The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-10-19
Medina County had
subscribed $15O,OOO to
Liberty Bond Sale last
night, (Thursday.)

Medina is thoroly awakened to the
importance Of the success Of the sec
ond Liberty Bond sale. She has work
ed industriously up to this time, and
will continue to do so until the even
ing Of Oct. ~, when the sale comes to
its end.
But the acme Of her energy will be
reached within the next week Plans
have been perfected for the most sys-
tematic and thorough canvass Of the
county, in the interest of the Liberty
Bond sale that was ever known before
in any similar enterprise in the coun-
ty.
Saturday night of this week at Z
o'clock, "a public meeting will be held
in nearly if not every township in Me-
dina county. with three able speakers
. at each place, one OF whom will ex-
plain the bond issue, one the necessity
Of the loan, and the other will make q
patriotic appeal.
It should be understood that no So
liciting of subscriptions will be made
at any of these meetings. No one
should remain away from the meeting
through fear of being asked personal
" to buy bonds. But every one is
urged to turn out and hear the sub
jects discussed fairly and forcefully by
welI-known and able speakers.
Next Wednesday, Oct. "a, Medina
village. from a commercial standpoint,
will bear all the ear-marks of a grave
ward. AIT noon Of that day all banks
and business houses will be closed for
the remainder Of the day and evening,
prOprietors, employees and citizens gen.
erally joining in one grand canvass Of
the county for subscriptions to the Lib
erty Loan. Auto loads will cover ey-
cry route running out Of Medina. Sub
scripticns will be taken for bonds from
the farmers, who can indicate at what
bank they wish to make payments.
There Is no intention on the part of
the business men to try to force sub,
scriptions from The farmers, or to in
( timidate them, but to talk over the
matter frankly and urge the imp0r-
! tance of subscribing and the value OF
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Wednesday afternoon, applications
may Be had at the postoftices where
subscriptions will also be received.
Wednesday night there will be a
grand public rally al the court house.
Harrison b. McGraw of Cleveland,
q well-known orator, will deliver the
address. The Medina band will play
before the meeting.
Following is the schedule OF the
8 meetings for Saturday night, all OF
which will begin at z o'clock:
York Town hall.
Erhart- Dance hall.
Litchfeld- Town hall.
Chippewa Lake Maccabee hall.
v Lafayette w. B. Chapnan's store.
Poe Grange hall.
Sharon Grange hall.
Granger High school building
Hinckley-Auditorium.
Brunswick Town hall.
Weymouth Crooks Y Elnharts
store.
The 81 employees Of the Ohio Farm
ers' Insurance Co. of Leroy have each
purchased Liberty Bond.
The war department reports that it
had received up to Oct. 16, subscrip-
tions to the second loan from men in
the army to the amount of $26, ,448,-
a 600. This wonderful response from
the men who have pledged their lives
should be a great inspiration.
The following two Medina boys in
camp purchased Liberty Bond by
mail Of local bank this week:
Karl R. Moutoux, Co. G, 9th Field
Bugle Signal Corps, Lion Springs,
Texas.
Carl C. Lowe, Hdqrs. Co. 329th Inf.
Camp Sherman, Chillicothe.
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