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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
5
A home owner is a solid citizen and path to prosperity. Save now with War Savings stamps and Treasury Savings certificates as steps toward home ownership. The guide urges immediate saving, outlines costs, and highlights how a sequence of twenty $5 War Savings stamps can lead to larger certificates.
Four guidelines advise saving a portion of regular income weekly or monthly, investing regularly in government securities and War Savings stamps, getting full value for every purchase, and preserving and fully using all purchases.
The instrument bears four percent interest, compounded quarterly, matures in five years, and may be redeemed at any time at face value at any post office.
Two hundred War Savings stamps bought this year will be 1000 dollars in 1924 for office equipment, a car, courses, or to meet a rainy day. One hundred stamps then will be 500 dollars, and 650 will be 250 dollars. Fix your mark and invest via the W S S route. they pay over 4 percent and are safe and convenient.
A bizarre ad describes an auto dealer as a public benefactor promising a long joy ride that ends with the buyer owning the car. The language suggests a scammy pitch as the agent claims to make people stand their money and be swindled.
A persuasive call urges citizens to fund aircraft production to blind and defeat the Kaiser’s armies. The appeal frames bonds as essential money for workshops and aircraft builders aiding the war effort.
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