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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
4
Fulton County Tribune reports on a second class matter under review with details placeholder due to OCR issues. The readable text references a local matter and confirms ongoing processing by county officials.
A jumble of sale notices and personal items from Wauseon Ohio lists autos and parts for sale, tractors, a Shetland pony, motorcycles, chickens, farm tools, and real estate. Local names appear alongside addresses and phone numbers with church events and family visits noted, plus farm equipment and livestock ads.
Fragmentary prayer line cites Psalms 19 13 34 and asks for protection from drink, strength and redemption referenced, with archaic phrasing indicating devotional reading or excerpt.
Ohio War Savings Committee selects educators for the first Children’s Thrift Congress to be held in Columbus October 22 and 23. School systems including Cincinnati Mansfield and Lebanon report record per pupil War Savings Stamp sales, with standout leaders cited. Each county will send a student as school senator to represent the community.
Ohio postmasters led government war savings certificate sales in April. Top first class official S A Kinnear of Columbus sold 105 900 with M J Murphy of Cleveland second at 54 500 and Forest L May of Dayton third at 21 900. Second and third class offices followed with leaders including William Alexander of Miamisburg and John C Gorman of Ironton.
Ohio sales of War Savings Stamps exceed three million dollars in April and account for about twenty percent of national totals. Postmasters and letter carriers, aided by school children, propel the Buckeye state to lead as New York struggles to close the gap.
Interchurch survey shows 54 percent of the nation paying rent with New York leading. In Manhattan 97 of 700 residents pay monthly to landlords, forcing families to move as housing costs soar and church networks fray.
Ohio War Savings Committee offers a 2 1/2 ton five passenger Monitor touring car to the postmaster with the highest per capita War Savings Stamp sales May through July. A Logan Ohio carrier leads with 23000 dollars in sales, while others named include Sloane Athens Reed Lancaster and Brown Logan. Winners travel Aug 10 for a ten day Great Lakes tour including Buffalo Detroit Mackinac Island and Chicago.
Columbus special reports Don Tobin treasury publicity director lauds Ohio newspapers for country and city press backing War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates amid a weak newspaper market. He says Ohio leads in sales due to loyal, race free support across papers urging purchase of War Savings Stamps as the guaranteed safe investment.
The Monitor Motor Car Company of Columbus donates a touring car as a prize for the Ohio War Savings Committee contest. H. B. Warwick cites Buckeye pride and local support as officials named A V Donahey Harvey Smith James Campbell and James Faulkner serve as judges. Letter carriers rally to secure the car for their postmaster. War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates are praised for safe, appreciating value with monthly gains.
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