Liberty choruses big aid in diverse Liberty loan drive
The Liberty chorus of 100 voices from 32 nationalities led by Mrs. Constantine Howard praises the third and fourth Liberty loans and calls for unity in sacrifice. Immigrant workers now actively sell bonds to native Americans, strengthening civic harmony and funding the war effort. The piece urges elimination of racial divides and continued Americanization after funding needs end.
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Constantine Howard
Foreign Language Division
Liberty Chorus
Howard
Chicago
United Peoples
Budget Your Bond Buying This Fourth Liberty Loan Push
An urging editorial stresses budgeting for Fourth Liberty Loan bonds alongside essential living costs like meat and groceries. It advises starting now, assessing necessities, recreation, charity, and sinking funds, and increasing subscriptions before the campaign ends. A first payment, even at sacrifice, boosts future payment courage.
Chateau Thierry Boy Talks Put the Liberty Loan Over
A wounded Chateau Thierry hero, in Chicago on crutches after 18 months in the US, urges a bold Fourth Liberty Loan push. He recalls Americans holding a line at Chateau Thierry and says the nation should attack the loan with the same urgency, hit hard and never slow until the goal is reached.
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Arnvig
Chateau Thierry
United States
Chicago
Don’t Disappoint the Boys Fourth Liberty Loan appeal
A wartime call urges home funding for the Fourth Liberty Loan to support Pershing's troops. The message stresses the impact of home subscriptions on soldiers in trenches and Y huts, framing fundraising as essential to victory and asking readers if they will let the boys down.
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Pershing
Nobody Ever Does Enough Liberty Bonds Call to Action
A wounded American officer, with seven wound stripes and a shattered arm, insists on returning to his unit when told to stay home. He wears a plaster cast and repeats that nobody ever does enough as he urges Americans to buy more fourth Liberty bonds.
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Alway
United States
Figures Show What Your Dollars Will Do
A war department overview explains how a $100 Liberty Bond funds a boy’s outfit and 19 days of board, then shows the ongoing need for more bonds to supply arms, ammunition, and support as the war drags on. It emphasizes continuing liberal purchases of Fourth Liberty Bonds to sustain soldiers over time.
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War Department
Plea by Gold Star Mother
A Chicago Gold Star Mother's earnest letter appeals for the fourth Liberty Loan, urging that giving is an investment, not a loss, as she recalls her son's message about soldiers sacrificing for their country. She asks whether money is too great a contribution from those who can only give funds.
Wartime Bond Appeal Puts Citizens to Test
Fragmentary wartime rhetoric urges citizens to invest in Liberty bonds as personal sacrifice. Voices mock complacency and press for display of civic duty through financial support.
What Your Liberty Bond Buys
A wartime appeal explains spending on ships and subs for the Fighting Fourth Liberty Loan. It cites costs for battleships, cruisers, destroyers and subs, plus artillery and small arms. It notes vast sums spent on staple army supplies and urges subscribers to support and feed soldiers.
Buy Bonds Today For Early Buyers And Limit Up
A rallying wartime style notice urges readers to buy bonds today promising early buyers will get the “wins.” The message emphasizes urgency and patriotic language to motivate immediate purchase.
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Germany
Panama’s Great Lake and Gatun Basin Feature
Gatun Lake sits at the canal summit as a central, vast artificial water body. Two thirds of the distance between the oceans are spanned by the basin designed to store flood waters from the Chagres river, safeguarding the waterway.
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Gatun Lake
Chagres
British road society offers prize for anti damage horseshoe
A British road improvement society proposes a prize for a horseshoe designed to reduce highway damage from steel shoes while providing horses secure footing on smooth pavements.
Beatrice Eases Aunt Marjorie With Kewpie Doll Smile
Beatrice notices Aunt Marjorie sad before her wedding and urges a smile like the Kewpie doll. She recalls the bride doll from a prior shower and offers a playful, comforting moment before photos.
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Beatrice
Marjorie
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