Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-21
GIRLS Of LINCOLN
SCHOOL FIRST IN
LOAN ESSAY RACE
WIN FIRST AND SECOND PLACE,
WHILE COUNTRY SCHOOL BOY
is THIRD IN CONTEST FOR CAP.
TuRED GERMAN HELMET.

compositions from a large field Of en-
tries When the list simmered down
to only three contestants the Judges
found themselves deadlocked and
we're forced to call upon Principal
Charles H. Kingman of the o. II. 5. to
serve of arbitrator and decide the final
results.
Under Mr.. Kingmans decision Miss
Luella Claus of Lincoln School won
the prize, a captured German helmet
offered by Mrs. w. f. Carr, county
chairman OF the woman's Victory
Loan drive. Miss Mary kincheloe,
also OF Lincoln School was second,
and Ralph COultrip Of district 30 was
third. The following are the prize
winning essays:
Luela Claus, Lincoln School.
THE VICTORY LOAN.
Buy more bonds" That is the cry
all over the United States, and 1t
means you!
You say you bought of the other
four loans and can't afford another
one?
Do you think any man who says i
can't" when it comes to helping his
government is good citizen? Every
loyal American should say, Il can and
| will"
You say the war is over No, it is
not Don't our boys have to come
f.ln at
the front, and on the seas, and now
YOU hesitate 10 pay for the food they
ate, the ammunition they used, and
the transports that will bring them
back
You can't afford another one. De
you know that practically every Amer
lean soldier of the seventy-twO thou
sand who were killed in France-prac
tically every one of the two hundred
thousand who fell wounded in France
purchased Liberty bonds? They
gave their lives, their eyesight, theil
health they gave freely to their coun
try, and purchased Liberty bonds GU
of 1913 a month pay.
All you are asked TO do is loan You
money and finish the great cause foi
which seventy-two thousand of on
boys died.
If you purchase a bond you will &c
AZ per cent interest, while if YOU
money is in the bank you are gettint
only per cent interest,
Do not say, Il wish | could hav'
hAl
You can help
This is the last loan you are asked
to make, and it is the last great OF
fensive of the war; we must go owe
the top.
Help Uncle Sam pay his debts.
Buy bonds!
Mary kincheloe, Lincoln School.
YOUR CALL.
As we walk our streets and see tn
boys who have come back from over
seas or who have been in camp in thi
country, and who have fought or la
bored on land. on the seas, we ar
impressed anew with the tremendou
service given by the youth of the ma
ton
When the call came they gave Il
comfort, pleasure, home and family
everything they held most dear The
were ready to give their lives. Thor
sands laid down their lives; som
have come back manned. For thOs
manned boys the war can never reall
be over. They did not merely len(
They gave their arms. or legs or eve.
and they can never forget what the
have been through
How about you. comfortable and S,
cure in the peace which they 5
quickly won for you?
Can you meet these boys face t
face and hesitate a moment longe
about answering your call to len
some OF your money?
Loan your money to Uncle Sam 6
Az per cent interest so he can pa
some of his war debts.
Americans answer your call,
Ralph Coultrip, District 315.
THE VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN.
The United States of America ha
issued proclamation requesting tn
citizens and people of the Unite
States to buy Victory bonds. 1t
altogether fitting and proper that tn
United States should do this.
We as a nation have always enjoye
liberty and freedom We did not su
fer in the great world war as Franc
Italy and England did. So we shout
be willing to buy bonds to our utmos
The enemy has been defeated, bl
the government needs money to brin
back the victorious Yankee soldier
Some people complain that they d
not get high enough rate of int
est. A person is not very patriot
If he cannot sacrifice a little to h
government.
| think if some of the people of til
United States who have sons
France. or those who haven't, hesitat
about buying bonds could see thos
boys Wnen they were in the mudd
and filthy trenches, or when they wei
over the top with a yell, then I thin