Thrift urged to fight high living costs says Wells Fargo review
San Francisco report urges thrift and lower consumption to curb prices. It cites causes such as profiteering, excess wages, and credit inflation, and urges using Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps for savings. A second bank note echoes the remedy of working full time and cutting waste to reduce the cost of living.
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San Francisco
Treasury
Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank
American National Bank
Number 40 Blood Remedy Endorsed by Evansville Dr Mendenhall
A veteran druggist with 40 years on the job promotes Number 40 For The Blood, claiming universal use in his family and thousands of cases. He cites constipation biliousness stomach and liver troubles chronic rheumatism catarrh eczema and other ailments as conditions it treats, noting it outsells other blood medicines locally.
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J. C. Mendenhall
Evansville
Ind
Profiteers and thrift urged to curb high prices
San Francisco President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia urges thrift and national savings as the best weapon against rising costs. He stresses budgets, productive investment, and War Savings Stamps yielding 4 percent interest, arguing saved dollars grow in value and reduce nonproductive borrowing.
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San Francisco
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Commercial Club
United States
Theovernment
Hand Grenades Used 500 Years Ago in Battle
Washington reports on ancient grenades dating to 1427 at Casamaggliore. It notes the evolution through centuries from grenadiers to Mills Defensive Bombs and explains the government will offer TNT free replicas via banks for souvenirs of the Great War.
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Washington
Casamaggliore
Louis XV
Thrift and War Savings Plan Promoted in 1920s Ad
An advice piece argues the dollar devalues over time and urges saving now through War Savings Stamps. It cites cycles of value, predicting growth by 1924, and quotes Frank Vanderlip on thrift and common sense. It promotes buying W S S with 4 percent interest, claiming $4.20 today becomes $5 by year’s end.
Indistinct wartime note on liberty bonds and liberty time
A garbled fragment discusses liberty bonds becoming more attractive and hints at personal matters related to a wife. The text is unclear and fragmented with no coherent events or names to anchor a summary.
Six Men and One Woman Issued Deportation Warrants
Cleveland officials announce deportation warrants for six men and one woman tied to a plot to terrorize the city and disrupt civic events next May Day. Federal warrants were issued as authorities pursue charges linked to the alleged plan.
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Cleveland
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