Earn and Give club linked to War Savings stamps drives
The Earn and Give club of the YWCA mobilizes younger girls to earn five dollars each to support the United War Fund. Articles describe New York and Iowa examples, thrift drives, and a broader campaign teaching saving, canning, and waste reduction for war relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Mary
Jane
Learing
Uncle Sam
Young Women's Christian Association
Children of America
Earn
United War Fund
War Council
New York City
Iowa
Y. W. C. A. War Fund
Anna
New York
East Side
France
Belgium
Red Cross
India
War work and recreation for women in munition plants
The article describes 1.5 million women in US munitions work, their crucial role and stress, and the need for recreation programs. The YWCA Blue Triangle coordinates housing, games, classes, and athletic activities in 22 federal munition cantons, with government and army supervision to support workers and sustain war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
War Service Club
War Department
Ordnance Department
Young Women’s Christian Association For Recreation Leaders
Blue Triangle
Signal Corps
Washington
Business Women's Council
Blue Triangle League
Cost of a Little Battle 16 Hours and 40 Minutes
French naval statisticians estimate the 1916 Jutland fight cost 800 million dollars for 45 minutes. The piece argues Americans should buy fourth Liberty bonds to fund a wartime debt, urging every citizen to lend about a third of their annual dividend and swap money for U S Promises to Pay at maturity with interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jutland
Skagerak
England
Germany
United States
Wilson
Captain Kidd Hoarder Critique Sees Bond Drive Need
The piece condemns hoarding wealth as desertion and urges service to the nation through Liberty Bond buying. It argues buried pirate wealth harms civilization and stresses that America needs 20,008,000 more Liberty Bond buyers to support fighters and the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Kidd
Spanish Main
United States
Captain Kidds
America
Cleaning Linen Stains With Ink Remedies
The article explains treating indelible ink stains on linen with patience. Moisture the stain with a solution, apply hyposulphate of soda, rinse in clear water, and dry thoroughly. New stains may disappear entirely and old ones become faint with these steps.
Furs as Money in the Loyalty Islands
The Loyalty Islands in the Pacific east of Australia use fur as currency. Fur pieces are harvested from the so called flying fax and woven into cords of various lengths, forming the staple money of the land.
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Loyalty Islands
Pacific
Australia
Boy in Policeman Suit Watches Doorstep Incident
A boy named Roy, dressed in a policeman's uniform, tells a passerby to send any naughty children to his doorstep, saying he dares not go far. The scene underscores his mother's lesson to stay close to home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
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Castoria
Samuel Pitoma
Gentaur Company
New
Aare
the Centaur Company
New Yor
M City
Kellegance
Keeley Institute
Dwight, Ill
Spring Valley
John Wishnevsky
Prop
Brown Bros
Mississippi Valley
Flaming Front
Flanders
Paris
Berlin
Atlantic Ocean
Somme
Middle West
Liberty Bonds
DR. Olmsted
Peru
Pers
Blisshenes
Elias
I. J. Jagodzinsei
Salvatore
Rathburn’s
Portage Vey
C. A. Mason
Speing Valley
Granville
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