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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1919
Page
4
A wartime message stresses thrift and economy to ensure the Victory Liberty Loan’s success. It urges families to save now to support the war effort, prevent bank strains, and fund military and reconstruction costs, challenging readers not to quit when gains are at stake. It notes the loan will be offered soon and calls for readiness to participate.
A Pittsburgh reader credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending months of backache and general weakness after husband bought three bottles. The testimonial urges other women with displacements, inflammation, irregularities, headaches, nervousness, or the blues to try the product, noting 40 years of use and requesting styles to medicine outlets.
Over a million American troops serve overseas to secure liberty and order. The Victory Liberty Loan funds will support care for soldiers, including equipment, housing, rehabilitation, and insurance claims, with the rest addressing war needs and national duty.
An extensive advert lists Tin and Sheet Iron ware, hardware, white lead, stoves, pumps, putty, glass, oils, paints, leather goods, rims, hubs, spokes, bar iron, nails, horse shoes, kettles, brass and copper ware, kettles and skillets, waffle irons, chains, farm bells, screen doors and windows, wire, saws, shellers, mowers, bolts, powder and shot, oil departments, various oils, linseed, harness, machine oils, waxes, varnishes, plaster, cement, plastering hair, coal oil, fish oil, soap, borax, and more. It features Perfection Blue Flame stoves, a Four Leaf Clover Cream Separator, wallpaper services, haying tools, pumps, buckets, and pumps, promising a large stock and sale prices.
A WV woman testifies that Cardui improved her health after years of weakness and pain. She recalls initial relief with a bottle, later gains in strength, marriage and motherhood, and states she has not needed a doctor for female troubles since using Cardui.
The treasury calculates twenty one months of war with Germany cost the United States 26.956 billion dollars with munitions and contracts cancelled and payments made for materials delivered during the conflict. Included is 7.876 billion loaned to the Allies as part of a total war bill around 18 billion raised via Liberty Loans. Germany's war debt and Britain's cost are cited alongside unspecified indemnities.
An injured soldier, Lillard Rvana, at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco, will soon return home. The piece explains how the United States is funding and developing artificial legs and arms at Letterman as part of postwar reconstruction, highlighting the Liberty Loan drive and its support for veterans.
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