, 1918-10-03
Will You Help
the Boys Abroad?
Every Man, Woman and Child
Can Join to Send News Of
This Town Into the Front Line
Trenches.

every citizen Interested in the boys
In the brave women who equally ara
serving their country abroad. has an
opportunity to show his appreciation
Of the sacrifice they ars making. The
opportunity comes as a result of the
generosity and thought of Colonel VII
liam Boyce Thompson Of New York,
who has conceived and put into eIecu-
ton what is known ms the Home Pa-
per Service.
Under the plan. every man n wo-
a in foreign service will receive the
town newspaper, and SO be kept In
constant touch with the places and the
people they know and love.
Every branch OF the United States
Government Is interested In the plan.
The Government realizes the impor
lance of keeping those In the service
happy and constantly in touch with
their home ties and associations. Moth.
Ing In more depressing In a national
emergency than the spirit of loneliness
In those serving their country, and Of
tcials know that nothing Gun dispel
his feeling more effectually than read-
Ing h home town newspaper.
Publishers of newspapers In all pc rta
of the country-thls newspaper lnelud-
ed-have grasped with pleasure the
plan outlined by Colonel Thompson.
and they have agreed to cooperate 10
every way.
Under the ruling of the War Indus
tries Board newspaper publishers are
forbidden to sen their newspapers
free. even to soldiers. The newspaper
must be subscribed for In the regular
way. theo only exception being soldiers
who formerly were In the employ of
the newspaper and who left thai serv.
Ice to enlist. Colonel Thompson there
fore proposes that the public b. ench
community contribute TO Il fund so that
the nome newspaper Tin our case this
newspaper) mas reach every iain ;rnd
woman now In the service of Ills s,un.
try.
Anyone Ia contribute to the fund,
and any sum may be contributed. II IL
not necessary TO contribute tie entire
amount of n subscription. il dOeH
not matter whether the rich mm sen'is
in one hundred dollars or the poor boy
or. little girl send in eve cents Each
gift will be Il messuge of love ant help.
fuIness to the home town folks over
There" The money will be bumped
into one fund. out of which s.tscrip-
lions will he entered as fast as the
money Is received.
Contributors who send In tho full
price of II years subscription may, II
they wish, designate to what particular
person they wish the newspaper sent,
but II the name CIV ~ g already listed
as receiving he paper. then the pub
Usher reserves the right to apply the
subscription to some less fortunate sol.
dier boy or noble woman who Is just as
lonely for news of home and home
folks.
The name Of every contributor to
this home paper service will be pub
lished In this newspaper. and the name
Of everyone entered for a subscription
will be published as we'll as die mum.
Der of those remaining whose subscrip-
lions have not been covered.
II the amount of money received
shall be more than 10 necessary to send
the paper to every person from the
town now in the service. then the bal
ance will be turned over to the Red
Cross.
The plan is endorsed by the pub
Usher Of this newspapG without any
thought of profit, either directly or In
directly. but with a sincere desire to
help keep the home iras burning and
to send to our heroes and heroines
Jews of our town, to keq, their hearts
warn for IL and to lei them know
they are constantly In our minds.
The publisher. of course, cannot
make a profit on circulate on, and nddi-
tional circulation such rs this will be-
circulation from non-purchasers' sent
far across the sea-can have no added
value to the advertiser.
These facts are stated 90 that every
contributor may feel that every cent
contributed goes to the good cause.
The mothers Of our boys are facing
an ordeal with a bravery that COM
mands respect and admiration. Here