Uncle Sam's Army of Savers Opens Thrift Drive for Youth
With school reopening, Uncle Sam's Army of Savers mobilizes youths to buy 25-cent thrift stamps and earn promotions through Savings Division of the Treasury. Banks for summer savings issued to members to fund investments in government securities. The program aims to teach thrift in schools and encourage practice of saving money with patriotic service.
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Uncle Sans Army of Lavers
Federal Reserve
Uncle Sam
Army of Savers
Savings Division
Treasury Department
Uncle Sam's Army of Savers
Uncle Sam’s Army of Savers
Government Savings Securities Promise Safe Growth At 4 Percent
Government Savings Securities offered at post offices encourage regular saving with a guaranteed 4 percent interest compounding quarterly. They are safe, easily cashed, and shielded from market fluctuations by Treasury backing, with three types available including War Savings Stamps and Treasury Certificates. Certificates redeemable at maturity after five years.
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United States
Treasury Department
Washington
Treasury
Treasury Savings
Powdered the Rene in a garden tale of vanity
A stenographer waters a garden with face powder, painting roses white and red to mimic herself. She explains her aim to make each flower as pretty as she is, provoking a wry line about Mother Nature’s limits from Folwell in Leslie’s.
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Arthur
H. Folwell
Leslie
The Story of Our States Alabama origin and history
The article traces Alabama's discovery by De Soto in 1540 and early claims by England and France. It notes Fort St. Louis 1702, Mobile founding, Mobile as former capital, and transfer to the United States in 1818 before Alabama’s 1819 statehood. It discusses the name Alabama and its debated meaning and the state's area of 61,993 square miles.
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North Carolina
Butt
Fort St. Louis
Moblie Bay
Mobile
Louisiana
France
Mississippi
England
Alabamna
IlInois
West Florida
Spain
United States
de Soto
Plantation
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
How Camera Got Its Name From Light Writing Origins
Montreal Fawly Hernid explains the origin of photography terms. He notes that photography means light writing from Greek pho tos and grapho and discusses camera obscura as the dark chamber. The piece traces camera from Greek kamnara through Latin and French into English.
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Meaos
Montreal
Oak Apple Day in England Celebrated May 29
Rural England keeps Oak Apple Day alive, marking the birth of Charles II in 1630 and his restoration. Parliament decreed every May 29 be celebrated in churches to give thanks for the king’s return to power and peaceable authority.
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England
Sleepy Hollows
Silas Marner
Charles
How to Tell Poisonous Mushrooms from Edible
The key is gill color, purple brown when mature, since white gilled varieties are often deadly. Check stem shape and ring presence, noting whether the base is bulbous and sheathed with scales. A mushroom matching these traits is likely safe to avoid, since only one rare species with a disagreeable taste is to be avoided.
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Net
Naturally Indignant Over Sunday School Abandonment
Melvin was taken to Sunday school by his two older brothers but was neglected after. A neighbor found him crying and took him home. Upon arrival he expressed sharp indignation stamping his foot and saying you took me down there and lost me.
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Melvin
Cicely
Lulu
Sophie
Mr. Linton
Linton
Gyp
Sonlife
Cleely
Iis
Hiim
First Greek Letter Society Phi Beta Kappa Founded
Phi Beta Kappa, the first Greek letter society, formed at the College of William and Mary on December 6 1776 as a secret social and literary club. It evolved into an honorary fraternity admitting men and women based on scholarship.
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Ife
William and Mary College
Johns Hopkins University
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Maryland
Baltimore City
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Queen Anne
Act of Assembly
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Calvert
Kent
Montgomery
Prince George’s
Somerset
Washington
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St. John’s College
Washington College
Western Maryland College
University of Maryland
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Mount St. Mary’s College
Rock Hill College
Cicely's Mud Romance on a Muddy Road to the Club
In a 1921 McClure Syndicate tale, Linton and Cicely face a perilous treacherous journey to a golf club as rain-swollen banks and mud threaten their plans. When their car sinks and a terrier is saved, Cicely acknowledges Linton's quiet bravery and hints at a future reward beyond wealth.
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Bankses
Pater
Mater
Sophie
Lulu
Mamma Gray
Cieely
Egypt
Cicely
Olyimpus
Banksbush
Joy Thief Neighbors Sap Happiness From New Car
A Detroit Free Press excerpt warns against neighbors destroying another’s joy. A man celebrates a new car, but nearby critics fear axle and oil-pump troubles. The piece argues true happiness comes from personal enjoyment, not external praise.
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Sleve
Brown
Detmlt Free Press
Factory 6 000 Years Old Unearthed in Wales
S Nazzledine Warren reports to the Royal Anthropological Society that a vast ancient ammunitions complex in Wales yielded stone axes and a large scrapplie-stone finished but shattered by a blow. He cites it as early evidence of cooperative labor and links warlike motive to hunting-ground control and trade wars.
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Wales
S. Nazzledine Warren
Royal Anthropological Society
London
Fragmentary Quote About Wings and Destiny
A fragmentary quotation asserts that every word guides one toward a throne of God and changes the soul forever, attributed to Loddl.
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