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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
4
Mines in the district are closed, Sierra claim work near Archer continues, and Consolidated Pacific Cement Plaster Co has been acquired by United States Gypsum Co with plans for plant upgrades. Amboy school teaches fifteen pupils under Miss Amanda Longenecker as attendance remains strong.
King Albert of Belgium and entourage will arrive in Barstow Friday afternoon around 4 45 o clock. Local schoolchildren are planned to greet the royal party. The report is part of a broader dispatch detailing President Wilsons cross country tour and his push for the League of Nations with public support across political lines.
The piece outlines 1917 income data with 6664 individuals earning across multiple brackets from 100 000 to 1 500 000 dollars and totals up to 1 643 500 000. It urges readers to save and invest beginning with War Savings or Thrift stamps, claiming income from War Savings is not taxable.
The report lists nineteen staff including stenographers and clerks, a chief executive clerk, seven secret service men, twenty one correspondents, five movie men, and a telegraphic and railroad expert. It notes a dinner, club car, two baggage cars, and one baggage car converted into a business office. The train remained exactly on time at every stop from Washington to the Coast.
President Wilson argues high prices fall only through greater production and strict economy. He credits economists and the Treasury with price relief via thrift stamps and war savings, urging families to buy $5 stamps at $4.21 this month and invest savings to boost production.
How many failures who did Buy War Savings Stamps.
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