Ohio Wins War Savings Lead as 1920 Push Planned
Ohio's War Savings drive sets a record with more than 155 million dollars in 1919 sales and targets 300 million in January 1920. Officials announce plans to keep the War Savings movement intact through 1920 and extend ownership transfer options for certificates.
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Treasury Department
Ohicane
Columbus
Ohio
War Savings
Buckeye
New York State
Hiinovis
Pennsylvania
United States
War Savings Organization
War Savings Movement
Treasury
Treasury Savings
Post Offices
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Postmasters Lead War Savings Drive in January
Ohio postmasters across cities and towns are urged to sell War Savings certificates in January with assigned quotas. Savings officers expect to raise 3 million dollars, giving Ohio an early lead in the 1920 War Savings race. Certificates are $100, non tax, nearly 5 percent, registered and purchasable at any post office.
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Columbus
Ohio
Treasury Savings
War Savings
Indian Gamesters and the Cotton Quotations Gambling
Indian gamblers in the cotton market use daily New York quotations as an indirect invitation to wager on the five figures. Players guess the sum of the five figures, and the closest guess wins the stake.
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India
New York
Columbia planning on farmer institute in February
Local report notes Columbia planning for a farmer institute in early February. Other items mention sales, marriages, school staff returns, births, hospital visits, New Year events, and community notes from Columbia and nearby towns.
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Columbia
Planning ON Farmer Institute
Hangmen Seek Pay Rise Amid Postwar Dull Business
In London on January 9 England the hangmen asked for higher pay. Augustine Hathwood pressed the inquiry in Parliament, noting government pay while prewar levels remain. Officials said the issue would be considered. The hangmen lost the right to confiscate rope from executions, cutting a revenue source for rope sales.
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London
England
House of Commons
Augustine Hathwood
Leartos
Hundreds Die as Fresh Mexican Quakes Ravage Vera Cruz
Reports from Vera Cruz state indicate hundreds more killed in a new series of earthquakes. The shocks struck Wednesday morning, expanding the affected area and destroying numerous villages and towns with extensive property damage.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Vera Crusz
Keware Firet Falee top
Ike an island honored, rogeed end without a landing place. We re enter when aid reaches shore. Silver Threads.
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