Bedrock School Children Share War Saving Plans
Two Redrock students Margaret Gordon Orr and Rosa B Porter describe personal wartime actions buy War Savings Stamps, conserve paper and food, and support the Red Cross. They pledge to cook, wash, and knit, urging others to save money for Thrift Stamps and to follow meatless and wheatless days to aid the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Margaret Gordon Orr
School Dist
Redrock
Germany
Belgium
Red Cross Society
Rosa B. Porter
How I Can Save to Help Win the War
A child explains saving food to aid the war effort by avoiding candy and bread and by observing meatless Tuesdays and wheatless Wednesdays to conserve supplies for Uncle Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Consumers urged to stockpile Montana coal for winter
Helena reports coal will be in demand next year as the fuel administration maps distribution zones to keep mines operating. Montana stores are urged to build bins and prepare for higher summer prices set at 3.76 and to ship Montana coal to the Dakotas to meet demand. Retail margins will be reviewed to promote efficient handling, while notices of homestead and land sales are listed toward April and May 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Fuel Administration
United States Fuel Administration
Montana
H. A. Garfield
Dakotas
U. S. Fuel Administration
Washington
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Robert Fh. Melton
Dillon
Range
Meridian
F. A. Hazelbaker
United States
Carleton Innes
Frank Gordon James O. Melton
Edward Saunders
Jos. Oker
Register
U. S. Land Office
Henry Murphy
Fred Rife
District Court
Walter Stinson
Charles Carlson
John Albers
Daniel Brockman
Apex
JOS. Okhgr
Commissioner of the
General Land Office
R. S
Fred A. Randolph
Township
Montana Meridian
Effie D. McNinch
Margaret Roe Sees War Aid Through Thrift Stamps and Knitting
Margaret Roe of School District No. 14 Redrock explains her war effort by knitting sweaters and washcloths for soldiers, selling Thrift Stamps to fund military aid, and joining the American Junior Red Cross Society. she has purchased fifty dollars in stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Junior Red Cross Society
Margaret Roe
Redrock
War Time Savings and School Knitting for Victory
Muriel Roe urges wartime thrift by saving sugar, flour, meat, and fat through weekly wheatless and meatless days and porkless Saturdays. She knits a sweater and wristlets and saves money to buy Thrift Stamps, hoping all U.S. children contribute a penny daily to support Uncle Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
United States
Muriel Roe
School Dist
Redrock
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Tribune Book
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Housewives
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Crystal Laundry
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Mazda
Dillon Electric Supply
Bedrock
Red Cross
C. W. Stallings
Bannach, Myr
Stallings
Bannack Mining & Milling Company
DR. Price
Independence Boulevard
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Regs
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Ditty & Sheppard Auto Co
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