Word: owned
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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"There are various reasons for buying the bonds. These bonds are the promise of the richest and the strongest Government in the world. They cannot fail to be paid, principal and interest; will rise when the war ends, and are, therefore, a desirable security. They are the promise of your...
The people, those who, while possessing small individual resources yet in the aggregate possess the bulk of our wealth, must enjoy their share of the loan. Not our bankers nor our brokers, but the people, are the nation. The people must be holders of their own bonds. It is a...
The college undergraduate has the same question to face. He may be unable to make any large purchase, and may, instead, offer his own services to the government as soldier or sailor. But, where it is possible, let him make the effort to do what he can; however little, and...
It is said that the northeastern states alone retard the passage of this pressing war measure. The South and the West, heedless of what might be to their own immediate profit, have generously and willingly done away with intoxicants for their own safety, and the greater safety of the nation...
Yet when we know that men in this simple way are learning to save themselves, in so far as they may, from terrible slaughter in battles, and learning that they may teach others to be saved, the game takes on a new meaning. It is not a boys' game played...