Merchant Marine Ships To Aid Farmers In War Economy
The essay urges American farmers to back a government shipbuilding program to lower overseas freight costs and move wheat corn and oats abroad during and after the war. It contrasts U S efforts with German plans to build merchant ships and argues for public support and investment to secure cheaper transport and wartime and postwar commerce.
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Reagan
France
Europe
Sulleone
Germany
Gendany
Reichstag
Clemenceau's Six Months Aim For Restored Peace
The report cites Clemenceau urging a six month period to rebuild desolate towns and restore peace as French leaders vow to persevere. It emphasizes his resolve to endure hardship, the hope of homecoming for the army, and encouragement for soldiers and civilians awaiting victory.
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Clemenceau
le Piey- Sven
Prantice
Theta
Liz
Rix
Champs Elysee
Patriotism and Liberty Bonds Urge Farm Support in War Effort
A wartime message urges farmers to boost grain and livestock production while also investing in Liberty bonds. It frames two kinds of patriotism: producing essential supplies for national needs and financing the war through bonds, promising government repayment with interest. It emphasizes cash outlays, banked funds, and the broader goal of sustaining military resources in France.
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War Department
Uncle Sam
Bonds Are the Farmer's Friend Headline
Farmers urged to buy Fike property bonds to secure funds for production and markets. Campaign emphasizes bonds as a stable investment to support farm output and postwar recovery.
Liberty bonds to the limit for patriotic support
A wartime urging advises Americans to stretch finances to buy Liberty bonds to the breaking point. If funds are lacking, borrow from banks to buy bonds until it hurts, framing financial sacrifice as practical patriotism and emphasizing the danger to sons at front if households refrain from lending support.
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Central West
Adaun
Helpless China a Lesson for America in War Time
A United States army medical officer cites China’s bubonic plague crisis to urge U S citizens to unite for World War I effort. He warns that without initiative and solidarity, America risks failure as China did, and calls for total support and funding for the war, warning against sectionalism and hatred.
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China
Mongolia
Great Wall
Rockefeller Institute
America
United States Army
United States
Europe
Washington
Belgium
Serbia
France
Be a Fighter and Buy Bonds in Wartime
urging citizens to support the war by buying bonds as essential to financing the government. asserts that soldiers must fight and civilians must invest, equating bond resistance with refusal to serve. emphasizes wartime unity and national effort across industries and citizens.
Back Uncle Sam With Bond Drive Support
A fragmented wartime call to rally Americans to buy Liberty bonds. The text urges government backing in peril and laments Russia's collapse while praising patriotic sacrifice and support for the nation during the crisis.
Its Up to You A Liberty Loan Call Poem
A wartime civic poem urges readers to support the Liberty loan. It contrasts labor and sacrifice with enlistment, urging all to do their share even if they cannot fight. It invokes patriotism and calls for national unity.
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Imam
Mike
Cites Soldiers Patriotism by Brig Gen Getty
Brig Gen Robert N Getty argues that modern soldiers display unrivaled patriotism through Liberty Loan sacrifices. He notes many volunteer pay allotments to the government, urges civilians to emulate that selfless spirit, and laments civilian financial pressures on families awaiting service members. He praises soldiers for willingly risking their lives and calls for backing them as they prepare for battle.
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Robert N. Getty
Camp Dodge
Iowa
War Department
Sermon on Patriotism from a 1000 Percent American
OCR reads a sermon about patriotism in Chicago with Demosthenes of Surgean Wis named as authorizing a patriotic message. It describes a community pledge about lending money to the government for war efforts, citing Liberty Bond issues and personal anecdotes of immigrants Stoics and Anuag Hositopoulos. The piece emphasizes pride in America, sacrifice, and pride in opportunity offered to industrious immigrants who subscribed to the government loans.
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Demosthenes
Antongos
Fale Shire
Uliele Sain
Bite
Hoover
Bony
Stavros
America
Hevraw Amydhing Anid Baavan
He Wants to Win This War Do You
A father in a Hite Minds town received a cablegram from General Pershing announcing the death of his two sons in action abroad. He sold his home to buy Liberty bonds stating I am the only one left now and I will rent a room for myself.
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Pershing
Miyself
Hla
We Can't Starve Germany Buy Bonda
The message argues against starvation strategies toward Germany and urges financial support for the government. It frames the Russia setback as proof that only defeating the German military on the European front ends the war and warns that American support is essential to avoid collapse.
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Germany
Bonda
Russia
United States
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