19 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1917
Page
1
A call to Americans in New Mexico to support Liberty Bonds as a national insurance premium for liberty and prosperity. It urges opening or enlarging savings accounts, visiting banks, and buying bonds to back the United States Treasury and uphold government of the people.
First Door east of R Church on Main Street hosts an attorney at law and a physician and surgeon offering professional services.
A wartime call to farmers stressing the risk to prices if the war is lost. It urges buying Liberty Bonds to fund the government, preserve farm income, and aid mothers and families overseas. It links shipping disruption by Germany to economic security at home and the national duty to finance the war effort.
A wartime appeal speaks to mothers who have sent their eldest sons to fight. It urges empathy for other mothers and asks readers to help bring home boys serving for the country, underscoring shared sacrifice and protective longing.
A historical appeal explains the 18.5 billion dollar wartime budget in plain terms. It urges readers to lend money to the government via Liberty Bonds to reduce taxes, compares bonds to cash, and advises consulting bankers for guidance on purchasing. The piece stresses government repayment with interest and suggests using land loans or sales if funds are needed next year.
The passage argues that reliance on others leads to global and national troubles from past abroad to everyday accidents. It cites the Liberty Loan as a test, stressing the need for collective sacrifice by every man, woman, and child in the country rather than hoping others will contribute. Page 4 continuation hinted.
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