Liberty bonds offer 4 percent and tax free up to 5000
The article urges buying Liberty bonds before close of the second Liberty Loan as a patriotic gain. It highlights 4 percent interest on $100 bonds, potential price gains, tax advantages, easy payment plans, and safety compared with banks. It emphasizes oversubscription as a war effort measure and urges purchases at banks, stores, and workplaces.
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Onight
America
United States
Postal Savings Bank
Liberty
Liberty Bonds
Kaiser Thoroly
Food Waste Labeled Public Enemy as Hoover Urges Conservation
A wartime warning compares food waste to a public enemy. It cites a record corn crop of 3,211,000,000 bushels plus potatoes and beans while urging Americans to conserve now before shortages. Herbert Hoover calls for nationwide food conservation and shames waste in homes farms and transport.
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America
France
Belgium
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Secretary McAdoo Warns of Tax or Bond Increase
The piece notes Secretary McAdoo telling Pacific coast audiences that if bond sales fail funds will come via higher taxes. It contrasts four percent bonds with taxation and argues bond money supports the war effort and citizens alike. It hints at Hoover influencing poultry policy and mocks sugar price ties in candy.
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McAdoo
Pacific Coast
Peruna Cures SeventyYear Old Oklahoma Man
Mr Robert Fowler of Okaroche Oklahoma testifies that after years of stomach trouble he was cured by Peruna after a full treatment. He states he would not travel without a bottle and invites others to use his picture and testimony. Peruna Tablets are now available for those who object to liquid medicines.
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Robert Fowler
Okarche
Oklahoma
Liberty Day and Succotash Innovations Highlight 1920s Notebook
A Woman's Viewpoint notes Liberty Day as government aid for suffragists with liberty votes and liberty bonds. Peter Pond markets a new succotash blending corn and beans by mixing seeds, claiming superior natural yield. Officer Mike Gorman reports rheumatics after a train strike incident. A socialite quip and a Dawton remark on unreadworthy books conclude the column.
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Peter Pond
Pond
Mike Gorman
Best
Chicago
Prees
Bread from sawdust and other odd notes in a noisy column
A jumble of quips and curiosities includes bread made from sawdust, stray references to whisky workers losing jobs, and odd wood fuel ideas. The piece mentions bakers threatening strikes and a New York man claiming to import chests from China, all in a lively, satirical tone.
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Berlin
Submarine fishing urged to boost sea food supply
Food Administrator Hoover calls for increased catch of seafood to offset meat shortages. Simon Lake advocates using submarines and houseboats to harvest millions of tons of fish and shellfish, including oysters and abalone, from coastal waters and seabeds.
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Hoover
Hno
Clama
Simon Lake
Lake Ays
Lake
Pacific Coast
Enlisted men seek commissions in national army
Thirty enlisted men from privates to sergeants have taken examinations in the quartermaster offices at Camp Lewis for commissions as officers of the national army. Those passing will be made officers within a few weeks.
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Mtatl
Lewis
Tacoma
National Army
Cadorna
Italy
Russia
Kaleer
Food Card System Questioned by Mr Nicholas Romanoff
Mr Nicholas Romanoff relies on a food card to eat, a system observers previously doubted. The piece notes ongoing skepticism about the card program and its effectiveness.
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Nicholas Romanoff
Analysis of War Moves by J. W. T. Mason The United
Analysis of a German attack on Italy framed as a morale test for Cadorna and the Italian cabinet. The piece notes Italian dissatisfaction, municipal disturbances, and Kaiser Wilhelm's aim to provoke a harsher national response while predicting broader internal strain.
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J. W. T. Mason
United
Germany
Italy
20 Pounds of Fish for Every Person
United States fisheries yield about 1.5 billion pounds of fresh food fish annually, plus Alaska's 260 million pounds in preserved forms. Fresh-weight total reaches 2 billion pounds with hatchery outputs around 4.5 billion eggs and fry. Prospects for growth lie in underused species such as sharks bowfin toadfish squids goosefish skates grayfish sablefish burbot lamprey eels and menhaden.
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Washington
United States
Alaska
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Camp Lewis men buy bonds in big Liberty Loan drive
Liberty Loan figures released at Camp Lewis show bond sales reaching about 800000 by nightfall. Recruits are delaying purchases until the final day amid rivalry between camp salesmen and those from other cantonments.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Liberty Loan
Wee Coyle Grows Mustache Despite Critics
Wee Coyle, famed University of Washington quarterback, is raising a mustache. Friends say it looks like a misplaced eyebrow, but Coyle says perseverance wins games and he will soon have a full grown brush.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Wee Coyle
University of Washington
Coyle
Ice floes form in Cook Inlet as ships near Anchorage
Ice floes are reported forming near Knik and Anchorage as the passenger liners Alaska and Admiral Evans sail, signaling the closing of navigation in Cook Inlet upon their arrival at Anchorage.
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Knik
Anchorage
Alaska
Admiral Evans
Cook Inlet
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