The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-17
URGE EVERYONE
TO BUY BONDS
Liberty Loan Meeting at the Opera
House Thursday Evening Well
and Enthusiastically Attended
Mr.. FINDLEv LEADING SPEAKER
Other Speakers were Carl E. kuehnle,
Sears McHenry, G. L. caswell, Geo.
Naeve-Committee Appointed

The opera house was well filled on
last Thursday evening at the liberty
bond meeting, which Wa called for
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pie OF sDenison and vicinity the neces'
sity Of their support in helping to float
the second bond issue. Nearly two
hundred school teachers attended the
meeting and much good will result
from their being present.
Judge Conner presided at the meet
ing and briefly stated the purpose of
it. He then introduced Mr.. Findley,
member of the state legislature, resid-
ing at Mount Pleasant, who was sent
here by the speakers bureau of Chi
cago. Mr.. Findley in opening stated
that inasmuch as he was above the
age limit to enlist he had offered his
services to the government as a
speaker and was sent to Denison to
explain the reasons for the loan, the
terms and the need that all support
the government, in this great crisis
of it's history. The speaker thought
it was the duty of those left at home
to furnish the money to the govern
ment with which to purchase the sup
plies necessary to keep our armies In
the field and in such quantities that
when they "go over the top they
will know that their country with its
one hundred millions of people Is
backing them to the last dollar.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Findley's
talk Judge Conner called on Carl F..
Kuehnle who spoke briefly on the loan
and the necessity of everyone sub
scribing. He stated that every man
in Crawford county should buy bond
and those men who did not have the
ready cash could borrow it from most
any bank in the county at 6 per cent
interest While Crawford county's
allotment of $994,000 was indeed a
large sum for one county to raise,
Mr.. Kuehnle believed that it was pos
sible if every one would put their
shoulder to the wheel.
Sears McHenry was then called up
on by the chairman and made most
clever talk which made hit with the
audience. His theme was Buy a
Bond" and when he finished there
was no question in anyone's mind but
what every man, woman and child In
the county would follow suit
G. l.. Caswell spoke and stated that
the bond was as plain as two and two
make four to him. The people of the
middle west, said Mr.. Caswell, have
the opportunity Of purchasing these
bonds and receiving a good rate Of
interest, but if they do not take ad-
vantage of their opportunities the
moneyed men of Wall street would
and they would receive the interest on
the money loaned the government
without taxation and the people of the
west would be paying taxes to take
care of both the interest and the prin-
ciple.
George Naeve, Denison' booster
spoke and drew some comparisons.
He told of the vast loans already made
by Germany and could see no reason
why the United States with more
wealth than any other country in the
world could not equal them
After the speaking Mr.. NJ e. Jones
reported the following committee who
will have charge of floating the bonds
in Crawford county: J. p. Conner,
chairman; Sears McHenry and p. j.
OF Denison; w. J. Sandberg,
Kiron: w. r. Fishel, Dow City; r. L.
VanSlyke, Manila; Maurice O'Con-
nor. Vail.
Many bankers and prominent citi-
gems from different parts Of the cOun-
ty were in attendance at the meeting.
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