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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1918
Page
7
An editorial urges farmers to sacrifice financial ease and borrow to buy Liberty bonds. It argues the nation needs practical patriots as soldiers fight in France, and Americans should stretch their resources to support the war effort, borrowing if necessary to buy bonds until it hurts.
An editorial urges intelligent farmers to feed house and clothe hired men, noting nearly one million laborers in risky trench work. It stresses funding through Liberty bonds to finance this national task and to care for soldiers at home, saying give the boys the best we can afford.
Governor of Illinois urges a wartime loan drive as a democratic duty. He argues money sustains the fight, that millions at home must subscribe to Liberty bonds in proportion to means, to prove democracy can defend its liberties at any cost.
Boersianer argues the United States can safely fund wartime needs through bonds. He compares Civil War costs and debts to current national wealth, noting America’s strength, railways, real estate, and banks. The piece stresses safety and rapid postwar appreciation of government bonds, alongside patriotism and liberty.
A curious method is described where a smooth curved ice piece acts as a lens to focus sunlight onto a small combustive speck. The sun’s focus can ignite gun cotton, creating a flame, a tactic used by Arctic explorers when matches are unavailable.
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