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THANKSGIVING VICTORY LOAN CALL Governor Frank O Lowden has just issued a new variety of Thanksgiving proclamation It is a call to the people of Illinois to set aside the period from April 21 to May 10 and give thanks for the winning of the war and the saving of thousands of lives by buying bonds of the Victory Liberty Loan LoanHis His proclamation in which lie urges the heartiest support of the people of Illinois to this campaign reads as follows The war is won In winning it heavy obligations were incurred Those must be met When the drives for Liberty Loans were on we were asked not only to give our money out also to give our sons Our people responded generously to both demands And now we are asked only to give something of the wealth our brave soldiers saved for us Shall we answer less freely when only our money is asked than we did when our money and our boys were needed by the government We must pay our debts incurred in the war To do this bonds must be sold The more widely we distribute these bonds the easier readjustment of business will become I therefore urge our people to respond to their countrys call with the same open hand with which they responded in time of war Wo properly may regard our subscriptions now as a thanksgiving offering for the peace which has come
