Government Thrifts Aim Drives War Savings Societies
Government seeks thrift through War Savings Societies expanding across the United States. Treasury officials back the movement to replenish the treasury and instill personal value in thrift, promising four percent compound growth. Organisers tour Missouri, Arkansas, and Kentucky, aiming to have counties and cities in the Eighth District formed by January 1. The plan limits individual purchases to 1,000 in the baby bond series.
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Weabington
United States
Treasury Department
Department
Washington
L. A. Wilson
St. Louis
War Savings Organization
Federal Reaerve
War Savings Movement
Missouri
Arkansas
Kentucky
U. S. Treasury
Wale Go Vial
Eve to the Rescue in a Hotel Lounge Encounter
Eve waits for Teddy at a hotel lounge but he is late. She meets war correspondent John Travers, a charming British officer, and the pair share tea and dance. Their flirtation deepens as Eve contemplates helping Travers after his lectures, hoping for a future meeting in England.
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Eve
Teddy
Kive
Walter
Britight
Rve
John Travers
Travers
New York
Tam
Ravers
Baye
Eve Cow
Cortexpondent
Dante
Jobo ‘Travers
Suster
England
Alngle
First Real Money Earned by a Farmer's Wife
A farmer's wife recalls never holding money until the War Savings Stamps campaign. She explains buying stamps with her modest earnings from dairy and grocery tasks, and the pride of having real money when stamps mature. Her resolve echoes the era’s push to save and contribute to the war effort.
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Jim
Billy
Bernd
War Savings
Cam Slong
Mary
Birds in Flight Measured by French Air Observers
In a candid note on aerial observation, French airmen report migrating birds' heights and speeds. Swallows average 700 yards, wild ducks about 1800 yards, and green plovers around 2150 yards, with ducks speeding upward at 664 mph and horizontally at 69 mph. Additional reports cite swallows 400 feet above observers and a bombardment-era sighting of 200 golden plovers driven higher by chaotic conditions.
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Thim
Balesmen Speak On Manners And Work Ethic
The article extols pleasant manners and self discipline for tradesmen. It warns against arrogance and slovenliness, urging calm speech, clean appearance, modest dress, and consistent hard work. It contrasts imagined praise with common gossip about workers who boast rather than labor.
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Tim Jones
Jim Ia
Magasine
Scotland's Water Power Potential from Waterfalls
Scotland's Water Power official Tite estimated that about 1,000,000 horsepower could be extracted from the nation's waterfalls, signaling vast energy prospects and industrial implications for hydroelectric development and regional power supply.
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Scotland
Tite
Man Builds Home With War Savings Stamps
A Washington war worker and family face eviction as living costs rise. He had quietly invested in War Savings Stamps, growing from incidental savings to funds for a new suburban home. With accrued interest, stamps funded the first payment, and he later refused a $1,200 markup, choosing financial independence through thrift.
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Washington
Svar
Blowell
Pean Wold
Plain Print on War Savings Certificates Explained
The article explains that War Savings Certificates and Thrift Cards display clear terms. It notes the certificates pay back the purchase price plus one cent per month for each stamp held, making their value easy to calculate. It urges holders not to accept less than full value when circumstanced to redeem.
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Glass
Mother Goose Up-to-Date Item
A fragmented note notes Jack and Jo climbing life’s hill with no starter or War Savings Stamp, reflecting wartime thrift and reductions in savings efforts. The text is garbled but implies financial strain and public savings programs.
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Mother Goose
Jack
M.C
Wanamaker on Youth, Money, and Ambition
John Wanamaker argues that boys who waste their youth on spending money squander their future. He warns that living week by week or month by month keeps them on a treadmill, leaving them further from their ambitions as the year ends.
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John Wanamaker
Makeshift as It Was A Stranger In The Neighborhood
A strange family moved into the area and Robert met the small son who revealed the man was not James' real father but a second-handed one. The exchange shows community doubt about the newcomer.
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Robert
Hoy
James
iInamime
Chicago Tribune
Memorial Tablet for Horace Greeley in Vermont
The Vermont Press Association placed a memorial tablet on the old East Poultrey building where a ragged fourteen year old boy worked as an apprentice in 1825. The boy, Borave Greeley, gained his first craft in printing at the Northern Spectator office, a counter weekly newspaper.
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Horace Greeley
Vermont Press Association
East Poultrey
Arta
Borave Greeley
Northern Spectator
Couner
Deacon Smith's Barn Becomes Pulpit Text Clue
A hunter and a boy encounter a riddle after a late night search. The man preaches on Job seeking time, while the boy mishears and exclaims a humorous misidentification of the deacon’s barn as the hunted location.
By Products and Their Roles in Industry Unclear Text
Fragmentary passage discusses by products in various industries including hunting hides feathers lumber and coal coke. The text is garbled with many misspellings and nonstandard phrases, offering no clear event or date.
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Gil
Mad Musiciana the Greatest Proportion of Tunation
Fragmentary OCR notes describe professionals including musicians civil servants clergy writers and army men. The text questions editors and Love, weaving an unclear satire on societal roles and ambition. No clear event or outcome is documented.
These Days of Hysteria and the Chess Decline
The Los Angeles Times laments a drift from chess as society speeds into an 8 steam heated civilization. It recalls Paul Morphy of New Orleans as a past chess wizard and notes scarce time for study for pure learning.
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Tita
Paul Mohy
New Orleans
Los Angeles Times
Couldn't Find Any Laughs From The Tank Town Tour
Vorlek Hem recalls one good laugh during the tour as a sher if attempted to attach our por office receipts, per Leulevii Coorter Jouronl.
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Vorlek Hem
Sherif
Leulevii Coorter Jouronl
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