Cubs 'played' by 'wire' to aid war bond sales
Cubs 'played' by 'wire' to aid war bond sales By JohnW53 on Dec 19, 2020, 3:10am CST + Over the years, Major League baseball teams have raised significant amounts of money for charities and war relief -- and not always by playing exhibition games. In 1919, the Cubs took part in a one-of-a-kind effort to raise funds with which to buy Liberty Bonds, issued by the U.S. government to help pay debts that had piled up during World War I. ... The government sold $17 billion of bonds in a series of 5 drives. The bonds for the first drive, offered with an interest rate of 3.5 percent at ma...
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