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- Political handbill denouncing Edsel Ford's deferment in WWI the year Henry Ford ran for the Senate, and urging readers to vote for his Republican rival Truman Handy Newberry. "Henry Ford has nothing like this in his window" is printed above an image of a service flag on the recto. Verso reads: "His Country Needs Edsel Ford Where Is He? Fathers, you owe it to your fighting sons; young men, you owe it to your fighting pals- to sent the fighting father of fighting sons, one of whom is on the flying field in France and the other on a battleship at the European base, to represent a fighting State in the United States Senate. On your ballot November 5, make a Cross under the picture of Abraham Lincoln. Nothing further need be done.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Political handbill denouncing Edsel Ford's deferment in WWI the year Henry Ford ran for the Senate, and urging readers to vote for his Republican rival Truman Handy Newberry. "Henry Ford has nothing like this in his window" is printed above an image of a service flag on the recto. Verso reads: "His Country Needs Edsel Ford Where Is He? Fathers, you owe it to your fighting sons; young men, you owe it to your fighting pals- to sent the fighting father of fighting sons, one of whom is on the flying field in France and the other on a battleship at the European base, to represent a fighting State in the United States Senate. On your ballot November 5, make a Cross under the picture of Abraham Lincoln. Nothing further need be done.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
