War Savings Campaign Emphasizes Thrift and Production
The article urges the War Savings Campaign to foster saving and efficient use of materials and labor to meet U S wartime needs. It argues that saving money supports government purchases of essential goods, compares U S and German mobilization, and stresses sticking to essential work to aid reconstruction and meet food clothing and ship demands.
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United States
Germany
War Savings Committee For
Illinois
France
War Work in the Schools
State schools have made thrift a core study for three years, showing their effectiveness as government partners. The war savings movement unifies efforts, with students aiding war goals. School gardens produced food, aided by the University of Illinois agricultural department and the National Boys' and Girls' Club funding community programs.
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Publc
War Savings Movement
United Sates
Agricultural Department
The
University of Iinois
National Boys’ and Girls’ Club
Big War Savings in Arenzville Town Surpasses Goal
In Arenzville Cass county population 490 residents have purchased about $71 000 in War Savings Stamps against a $9 800 quota. The postmaster notes only one person in town has not invested.
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Arenzville
Cass County
Government Sets War Savings Stamp Price Rises Monthly
The government fixes War Savings stamp prices with a cost that increases by 1 cent each month. This policy sets a rising value for the stamps as months progress.
Illinois War Savings Over the Top Drive Urges Employers
Illinois state committee urged employers to back the Over the Top campaign for 1918 by organizing War Savings Society efforts, having workers invest at least one tenth of December earnings, and presenting War Savings stamps as Christmas gifts to soldiers in the service. The plan includes certificates held in trust, posters in offices, and a goal to place 75,000 soldiers on a savings fund, with emphasis on distributing stamps instead of cash for gifts.
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Chicago
Cairo
Illinois Committee For War Savings
Martin A. Ryerson
Illinois
Ryerson
Treasury Departments
France
Ilinois
Milton’s mother Asked For A Back View Of Sailor Boy
Milton’s mother asked each family member which view of the sailor boy they preferred to keep. One wanted a side view, another a front view, and Milton, aiming to be different, earnestly requested a back view.
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Milton
Habit of Unkind Criticism Weakened by Self‑ Regard
The passage warns against prizing biased criticism and lists the danger of condemning others for not sharing our ideas. It notes a double standard where we demand personal freedom while denying it to others and urges self restraint.
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