Texas Pupils Stockholders of Government Reach in Thrift Drive
Texas pupils across six towns report large holdings in Government Savings Securities through Thrift and War Savings stamps. Schools in Lorena San Antonio Farmersville Jasper Waxahachie and others show substantial sums per class with average per pupil ranges noted. The drive is praised for financial literacy and will continue next season.
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Dallas
Texas
Savings Division of
The
United States Treasury
Annie Webb Blanton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lorena School
Modena Griffin
Farmersville High School
A. M. Blackman
R. Reece
Governmen Savings Securities
M. Robbins
Jasper
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
Government
Eva Griscard
Waxahachie
G. B. Winn
Miss Kizzard
Death of Friendship Certified by a Lost Investment
In Brownwood Texas a man recounts buying a $100 stock certificate from a neighbor who sold it to please him. The value collapsed and the two men joke about mourning the loss as a lesson in safer investments. The salesman admires his son’s War Savings Stamps and supports stronger school savings education.
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Jack Sheppard
London
Sheppard
Wild
Newgate
Brownwood
Téxias
Speculators Incur Heavy Loss Says Dallas Banker
Nathan Adams a Dallas bank vice president with about 20 million in deposits says over 95 percent of off stock investments are a loss. He argues if buyers had invested in War Savings Stamps and Treasury Certificates their holdings would be worth more today. He calls thrift stamps a safeguard against stock salesman speculation.
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Nathan Adams
Dallas
Treasury
Stock salesmen chase Liberty Bonds in trade for securities
Convincing stock salesmen gather in Liberty Bonds at market value in exchange for securities they claim yield higher income. Their eagerness to trade suggests their dazzling dividend promises are painted for buyers, since they offer securities claiming 10 to 20 percent for Liberty Bonds at just over 5 percent. They believe the Liberties are the better investment.
Blood brother vows vengeance for Essad Pasha assassination
A French writer’s sensational Excelsior story claims Essad Pasha’s Balkan ally, once a poor Constantinople card player, now rich in France, swore vengeance thirty years ago for the leader’s murder. The piece portrays a “blood brother” awaiting retribution in a quiet France.
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Paris
Essad Pasha
The
Excelsior
France
Abdul Hamid
Constantinople
Blood brothers sworn under Albanian customs tale
Essad Pasha, fearing he would be defied, pressed a revolver on the table while demanding a play. The other man allegedly placed down his dagger and, after a threat, became blood brothers by exchanging small wounds and blood, a ritual of sworn unity.
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Essad Pasha
Albanian Avenger on Trial in Downtown Shooting Case
Rustem Avent is on trial after a shooting in the downtown district. A student, described as an avenger of Albanian wrongs, pledged to keep an oath but hopes the French courts will render intervention unnecessary.
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Rustem Avent
Essad
Padine Hhter
Cardus credited by Mrs Kilman for six years of health
Rouse City Texas woman Mary Kilman recounts severe postnatal side pain leading to months of bed rest. After doctor visits and worsening agony she tried Cardus at her husband’s urging. She says relief began after half a bottle and three bottles cured her, with no further trouble for six years.
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Cardus
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