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About Pokrok západu. (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1918)
Third Liberty Loan The Honor Fiat of thc Third Liberty Loan is awardcd by the United States Treasury Department to every town in the country which sells its quota of Liberty Bonds in the present campaign Every town which wins the right to fly this Flag will hav2 its name inseribed on thc State Honor Roli under a State Honor Flag to be unfurled at the State capital The results in each statě will be indicated on a national Honor Flag which will be raised in the Treasury Department in Washington and remain there perma nent ly Whcn you buy a Third Liberty Loan Bond you will receive a window em blém bearing your name and a reproduction of the Honor Flag Paste the emblém in a window of your home or pláce of business What are Bonds of the Third Liberty Loan? They are an investment in thc United States of America They are a direct promise to pay back with interest the money that you invest This promise of thc United States is the safest investment on earth The difference between $100 tucked away in your home and $100 invested in Third Liberty Loan Bonds is that if you kecp the $100 in cash at the tnd of the year $100 is all you have but if you buy a $100 Bond of the Third Lilx-rty Loan at the end of the year you have the $100 Bond and the interest Why You Should Buy Liberty Bonds Because our sons and our neighbors sons are making our fight abroad Victor}- depends largely on whether they are supplicd with sufficient guns ammunition and other necessaries to win and their condition upon returning depends upon thc care which is taken of them in and behind the lineš It is up to us to supply money for the sinews of war and every comfort that can be given our fighting men They offer their lives for us and our country Ve are asked only to lend our money to our government Could we do less and remain true to ourselves our country and our flag?