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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1919
Page
3
A Boston daily notes high living costs push housewives to raise rabbits for meat. Rabbit meat is praised as delicious and productive, with rabbits fed on cabbage waste. The piece links rabbit farming to thrift stamps, war savings, and patriotism, urging conservation and savings to fund national costs.
A report highlights 1300 area families of modest means with children owning thousands in War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps bought from earnings. A girl recounts saving pennies from a summer job to buy stamps, ribbons, and clothing. The piece notes children also support Liberty Bonds and Red Cross pledges, urging adults to follow their example.
The piece argues that learning English aids assimilation and that thrift and government savings programs like War Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds foster loyalty. It notes immigrants come for better conditions, may succeed or be disappointed, and suggests children imitate parental saving habits to become productive neighbors.
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