Fifth Liberty Loan Drive!

The war was over, but the paying for it wasn't. Late in March 1919 the Gazette announced the leadership organization for Lake County's part in the fifth Liberty Loan drive. John C. Cavender was chairman for Hobart Township. In Ross Township, the general chairman was Sam Wood, with Alex Boyd heading the effort in Merrillville, and William Wood in Deep River.

We shall see what parades, etc., may follow to whip up the bond-buying sentiment. For my own part and on behalf of these people, I'm tired of being harangued to buy Liberty Bonds — but I may be wasting my sympathy. Although many returning veterans said they were sick of war, I do not know that civilians felt the same way. It was still a time of fervent declarations of patriotism and a warlike hatred of all things German.

Such attitudes would be strengthened in anyone who caught one of the "special" shows at the Gem Theatre on April 5.

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"The Heart of Humanity" was war propaganda released in February 1919 — too late for the war itself, but in good time for the fifth Liberty Loan drive.

Go here to see a short clip from the film … now, don't you feel like buying some Liberty Bonds, just to show that evil Hun?


Sources:
♦ 1920 Census.
♦ Advertisement. Hobart Gazette 4 Apr. 1919.
♦ "The Fifth Liberty Loan." Hobart Gazette 21 Mar. 1919.