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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
6
The War Savings Organization of Indiana launches a house to house thrift education drive starting June 23. It seeks pledges for Thrift and War Savings stamps, gives households budget tools, distributes literature, and promotes spare time work for youths to save during vacation.
Treasury slogan Keep the Dollars Growing guides Indiana War Savings Committee head Robert B. Springsteen. The Indiana group urges citizens to turn Liberty Bond coupons into War Savings Stamps to keep dollars growing.
Mr. Springsteen notes June 15 as pay day in the United States with Uncle Sam owing $36,000,658.00 in interest on the first Liberty Loan. He urges exchanging interest coupons at post offices or banks for War Savings Stamps at 4 percent compounded quarterly, urging saving to support government expenses.
A concise verse extols small contributions from every patriotic soul rather than high earnings or vast wealth. It emphasizes valuing nickels and pennies as the daily income of citizenship.
Ruin comes to all and seeks the young, not behind but before. Two paths marked clearly lead toward danger, and only those who travel them will meet it. Parents should know where daughters are each night to keep peace in homes. The piece urges guardianship of girls as precious possessions.
A lighthearted dialogue captures a husband and wife sparring over emotions with the remark that a married man never cries. The quip highlights domestic humor as their first year of marriage nears completion without a tear.
A July 11 1919 letter from Everett B E Lowry in Chicago encloses a check for one year’s subscription to the Montezuma Enterprise. It asks that the paper be sent to 480 Roslyn Place and extends wishes for success to the editor.
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