Thrift Stamps Turn Quarters Into War Aid
The piece explains how Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps convert small expenditures into military support. Each stamp translates to bullets, shoes, shirts, undergarments, helmets, tents, or overcoats, with four percent interest when lent to the government. It emphasizes patriotism, personal benefit, and the idea that saving yields victory and protection for soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Uncle Sam
Liberty Boys
Black bears and the bear bounty debate in California
A public bulletin by the California Fish and Game Commission features Frank B. Hoffman urging protection for black bears while others disparage extracting lard and oil from bears. The piece questions the value of a bear’s meat and hides and mocks the idea of bears aiding stomach ailments, arguing bears belong safely in the hills away from dyspeptics and lard kettles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Hoffman
California Fish and Game Commission
Hoffman
Black Bear
Arcadia Promises Ideal Home Center in Foothill County
Arcadia boasts 1500 residents, a free public library, and two grammar schools. The city features gas, electricity, telephone, extensive oil macadam roads, a new $10 000 city hall, and thriving citrus and strawberry production. Pacific Electric interurban service, favorable drainage, and cool canyon climate bolster its appeal for homeseekers and merchants. For info contact the Secretary of the Board of Trade.
Visalia visit and social notes from Monrovia region
DD M Simms spends the week in Visalia on legal business. Mrs A L Parker and Mrs Faulkner visit Monrovia. The Arcadian Club donates 5 toward a church bell. Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs B A Baldwin, mother and child report good. Arcadians meet Feb 22 at Mrs Parker’s home. Treen trims trees at the new city hall. Mrs S Maxfield of Long Beach visits Grimes family. Miss Vivian Broderick and mother from Pasadena visit Walker family. Bernice Cottle of LA returns home. Maxfield and Grimes visit Ontario. Los Angeles visitors Thomas and Mrs Fitzgerald call on local families. Grimes family and daughters motor to Sunland Park. War savings certificates and thrift stamps sold at post office. Parker gives Red Cross lecture at the church. North End Bridge Club hosted by Mrs Brisendine with attendees listed.
Southern horse owners return home from five hundred party
Mrs. Smith hosts a five hundred party in Arcadia with guests including Olive Palmer Ethel Grimes Bernice Cottle and many couples. Mr and Mrs Kane bring two carloads of race horses from the South visiting New Orleans Hot Springs Louisville and Lexington before arriving home via Santa Fe No 3 through Chicago.
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Mrs. Smith
Olive Palmer
Ethel Grimes
Bernice Cottle
Los Angeles
C. PD. Harris
Edward Kane
South
Arcadia
New Orleans
Hot Springs
Louisville
Lexington
Kentucky
Mrs. Kane
Chicago
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Arcadia Journal
A. L. Wooldridge
California
Free Public Library
Gas, Electricity and Telephone Systems
Mount Wilson
Baldwin
Pacific Electric Railway System
America
Theater
Sierra Madre Mountains
Altho
Southern
Santa Anita Canyon
All
Tropics
Board of Trade
DD. M. Simms
Visalia
Dr. C. A. Billings
Imperial Valley
A. L. Parker
Faulkner
Monrovia
Co-operative
Arcadian Club
B. A. Baldwin
Co-operative Arcadians
F. W. Treen
S. Maxfield
Long Beach
Geo. E. Grimes
Vivian Broderick
Pasadena
Charles A. Walker
Thomas Fitzgerald
W. D. Millard
Samuel Martin
Mildred and
Evelyn
Sunland Park
Mrs. McCoy
Vera McCoy
Wilson
Parker
Manual Arts High School
Red Cross
North End Bridge Club
James Brisendine
L. S. Emerson
E. F. Glass
W. Newhall
BE. F. Glass
I. Emerson
Jas. Brisendine
F. Chandler
W. D Millard
Geo. FE. Grimes
M. A. Treland
United States
J. &. Jones
Myrtle Avenue
Mocracy
Ford
Nelson & Mosher
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