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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1918
Page
7
A wartime appeal by Mrs. Antoinette Funk urges American women to conserve labor and money for the Fourth Liberty Loan. She frames women as essential in financing the war, stressing sacrifice, thrift, and national duty beyond personal comfort.
October 12 designated Liberty Day for the fourth Liberty Loan drive, with Harvest Home festivals in every school district nationwide. The plan, from the U S Bureau of Education and War Loan Office, aims to boost public morale and dollar pledges by linking America’s discovery to the liberty effort and the nation’s needs during the war. Local communities will celebrate in varied forms, but theHarvest Home festival idea will guide both city and country observances.
Wartime plea urges purchase of Liberty bonds to fund tanks to roll back German lines. Notes tanks protect infantry by destroying machine gun nests, saving thousands of soldiers. Warns Uncle Sam will deploy storm troops with life saving sergeant gear.
Foreign language division of the Fourth Liberty Loan stages folk songs dances and sports with over thirty singers and many foreign-born participants. The “roll call of nations” will feature one representative from each nation in native dress to perform and share folklore while food exhibits highlight conservation. Pierre Nuyttens leads artistic production as consulting director.
Paymaster General McGowan provides a Liberty bonds price list detailing approximate costs of vessels completed before June 30, 1917, and current construction types. It also shows gun mounts, ammunition, torpedoes, aircraft items, and clothing costs for various naval equipment.
The article argues poetry sounds its best when spoken aloud and remembered through a loved voice. It notes that classic authors like Dickens Thackeray and Scott remain in memory when read aloud rather than read privately.
A Thoreau quote urges building solid foundations beneath lofty visions, reminding that ambitious creations require sturdy support to endure. Focus on practical underpinnings to preserve work and achieve lasting value.
The article explains a carillon as bells arranged to play a tune, noting it requires many bells for a peal. It contrasts carillons with large bell peals and mentions carillons can have 30 or 40 bells or more.
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