Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 28, 1918, Page 6

BY PROCLAMATION —f—— President Wilson and Governor Holcoi*»f‘i_ - WAR SAVINGS ENLISTMENT DAY JUNE 28tn YOU ARE CALLED UPON to enlist or register on that day at the nearest schoolhouse or other designated place for the purpose of pledging your intention to save and to purchase one or more War Savings Stamps ihrmg the year. Thé Reason Why Your country cannot win the war unless YOU save; every one of you! You can prove YOUR patriotism by investing the money you save in War Savings Stamps— Just 25¢ at a time if that is all you afford to do—but to do SOMETHING is what you are called upon to pledge. No one is exempt on War Savings Enlistment Day. The boys ‘“‘over there” are giving their all. You must give until it hurts, What Are War Saving Stamps Each stamp evidences a loan to the Government of a sum’ of money amounting to a little over four dollars. Each stamp is a promise to pay to you by the richest country on earth the sum of Five Dollars on January 1, 1328, You buy the War Savings Stamp during the month of June, 1918, for $4.17. Each month thereafter the purchase price advances one cent. Your loan to the Government of $4.17 earns you four cent. interest, compounded semi-annually. Where the Money Goes The money loaned to our Government evidenced by your ownership of War Savings Stamps will help to pay the ex-" penses of the war—food, clothing and the pay of our soldiers and sailors—for munitions, guns, artillery, ships, aeroplanes—for a thousand and one things needed afloat and ashore to win the war. You are lending money, not giving it, and the money goes back to you with interest in four and a half years, : ;-‘ ONE WAR SAVINGS STAMP WILL BUY z One hundred rifle bullets; or A steel helmet to protect his head from shrapnel; or A woolen blanket; or Fresh potatoes for four soldiers for a whole month; or A pair of campaign shoes, a shaving brush and a cake of shaving soap; or A clothes roll and a pair of canvas leggins; or A coffee mill to grind the coffeee for the soldiers at the front; or An iron hospital bed for a wounded soldier. TWO WAR SAVINGS STAMPS WILL BUY A blanket and a pair of field shoes; or A bedding roll and a bed sack; or An olive drab woolen coat and an olive drab woolen shirt; or ;- A blanket lined overcoat. Your Merchants and Tradesmen Will Help You - THIS SPACE DONATED BY The Porteous & Mitchell Co. B. Gotthelf & Co. THREE WAR SAVINGS STAMPS WILL BUY A gas mask for the soldier in the trench; or : A blanket, a flannel shirt and a pair of hiking shoes; or A pistol; or A locker trunk each for two men. FIVE WAR SAVINGS STAMPS WILL BUY Government monthly allowance for a soldier's wife and dependent mother; or Forage to feed a horse or mule for a whole month, EIGHT WAR SAVINGS STAMPS WILL BUY Government monthly allowance for a soldier’s wife and two ; or The monthly pay of a privaté on duty in the trenches. TWELVE WAR SAVINGS‘STAMPS WILL BUY A large army camp tent, We nny-lbhomu must save, and !hmby serve, as a duty —we've got to. Saving mlum to buy what you und—bul buy unfully-— wisely. : The Reid & Hughes Co. ,,,,,, .....