Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-08
$32,350
A Subscribes to
That Value First Dav
Nearly one-Tenth Of city's Quota,
Prediction Of Over ssoo,ooo by Nav
Zach Pnnchaser Of a Bond WI,
Be Given Window Card

Liberty Bonds to the value Of $40
$50 We're subscribed for by Aue,s,a
people on Saturday, the opening dav
of the drive.
This is nearly one-tenth of Angus.
las entire quota Of s3S6,0O0
Considering that Saturday was ,
half-holiday in banking circles and
that only a little preliminary wor,,
mad been done by the committee on
the Third Liberty Loan, (due to tho
late action of congress on the Liberty
Loan leglslation) this showing was a
creditable one and does much to bear
out the prediction of Chairman Guv
p. Gannett that Augusta will sub
scribe for at least 100000 worth Of
bonds before the drive ends on Nav
To each purchaser of q bond here
after will be given window card
This is seven by fourteen inches and
hears reproduction of the Honor
Flag which will be awarded the CITY
when it completes its quota. These
cards will be distributed to all Mon
day morning and will be given out by
them to each subscriber to q bond
AS other bonds are subscribed for 60
ing INTO the same house, the purchas-
er VIII be entitled to an adhesive red
disc to be attached by the buyer to
She window card which was given
with the first bond purchased. With
each bond subscribed for in a house a
new disc is attached to the target,
and when ali the residents of the
house have subscribed including SER
wants, The head Of the house will be-
entitled to a larger disc to be pasted
on the target, which reads I'VE are
100 per cent subscribed" At present
only the window cards have been re-
ceiVcd but a supply Of discs and 100
per cent discs" have been ordered by
telegraph from Boston.
When you subscribe for your bond,
he sure YOU get your window flag.
And be sure you subscribe promptly
yes, and that YOU use your influence
tn get everybody to subscribe. 1t is
He purpose of the government not
only to raise the full three billions
reeded but to secure subscriptions
from as many people as possible.
The Augusta district had Abb sub
scribers to the first loan and 1.5SS to
The second Now the local district
has been cut down to the city of Au-
@uSta alone. without any of the ont
lying towns, and it Will be q difficult
matter to secure as many purchasers
as before. This can only he accom-
plished by bringing home to the peo-
pie Of Augusta that the raising of
this amount is an urgent war duty
not of the few but of all who can
possibly afford it-and on the dollar
a. week basis which local banks make
possible for those who can not finance
q bond under the government plan
almost anybody can afford it.
The determination Of the American
people to see this war through to vic
tory will I've tested By the Third Lib
erty Loan, as it was never tested be-
fore.
The first burst of enthusiasm is
past and people have settled down to
the grim business Of war. The real
Of the people will be re-
nccted in this loan and the right SEN
tinent must be evidenced. The time
Las come Tor everyone 10 tahe pdi l.
Less than ten million people sub
scribei for the first two loans. VITA
this loan it is not Just a question of
money--it is question OF
getting all Augusta people to go on
record as backing the government,
with n clear declaration that they will
give everything needed to rid the
world forever of the German menace.
The present loan offers the rest sort
Of an opportunity to show this deter
mination Enthusiastically to the world,
to cheer up our hard-pressed allies
and to hasten our participation in the
war on the scale necessary for final
victory. -
1t is up to every citizen of Augusta
to Gght or to buy bonds.