Grenade Bank Safer Savings Plan for Industrial Workers
The Government Savings Societies will distribute war souvenir hand grenade banks to industrial workers. Each bank stores dime or penny savings and replaces explosive content with a treasury stake. Workers buy three War Savings Stamps or one monthly stamp to receive a bank through their plant society.
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United States
America
Jndusteis
Government Saving Societies of America
Courtes
Europe
United States Treasury
Harry Edwards Clay
War Loan Organization
Seventh Federal Reserve District
War Savings Society
Treasury Savings Certificates Introduced Across Seventh District
New Treasury Savings Certificates issued in registered form to prevent theft. Priced at 109 and 1000, they mature January 1, 1924, and pay 4 percent interest compounded quarterly. Available at post offices and agent banks, with purchaser name inscribed on each certificate. Monthly price increases. tax benefits exclude inheritance, war profits, and excess profits taxes.
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Cress
Treasury
Treasury Savings
Incorporated ‘Winks and Trust Companies
Treasury Department
Washington
Old Man Tests Teller by Withdrawing Then Restoring Funds
An elderly Black man visits a bank and asks for all his deposited money without explanation. After the teller pays out the cash he returns to the window and, after a long pause, rethreads the bills back through the slot. He grins and explains he wanted to see if it was all there.
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Harper's Weekly
Facias decensua described by ancients in modern eyes
Puck notes a playful local item about urban street life and a general sense of novelty in contemporary manners. The column hints at evolving slang and observations on daily routines in a bustling city setting.
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Sn Eaay Street
Puck
His Last Card Meets a Card Shortage
An archdeacon hires a youth as a footman to deliver cards at a string of houses. After visiting many leads, the final house demands two cards but the servant reveals he has only the ace of spades left.
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Thomas
Thom
Extreme Measure Prompts Ruthless Marriage Question
Dialogue hints at pressures surrounding marriage prospects with a sharp exchange about alternatives. The snippet implies a social or familial constraint shaping a union without revealing specific individuals or events.
Sligat Mistake in a Bystander Odd Exchange
A facetious bystander scolds a German band member for advertising. The exchange features mock German phrases and comic miscommunications as a wind-jammer defends the self praise. Herald note mentions AUS and payment.
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Dia
Alretty
Take Twenty Steps Toward Home Ownership in 1920s Savings
The article urges owners to invest in War Savings stamps and Treasury Savings certificates as the path to a solid home. It explains low-cost steps, growth from small deposits, and the benefit of compounding interest to reach a 1924 Treasury maturity value, promoting thrift for homeowners.
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Treasury Savings
Put Family on Safety Lane With War Savings Stamps
A sales pitch explains buying War Savings stamps as a plan for future needs. Two hundred stamps bought this year become 1000 dollars in 1924 for office gear, a car, education, or rainy day funds. One hundred become 500, fifty 250. Stamps offer safe, convenient investments through the War Savings System with guaranteed 4 percent or more.
Four Good Rules For Future Welfare
Four rules advise personal finance habits including regular savings a weekly or monthly portion. Invest part of savings in government securities such as War Savings stamps and Treasury Savings certificates. Each expense should be recorded at full value and purchases utilized fully.
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Treasury
Relief fund seeks 350000000 for Balkan Jewry aid
American Jewish relief investigators report dire need among Jews in Serbia Bulgaria and Romania. Food clothing and staples are scarce. typhus tuberculosis and hunger hit hard. The fund aims to aid about 350000 people with continued shipments from New York and supports relief across Balkans Galacia and neighboring regions.
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New York
Balkan
American Jewish Reef Committee
Serbia
Isaac Alalay
Belgrade
Old
Bulgaria
Hetty Goldman
Sophia
Romania
Miss Goldman
Roumania
Bucharest
Jassy
Balkan Countries
Constanza
Toummala
American Jewish Relief Committee
Louis Marshall
Balkans
Poland
Galicia
Czecho-Slovakia
United States
Local Drapery and Home Goods Ad Promises Fresh Styles
An old advertisement notes clothing related goods and house items including draperies and wallpaper. It suggests trying products and mentions a druggist can supply or order them. The tone is promotional and practical for shoppers.
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Serrie
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Ilis
Rerali
Herald
Aus
Rome
Willard Batteries
Burdick
LEE
Goodyear
U. S. Cord
Free Air—Free Water
Greencastle Battery Company
Blue
San
Brunswick Tires
Evens & Moffett
North Side Square
Carey
Cra
Ruhr
Jones
National School of Auctioneering
Robert M. McHaffie
Stilesville, Indiana
A. J. Duff
East Walnut Street
J.K. Langdon & Co
Hamilton
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