What a $50 Bond Will Do for War Effort
A government list shows concrete wartime uses for Liberty Bonds. One $50 bond funds trench knives, grenades, surgical instruments, while a $100 bond clothes and feeds a soldier, provides rifles and grenades, and supports ether and hot water bags. Higher bonds fund clothing, equipment, and transport such as horses, mules, and X-ray outfits for units overseas.
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France
Labor Will Win The War Says Secretary of Navy Speech
A speech emphasizes labor as the key force behind wartime production. It argues that workers enable coal, crops, ships, and weapons, and that labor mobilization will sustain preparedness and victory. The message credits workers and their essential role in war and postwar efforts.
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Secretary OF Navy
Washington
McAdoo
Garfield
Hoover
Navy
Third Liberty Loan subscribers to receive badge button
Subscribers to the Third Liberty Loan will receive a neat and artistic button as a badge. The simple novelty badge may be presented as part of the bond drive gifts.
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Third Liberty Loan
Bond Buying National Service Campaign Urges All Citizens
Uncle Sam calls every man woman and child to join the Third Liberty Loan drive. Buying a Liberty Bond is framed as enlistment in the nation’s production division to back the soldiers fighting in France for a free world.
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Uncle Sam
France
A. M. Corrigan
Youngstown
Pastor Russell
Evans
Franklin County Conmon Pleas Court
Chillicothe
R. Enderlin
John H. Arnold
Ohio
Wood
Washington
Crowder
Bishop
Cleveland
Jenera
Hancock County
Christian Heyn
John Gauss
Dan Hall
JR. Highbie
Reinhold Rice
German Evangelical Church
Stone Creek
Mr. Rice
Coshocton
Jefferson County
Steubenville
Toledo
Edward MacNaulty
New York
Guiditta Perna
Riaggio Perna
Columbus
H. Croffin
New Philadelphia
Maturn
Croma
William Koepke
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Beach Park
Lorain
J. H. Bomberger
The
Christian World
Sanford
Fla
William Slagle
Gaylord
van Wert
Holland Village
J. J. Beattie
William Wagner
Perry Hall
Deutscher Bund
Marion
Ohio State University
Victor H. Hamilton
Hamilton Bank
East Liberty
William Lane
Bellefontaine
Glenn Summerland
Rising Sun
Liberty Loan Honor Flag Captures Treasury Crowd
Washington scene shows the Third Liberty Loan Honor Flag raised over the Treasury building as 6000 people applaud. The nation’s Treasury departments halt for 15 minutes and key officials pose around the flag including Lewis B. Franklin and Clarkson Potter.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Building
Department of the Treasury
Lewis B. Franklin
War Loan Organisa
Labert St. Clair
Clarkson Potter
War Loan Organization
Frank R. Wilson
R. W. Emmerson
J. H. Uurten
Ohio Gleanings Highlights War Economy and Tragedies
Ohio reports March war savings receipts lead all states at 4,445,033 dollars while fire marshal bans fireworks displays. Incidents include robberies, deaths from trains and elevator accidents, wartime prosecutions, and local civic actions across cities such as Dover Sugar Creek Canton Columbus Lima Findlay and Youngstown.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Ohio
Fleming
H. E. Pull & Company
Sugar Creek
Dover
George Grady
Oreton
McArthur
Basalia Chlofalo
Aultman
Stark County
H.W. Wardell
Columbus
Detroit
Charles William Wason
James L. Thamon
Ohio Electric Railway
Waynesfield
Henry Kettering
Canton
Kettering
Germany
Charles B. Mills
Marysville
Transcript
Ohio Wesleyan University
Cox
Aaron Gibson Washington
Dayton
William Wright
O’rourky
Clarence A. Colliver
Aetna Paper Company
C. B E. Jenks
Medina County
A. L. Hitchcock
Cleveland Board of Education
Liberty Loan
Henry County Board of School Examiners
Lydia Buehrer
Ridgeville Township
Clifford Pearse
Charles KE. Sawyer
Maine
Congress
Hefner
Cincinnati
Big Four Railroad
Mt. Gilead
Toledo Railway and Light Company
Ohio Soldiers
Claire Miller
Lima
William Russ
Portsmouth
United States
Andrew Pennington
Findlay
Mahala Burrell
Elyria
W. G. Sharp
Sharp
France
Paris
John Pennenwirth
Crawford County
No Camouflage In This Story Ad For Freezone Corn Remedy
An advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap Cincinnati invention that instantly relieves corns and calluses without soreness. The copy promises easy removal of hard or soft corns and even toe corn with no irritation, claiming broad effectiveness and low cost.
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Cincinnati
Alarm clock fails Bridget wakes late this week
A Boston Transcript quip notes Bridget has slept in each morning. The speaker asks for help to get her up on time and jokes about sending the baby as a wakeup.
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Bridget
Boston Transcript
Pile Remedy Ad Promises Cure at Hundred-Dollar Value
A Columbus man touts Peterson's Ointment as curing itching piles after one 26c box. He praises relief in days and urges others to try the remedy. Peterson promotes the product for skin diseases and offers a money back guarantee with mail orders.
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Peterson
Peter
A. Newth
Columbus
Ohio
Peterson Bros
Buffalo
N.Y
Adv
Fribdule Critical of Plunkville Hospitality
The Louisville Courier Journal reports Fribdule criticizes Plunkville hospitality and notes his jail placement after an incident. The piece presents a local clash and the resulting legal consequence as observed in town chatter.
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Advert
To keep clean and healthy take Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate liver bowels and stomach. Adv.
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Dr. Pierce
War Opinion Sparks Debate Over Male Roles
In a wartime exchange, speakers claim men are asserting themselves in the conflict while another voices skepticism about their reaction. The dialogue reflects tensions over gender roles during the war period.
Castoria Reminder Urges Careful Bottle Examination
Mothers urged to check every bottle of Castoria for proper labeling as a trusted remedy for infants and children. The notice recalls Fletcher’s Castoria in use for over 30 years and highlights that children cry for the product.
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Fletcher
Nervous reaction to automobile overturning
A brief quotation depicts a person admitting upset and nerves after an automobile turned turtle, reflecting a tense moment in an early 20th century roadside incident. The exchange emphasizes personal emotion over precise details of the accident.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure and Reward
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy for catarrh. It claims internal action through the blood to the mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure, citing testimonials from Toledo.
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Hall
Nature
Oe & Co
Toledo
I See This Egg Has the Name Isa Bella Written
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes a curious egg inscribed Isa bella and questions whether the marking hints at the date 1492, reflecting a playful historical reference.
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Isabella
Louisville Courier-Journal
August Flower Remedy for Stomach Ailments
Green's August Flower is promoted for disorders of the stomach and inactive fiber. It acts as a gentle laxative regulating digestion, cleansing the stomach and alimentary canal, and stimulates bile to purify the blood. Sold worldwide. Give it a trial.
Canine Licking Signals Approval Stamp
A dog licks a hand as a sign of social bonding and approval. The act releases pleasure-linked chemicals and reinforces trust, reinforcing the owner relationship and signaling nonverbal communication within the species.
Dead Shot Worm Remedy Mentioned by Unknown Ad Phrase
An archaic advertisement touts a worm remedy called Dead Shot allegedly offered by a seller at 372 Pearl Street New York. The text blends quirky claims about timely action and moral duty without clear attribution or medical endorsement.
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Dr. Peery
Pearl Street
New York
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