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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
7
John Foley, a Joliet township high school student, is lauded as a War Savings and Thrift champion in Illinois. He has bought $600 in stamps since December and aims for $1,000, hoping to reach the campaign’s maximum.
C V Nicholson of Pittsfield Tr stands as a state rural mail carrier record holder selling War Savings and Thrift stamps. In two weeks he moved 3000 dollars and continues daily, stressing businesslike sales and urging customers to act now. He frames stamp purchases as investments in security and patriotism supporting troops and democracy.
The piece argues that the yearly total of Illinois birthdays equals a universal Christmas for all. War Savings Stamps are promoted as ideal Christmas and birthday gifts, urging readers to make gifts of saving stamps to loved ones.
Grocers explain the U S Food Administration rule requiring buyers of wheat flour to also purchase equal weight of substitutes from a listed range. The plan aims to save wheat for allies and fighting forces, with exemptions for graham and whole wheat flours and mixed flours under 50 percent wheat.
The Food Administration urges continued meat consumption reductions to balance enlarged meat supplies with a cereal shortage caused by delayed Argentine arrivals. It cites improved hog weights and rail disruptions as factors behind higher meat output and warns against waste while relaxing some meat restrictions.
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