Christmas thrift plea urged to governor and mayors
The federal government asks the governor of the state and mayors of major cities in the Twelfth Federal Reserve District to urge citizens to give War Savings Stamps Treasury Savings Certificates and Liberty Bonds as Christmas presents. The aim is to curb luxury spending and stabilize prices while promoting thrift.
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Treasury Savings
Twelfth
Federal Reserve District
John A. Calkins
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank
War Loan Organization
United States
Eskimo Dogs Not Vicious
A 1900s-era account debunks myths about Eskimo dogs. Donald B. MacMillan recalls affectionate behavior, noting teams of up to 12 dogs pull sleds, with hundreds around camps and ships, rarely any attacks or bites among people in the far North.
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Donald B. MacMillan
White North
Far North
Alpine Sport in England Draws Winter Climbing Fans
In Wastdale Head, Cumbria, a small alpine club gathers each Christmas to climb with a forty foot rope and a hundred yard drop. The village hosts a tiny church and a century old inn, its rooms booked months ahead for the cold season, when climbers sleep on floors beneath billiard tables for a taste of near home alpine work.
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England
Wastdale Head
Cumbrian
Dickens
Weatdale Head
Mouse Crashes Wedding. Bride Flees Ceremony on Chair
A bride-to-be screams and leaps onto a chair as a mouse scurries across the carpet during the ceremony at home. Guests laugh as the parson awards the marriage certificate and the couple is wed despite the distraction.
Wood ash a Polish for cleaning metals
A writer praises wood ash as a by product of burning wood with excellent polishing qualities. It can clean and polish steel pewter brass and copper making fenders look bright and restoring dulled brass candlesticks. It also cleans enamel and aluminum without oily odors and costs nothing.
Then the Band Played
A fragment from a wartime comic exchange depicts two American soldiers joking about a supposed “eucaliptis” instrument with streetwise banter and a Bible reference, illustrating humor amid military life.
Christmas War Savings Drive Foreshadows Heavy Securities Sales
The Twelfth Federal Reserve District expects a record holiday demand for War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates. Banks reported shipments totaling 60 200 on November 20 and conservative estimates project near 250 000 for the season. Governor John A. Calkins urged bankers to promote thrift and curb luxuries by pushing Christmas purchases of government securities.
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Treasury Savings
Federal Reserve District
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury
Twelfth
Amelie
Una Twelfth Federal Reserve District
John A. Calkins
Federal Reserve
Judges Promote War Savings Stamps To Reform Offenders
San Francisco Superior Court and Police Court judges propose replacing fines with War Savings Stamps for misdemeanor cases and certain marital matters. Defendants would buy stamps and hold them to maturity, fostering thrift and better citizenship. Banks and post offices will sell stamps, advertised in the Examiner.
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Superior Court
San Francisco
United States
T. J. Fitzpatrick
San Francisco Benc
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