Every Person Should Save Says Bosworth
William B. Bosworth, director of sales for the government loan organization in the Seventh Federal Reserve district, urges broad participation in savings securities. He notes past work in Washington and Chicago and calls for distribution and total sales across Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Michigan. He praises savings securities as the best investment and urges postmasters to support state contests coordinated by the Treasury Savings Division.
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William B. Bosworth
Government Loan Organization
Seventh Federal Reserve District
Washington
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 is expanding nationwide from Maine to California. The Seventh Federal Reserve district led early growth as workers join plants and stores to purchase weekly one dollar Treasury Savings Stamps, exchanging four for a five dollar stamp or twenty for a 25 dollar certificate. These notes bear 4 percent interest, are safe, redeemable, and appreciate in value. membership is open and inclusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Savings Club
United States
Maine
California
Federal Reserve District
Fraud losses from stock and oil deals top half billion
The Savings Division of the U S Treasury reports that in the last year Americans lost about five hundred million dollars to fraudulent stock and oil schemes. Had this sum been invested in government savings securities it would have supported legitimate trade and industry and benefited the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savings Division
U. S. Treasury Department
Figures on ancient clay seal link Abraham era to Ur kings
Dr Legrain of the University of Pennsylvania’s Babylonian section studies a clay seal showing two figures, one standing and one seated, dating to the era of the Chaldees. The seated figure may depict Shi Lin the last king of Ur, and the tablet served as a seal and postage stamp for a sack of money sent to Shulpae by Ur’s high priest.
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Abraham
Lesgrain
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Legrain
Shi-Lin
Tstuael
Shulpae
Temple
Too Healthy for Medicine Tristan da Cunha’s remote haven
The chaplain of the British cruiser Dartmouth describes Tristan da Cunha as an unspoiled refuge with no money taxes doctors lawyers or policemen. News arrives rarely from the isolated island where epidemics are unknown and the only habitable spot lies on a narrow fertile tongue at the base of sheer cliffs.
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Tristan da Cunha
Dartmouth
Tristan
South
Adlaantic
South Africa
South America
St. Ifelena
Wrong Number Sends Back Auto Tags Mix Up
Mrs New Auto owner excitedly tells her husband over the phone that the auto tags came by aimil but must be sent back. The numbers differ from last year and a six figure license was obtained by the husband hoping for a nicer number, ending with a good laugh for the wife. She learns something new about autos each day.
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Aimil
Pellagra and Income in South Carolina Mills
A three year study by the U S public health service found pellagra varies inversely with family income in South Carolina cotton mill communities. As income falls disease rises and spreads within families. as income rises disease drops and is rare in the highest income group. A large life insurer notes improved food standards among Southern workers and a drop in pellagra death rate from 6.7 per 100 000 in 1915 to 2.8 in 1919.
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South Carolina
United States Public Health Service
Gasoline Waste Found In NYC Tunnels Says Study
A. C. Kieldner of the United States Bureau of Mines reports that about one third of gasoline used in cars is wasted. Experiments under New York tunnels traffic conditions cite excessive gasoline mixtures as the main cause of air pollution and fuel waste. An improved and practical adjustment could reduce this loss.
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A. C. Kieldner
United States Bureau of Mines
New York City
Airpower Display At Kelly Field Impresses Sentries
A parade of S I aircraft from Sikes De Havilands Fokkers Spads and Capronis lined the hangars at Kelly Field as Gen Nivelle passed. The squadron formations formed and lifelike engine tests ran with every motor starting in minutes despite a 35 mph northerly wind. The A S M S pilots joined the pursuit and bombing groups proving the mechanics could handle both wrench and stick under pressure.
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Kelly Field
Robert Georges Niveltto
S.l
S.I
de Havilands
Texas
American Service Bulletin
Man Misses Roll by Narrow Margin in Chicago
A cheerful Black man near Sher idan road and Irving Park boulevard nearly wins money as a reporter finds a small roll. The man cheerfully guesses seven dollars but the reporter says otherwise, then concedes the funniest moment of a near win.
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Chicago
Sheridan Road
Irving Park Boulevard
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Five Greek rulers failed end by death or abdication
The National Geographic Society Bulletin notes that Greece or the modern Hellenic kingdom has had five rulers, none serving to natural end. The sequence includes an assassinated early president, Otto of Bavaria deposed in 1862, George of Schleswig-Holstein ruling 51 years and assassinated in 1913, Constantine deposed in 1915, and Alexander’s death in an unusual accident.
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Greece
Otto
Bavaria
George
Schleswig-Holstein
Constantine
Alexander
National Geographic Society Bulletin
Desired Money's Worth
Five year old Noel gets three teeth extracted at the dentist and is told the charge. He learns the bill was three dollars and quips he would have preferred being held and yelled if he’d known the price. Contrast with a note on wish-skin feather imitation and efforts to distinguish it from animal hides.
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Noel
Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Hoosiers and Suckers to Glagh in Four Month Savings Contest
Indiana and Illinois prepare for a government savings contest spanning August 1 to December 1. The rivalry centers on per capita purchases in the Seventh Federal Reserve district with Indiana leading in per capita buys while Illinois tops total purchases. Postmasters foresee a lively, hard fought showdown with strong regional pride and bold statements from both states.
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Wm, B. Bosworth
Monarch
Pennsylvania Museum
General Nivelle
Indiana
Hese
Treasury Department
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
Connecticut
Ilinois
Commonwealths
Illnois
Hlinois
Treasury
Calumet Concrete Construction Co
West
115Th ST
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
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