01 Mar 1918
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Newspaper
Mount Vernon Signal
Location
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1918
Page
1
Ohio agricultural groups including the Grange urge farmers to prepare for the next Liberty Loan Drive. Leaders emphasize mobilizing supplies and support to back national war financing and boost rural wartime morale.
Louis G. Taber, master of the Ohio State Grange, calls for a statewide Liberty Loan push. He urges every patron and farmer to invest at least one Liberty Bond, citing the state Grange's own bond holdings as a model and claiming no safer investment exists.
A wartime-era call urges Americans to work, save, and fight to support the national effort. It emphasizes preserving democracy, resisting autocratic Germany, and maintaining production and personal sacrifice through war bonds and prudent consumption. The message links civilian effort to soldiers at the front and pledges victory as the goal.
A reported German night patrol killed an American sentry by cutting his throat in the dark. The piece frames the act as a warning of Hun brutality and urges Americans to support the war effort and buy Liberty Bonds. It calls for bold American action to defeat Germany and to “strafe the Hun.”
A chorus of pessimists laments that the final Liberty Loan failed to shake the banks or spur rapid financial upheaval, despite public fundraising efforts and broad appeals.
Wartime appeal urges quick action to feed Allies France England and Italy by using a corn surplus described as unprecedented Tons of corn train loads and five hundred million bushels beyond regular needs are cited as the easy patriotic duty to sustain the fight and avoid hunger.
E R Gentry writes from Camp Taylor Kentucky about the joyful departure and reception of soldiers from Mt Vernon and Rockcastle. He describes rain on arrival, the men’s high spirits, reading material on board, uniform issue, tubercular testing, bunk night, and the diligence of keeping faith with readers while urging loyalty and obedience.
Rudyard Kipling argues Britain and allied powers must continue the fight to stop German militarism. He warns of drastic consequences if victory fails, including a world under German Kultur and widespread oppression, slavery, and brutality.
Simpson County farmers lead state in patriotism by agreeing to grow an acre of Irish potatoes for Camp Zachary Taylor. Commissioner Cohen designated the crop and expects about 500 farmers to participate, delivering the harvest free to feed Uncle Sam's soldiers.
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