Government Baby Bonds Make Christmas Gifts Worth While
Uncle Sam offers the $100 Treasury Savings certificate at $84.40 in November with $100 on January 1, 1924. The $1,000 certificate costs $844 now and yields a full thousand in five years. War Savings stamps cost $4.22 in November and $4.23 in December, with Thrifts at 25 cents. Certificates are registered and kept in Washington. purchase through post offices, banks, or direct from the Seventh District War Savings office in Chicago. Work Save Succeed WS&S S.
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Sam
Treasury
Treasury Savings
Washington
Seventh District War Savings Organization
West Monroe Street
Chicago
Ill
War Savings Stamp Song Parody in a 1940s pamphlet
A short verse recounts a little man trading a gun for thrift stamps and a book of happy sayings. Humpty Dumpty is cited as wasting money until War Savings Stamps guide him to save. The piece promotes thrift and government savings notes with a chorus urging purchase.
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Joan
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty
Thrift is Habit Get It
A promotional blurb describes thrift as a habit learned unconsciously. It suggests habits start small like lion cubs and grow daily, eventually ruling a person’s behavior.
Thrift Habit Advised as Rule for Earns and Spends
Elbert Hubbard urges readers to choose thrift as the rule over their lives. He defines thrift as earning more than spending and claims it shapes financial discipline.
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Elbert Hubbard
Liberty Bond Interest Prompts U S Savings Reinvestments
The U S government plans a major payout on November 15 with Liberty bond interest totaling 148 517 248 to be reinvested in War Savings stamps and Treasury Savings certificates. Investors are urged to reinvest coupons to grow purchasing power, with 4 percent interest compounded quarterly.
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Uncle Sam
Thrift Adage Promotes Saving and Future Security
A Quaker acrostic extolls saving and thrift as the path to financial security moralizing that prudent spending leads to future interest and productive use of resources. The verse emphasizes restraint and foresight as keys to stability.
Armistice Day Celebrations Amid Snow at Sheldon
Misses Ella Stegemann Meyn and Frieda Brendle visited Sheldon for Armistice Day events as stores closed nationwide. A large local crowd attended, with ninety three full fares and seven half fares sold at the Sheldon depot. snow disrupted programs and trains ran crowded. Northwest region lies under six inches of snow signaling a tough winter ahead.
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Ella Stegemann
Ella Meyn
Sheldon
Frieda Brendle
Boxden
Hull News Highlights Local Happenings and Sales
Mrs Sheldon’s sale drew strong prices and praise. Kate Mulder assisted in Rock Valley, while a WRC farewell honored Mrs Sheldon and Mrs Sheldon with silver tablespoons. The area saw farm produce sales, visits from Le Mars and Canada, a Halloween party, medical notes, relocations, and a push for a local American Legion post.
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Kate Mulder
Rock Valley
Henry Korthals
For sale four dozen chickens and local notices
For sale four dozen chickens about nine months old. Mr and Mrs Henry Rohde are proud parents of a baby boy born October 28. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Wm Bothof and Mrs Rosenboom who visited Sheldon on Monday and Tuesday. Minnie Rohde resumed duties at the People's Store after a two week vacation. On Friday afternoon November 14 a congregational meeting will be held at the U P Church to discuss important matters. A call will be extended to Rev McConnel of Kansas. Rev Porter of Stockings SD will moderate the call. Everyone who can attend should be present Remember Friday at 2:00 PM.
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Lymon Timmers
Henry Rohde
Wm. Bothof
Rosenboom
Sheldon
Minnie Rohde
People’s Store
U. P
McConnel
Kansas
Porter
Btockings
S. D
Sale Calendar Auctioneered Dates for Local Listings
The document lists names with specific dates including Herman Meyn January 28 January 29 1920 and K C Sheldon November 2d, plus other individuals like Anna R Meyn February 5th and Dick Heusinkveld. Auctioneer Ben J Meylink requests early submission of dates.
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Herman Meyn
K. C. Sheldon
Anna R. Meyn
Henry Westra
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W.S.S
U.S
W.S. S
Brother Sandy
B.S
Liberty
U. S. Savings
United States
Hull News
WRC
G. A. Sheldon
W. A. Daanen
the Farmers Co-Operative Association
New York
John Claerbout
le Mars
Saeger
Hull
J. W. McDearmid
Canada
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Hallowe'en
Frances Sawyer
M. T. Moeller
Near
Carmel
J. W Ffoumer
John Langhout
Langhout
Walter Bolks
Sioux City
Cherokee
Fred Wegener
R. T. Fobes
Hattie
Geo. Sheldon
Emma
Long Beach
Calif
John de Vries
John
J. A. Saeger Sr
Jake Gorzeman
Herman Ver Steeg
Herman Beckman
Gorzeman
American Legion
American Reformed Church
Meylink
Thomas DeJong
Perkins
John A DeWeert
Rock Rapids
Iowa
Ben J. Meylink
J. H. Breuer
Breuer
Will Vis
Niekerk & Vis
Dick Heusinkveld
P. H. Brunsting
Johnny Murphy
Dim den Hartog
John Vande Stouwe
Ben Grooters
D. Kroon
Kort Victoria
D. Bouma
Johnny Sullivan
Ben Vander Koos
Dick Oostenink
P. Vander Lust
C. Gorzeman
Wiebo Visser
DeRoos
Ilenny Fikse
Roy
Painter
Roy Warthen
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