100 YEARS AGO IN THE SARATOGIAN

Friday, May 3, 1918. All segments of Saratoga Springs society are being urged to buy Liberty Bonds during the final 48 hours of the national Third Liberty Loan campaign.

The Spa City has a $656,000 goal to meet by the end of May 4. Nationwide, the Third Liberty Loan hopes to raise at least $3,000,000,000 for the U.S. war against Germany through the sale of Liberty Bonds that can be redeemed with interest after the end of the war.

Today’s Saratogian prints “an eloquent appeal in behalf of the Liberty Loan” made recently by Z. Marshall Cochrane at the city’s A.M.E. Zion Church.

“We as a race have many in the service,” Cochrane tells the church’s congregation, “and for their interest as well as for our own we must help them. We are ready always to bear our share in this war and in this way show our patriotism as we have in the past. Our reward in the future, I assure you, will be well worth our strenuous efforts at this time.”

Cochrane explains that Liberty Bonds can be paid for in installments, with as little as 5% down by May 4. Payments can be made on a weekly basis for as little as $1.50, or on a schedule of installments ending in August.

“Surely the most of us can sacrifice this amount at least in spite of the high cost of living,” Cochrane says, “It is our duty, a noble and patriotic