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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
8
North Carolina school children increasingly study thrift through free Text Books of Thrift from the War Loan Organisation. Pupils form savings societies, earn money with chores, and invest in Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps, using Penny and Nickel Savings Books to build deposits via teacher custody and stamp cards.
A wartime urging encourages buying War Savings Stamps every payday to shield funds from profiteers and graft. The piece compares stamp security to a sharpshooter’s aim, arguing that investing dollars under cover prevents losses and guarantees a high interest with full return when needed.
Apropos biblical proverbs contrasts diligence with sloth. It cites Proverb passages on capital support upholding the diligent before kings, and the lazy man facing harvest beggary. The text blurs with garbled phrasing and stray terms like Holiday era jargon, creating a patchy moral vignette.
J T Fortune appointed administrator of Mrs. C M Harrill deceased Rutherford County North Carolina. He invites all claimants to present claims by January 6 1921 at his Forest City residence and requests debtors to settle promptly.
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