How Others Lay Away Their Goin Now
A collage of short vignettes from Texas and Oklahoma about saving through War Savings and Thrift Stamps. Examples include a Dallas newspaper man buying a 6000 home with quarterly payments, a Sulphur Springs agent keeping premiums ready, Denyton clerks saving five percent of wages, a Plainview woman paying a quarter to fund Thrift Stamps, a Beaumont couple saving for their child’s college, a traveling salesman converting half dollars into Thrift Stamps, and farmers using Thrift shoats to fund War Ravines Stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Boyd Clothing
Denyton
Plainview
Beaumont
Durant
Okla
Vulcanizing Rubber and the Goodyear Story
The article recounts Charles Goodyear's quest to make rubber durable through vulcanization. It details his trials, hardships, and breakthrough with heat and sulfur, the naming of the process, and the growth of the American rubber industry from 1879 to 1918, noting most crude rubber is processed in American mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annals of Invention
Charles Goodyear
John Martin
Connecticut
Goodyear
Briar Grove Regular Correspondence Describes Weather and Visits
Pleasant weather with two rains this week follows a Friday night storm that damaged crops especially corn. Cotton chopping resumes this week and vacation plans form for late July and August. Local families, including the Ishams, Gaffords, Howells, and Robersons, share visits, cream making, and a Sunday singing event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Isham
Cross Roads
Dick Isham
Dave Gafford
Dock Isham
S. M. Howell
SICO REGISTERED TREASURY SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
The U S Treasury issues four percent registered savings certificates backed by the nation. They pay quarterly interest and are cashable on demand at purchase price plus earned interest. Sold only at banks and post offices, these $100 certificates cost about eighty dollars this month and mature January 1, 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Post
Treasury
People Save With War Savings Stamps Across Texas Towns
The article notes Joshua, Denison, and Utley residents saving at post offices with War Savings Stamps and Registered Treasury Savings Certificates. Joshua averages over $2 per person, Denison’s 17,000 residents invest over 37 cents per person monthly, and Utley shows more than $20 per person since January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua
Texas
Treasury Savings
Denison
Utley
Bastrop County
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Ioshut County
Briar Grove
Robersonville
8. M. Howell
Indian Creek
Margerett
Mattie May Gafford
Jewell
Virgie D
Woodrow Howell
Hilton Roberson
HWA
Wilson
Allen Hardware
Hercules
Bradley
Higginbotham’s
SICO
U. S. Treasury Department
United States
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