat Saga
Hia
United States
England
France
Italy
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