Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1917 — J. P. Morgan Co. Buys $25,000,000 Worth of Bonds. [ARTICLE]

J. P. Morgan Co. Buys $25,000,000 Worth of Bonds.

New York, Oct. 18.—An increase of $85,000,000 in 24 hours in sub-* scriptions to the Liberty loan in the New York federal reserve district brought the unofficial total tonight up to $545,000,000. Thirteen banks, trust and insurance companies and private business firms subscribed $77,000,000. The subscriptions of the thirteen concerns did not go below $1,000,000 and *reached as high as $25,000,000. The latter subscription by J. P. Morgan & Co., was the largest single contribution thus far recorded. It was intimated that the Morgan house would make other subscriptions.