Hawkeyes roll up sleeves in government savings contest
Iowa and Nebraska postmasters mobilize for the war savings drive with confident aims of victory. The contest pits the Hawkeyes against the Cornhuskers as neighbor states race for blue ribbon honors. State populations rally to support Uncle Sam’s securities in a four month push.
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Uncle Sam
Iowa
Haas
Nebraska
G. C. Boston
Malvern
State of
Towa
Union
Iowa and Nebraska clash in government savings contest
Iowa postmasters push for a finish fight with Nebraska in a bid to sell Treasury Savings Certificates from July through November 1 1921. Leaders urge citizens to back the campaign, highlighting Iowa’s thrift and past successes while Nebraska seeks to match pace and momentum. Indiana leads Seventh District in per capita sales amid a wartime savings surge.
Only 8 per Cent of World's Savers Are Americans
The savings division of the U S Treasury notes that Americans make up only about eight percent of global savers while nearly 30 percent of world savings are in the United States. It argues many Europeans practice stricter thrift and that France has one savings account for every five inhabitants. The piece promotes US Treasury securities and stamps as safe, profitable means to build personal independence.
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United States
Savings Division
Treasury Department
France
Treasury
Treasury Savings
Half Billion Lost to Stock Sharers
A historical warning claims half a billion dollars vanished from Americans last year through fraudulent stock deals and swindles. It urges safe investing in government savings securities as the secure, profitable option for surplus funds, noting wide suitability from stamps to certificates and guaranteed protection against depreciation.
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Conarrone
Treasury
Every Person Should Save Says Bosworth
William B. Bosworth, director of sales for the government loan organization in the Seventh Federal Reserve district, urges universal ownership of savings securities. He notes his Chicago work across Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Michigan and invites postmasters to contact the Treasury Savings Division at 25 East Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, to boost the movement.
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William B. Bosworth
Sles
Government Loan Organization
Seventh Federal Reserve District
Savings Division
Washington
Mr. Bosworth
Uncle Sam
United States
Treasury Department Savings Division
East Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Illinois
Savings Club on Boom in United States
The Dollar-a-Week Government Savings club grows nationwide with workers joining in plants and stores. Members buy weekly $1 Treasury Savings stamps, exchanging four stamps for a $5 value or twenty for a $25 certificate bearing 4 percent interest. Certificates are short-term, safe, tax-lite, redeemable, and rise in value over time. Any postmaster can initiate new members and anyone can join where savings securities are sold.
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Government Savings Club
United States
Maine
California
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve
Treasury Savings
Loss of Half a Billion in Fraudulent Investments Warns Urging Savings
Over the past year the Savings Division of the U S Treasury reports Americans have lost about 500 million dollars to fraudulent stock and oil investments. The note urges shifting such funds into government savings securities to bolster legitimate trade and national prosperity.
Dollar a Week Club Grows Nationwide in Stamp Program
The Dollar a Week Club expands across the country with buyers of Government $1 Savings Stamps forming a nationwide network. It is especially strong in industrial communities, stores, and offices. Members agree to purchase one stamp weekly and postmasters can initiate new members by adding them to the roll.
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Industral
Fragmentary note on safeguarding and supplies
A fragmented OCR item mentions safeguard for a can and Bayligs with no umbrella, suggesting a notes on preparedness or shelter. Readable entities include Bayligs and safeguard while other details remain unclear.
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Asur Bayligs
Counterfeiter romance ends at Rose Cottage
Nellie Danvers, an orphan girl in the city, befriends two abandoned children after a rough encounter on the beach. A counterfeiter, Adrian Noble, reveals he is innocent of the crimes and seeks redemption. Nellie helps the twins and, after danger, he asks her to marry him and care for the children at Rose Cottage.
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Nellie Danvers
Nellie
Borden Place
Lfe
Rose Cottage
Frampton
Tae
Adrian Noble
Nebie
Miss Danvers
Mysterious Styx Dialogue Quips About Statue Marble
A fragmented dialogue features a shade asking if a sculptor supplied marble for a statue and the shade of Theodore Hook denying it, joking about the consequences of past actions. The garbled text hints at literary satire or a playful pastiche referencing Hook and mythic crossing.
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Styx
Tom
Theodore Hook
Shade of Hook
Ghisel
How Music Helps Shell Shock In War Soldiers
The Society of Vocal Therapy in England trains teachers to guide soldiers and ex-soldiers in supervised singing and breathing. Lt. Col. Sir Frederick Mott reported cases showing musical memory returning before other memories and singers or pianists regaining speech through chorus participation. A aphasic soldier could sing songs despite limited spoken words, eventually regaining speech after a month.
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Society of Vocal Therapy
England
Frederick Mott
Plano
Tipperary
PAPER FROM VENEER WASTE PROSPECTS FOR PULP STOCK
United States forest products laboratory notes veneer waste from fac tories yields high grade paper material. Cores of logs and clippings can be pulp wood. species include red cedar inferred? Keep factual.
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United States Forest Products Laboratory
Scientific American
How Romans Built Roads 2000 Years Ago
The Romans laid four earth chief layers statumen radius nucleus and pavimentum with large flat stones on the base and wear surface. Intervening courses used smaller stones in mortar. Heavy roads carried chariot and packhorse traffic, yet served for about 800 years as the empire�s backbone.
How Miners Are Protected
The United States bureau of mines operates ten mine rescue railroad cars that travel to mines offering first aid and rescue training and aiding in disasters. It also runs eight fixed mine rescue stations with seven equipped with auto rescue trucks serving same. Director BG Cottrell says service to mines and miners is a real, paying one in lives saved and property valued.
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United States Bureau of Mines
Bureau
BG. Cottrell
Expert Hunters Wage War on Savage Beasts
Government hunters target predatory mountain lions wolves and coyotes to protect ranchers on public range lands. Across Roosevelt Arizona New Mexico Wyoming and beyond they kill animals that have destroyed calves colts and sheep with hundreds of head slaughtered and tens of thousands in damage noted.
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Gulliver
Bureau of Geological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Ariz
New Mexico
Wyoming
Uncle Sam
Faces revealing occupation and calling by physiognomy
Authors discuss a broadly accepted idea that certain professions imprint recognizable facial types. Medical practitioners note these faces aid validating patient histories, while cabmen, butlers, and grooms often show telling expressions. The piece mentions legal, musical, dramatic, and military faces as part of broad classification.
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Sherlock Holmes
How Secrets May Be Preserved and Lost in Disappearing Paper
A French report describes a disappearing paper that dissolves after a set period, revealing how synthetic inks hide writings until exposed. The paper is prepared by acid treatment with strength tuned to desired longevity, breaking down over time to destroy the writing and erase the record.
How Carbon Black Is Made From Gas Waste
How carbon black is produced by burning off gas or using natural gas. Gas-derived carbon is darker and better quality than other sources. Gas burners on moving steel channels deposit carbon, which is scraped off as the channels slide past each other. Only 1.5 percent of gas carbon is recovered, wasting gas. Scientists seek methods to produce carbon from gas without combustion by mixing gases, per Popular Science Monthly.
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Popular Science Monthly
Searchlight Test Describes Beam Intensity Measurement
The article details a rigorous test of searchlights used in warfare and other uses. Elaborate instruments gauge beam intensity while a long yardstick spans 2,800 yards, supported on trestles at regular intervals, serving as the measuring tool for the beam.
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Ohio
Indiana
Winds
Wisconsin
Tinois
Michigan
Bosworth
Wm. B. Bosworth
U. S. Treasury Department
Frederick Clarke
Western Newspaper Union
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