South Carolina Girls Win Prizes In Thrift Contest
South Carolina girls Dorothy Ninestein and Meg Still won thrift contest prizes in a district program promoting savings and the war effort. The Bank of Western Covatina and local banks awarded prizes for essays on thrift as part of a wartime youth initiative.
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South Carolina
United States Treasury Department
United States Trois Ary Department
Parth
Federal Reserve District
Richmond
Wation
Blackville
Bank of Western Covatina
Nein
Dorothy Ninestein
Meg Still
Thrift essay urges national prudence after war
A wartime thrift essay argues for persistent frugality and wise money management as patriotic duty. It cites Washington and McAdoo, urges saving for family and nation, promotes War Savings Stamps, and notes American extravagance versus foreign opportunity. It urges teach children thrift, conserve food, and unify towns toward a thrifty, civilized nation.
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United States
Washington
George Washington
Econor
Steel Corporation
Steubensville
Ohio
Wm. G McAdoo
Value of Crops by Counties in South Carolina 1918
B. B. Hare, Field Agent of the USDA, reports county by county values for all crops and livestock in 1918 South Carolina. It lists the three principal crops per county, with cotton corn and oats usually leading, and tobacco or potatoes ranking higher in certain counties.
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B. B. Hare
Bureau of Crop Estimates
United States Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
Darlington
Dillon
Marton
Horry
Florence
Williamsburg
Clarendon
Charleston
Beaufort
Abbeville
Aiken
Anderson
Bamberg
Barowell
Berkeley
Calhoun
Cherokee
Chester
Chesterfield
Colleton
Dorchester
Edgefield
Pairfield
Georgetown
Greenville
Greenwood
Hampton
Jasper
Kershaw
Lancaster
Laurens
Lee
Lexington
McCormick
Marion
Mariburg
Newberry
Oconee
Orangeburg
Pickens
Richland
Saluda
Spartanburg
Sumter
Union
Williamburg Or
Thrift is Power Morai Buy War Savings Stampa
Quaker acrostic reads both ways praising thrift and future security. It argues thrift leads to wealth and order, claiming the man who saves prospers while the spender wastes time. The message ties thrift to national strength through war savings.
Wave of Crime Stats in South Carolina Three Months
Statistics gathered by G Croft Williams show a crime wave across South Carolina for the quarter ending June 34 1919. The report, presented at a sheriffs conference in Colchia, lists commitments to jail by offense and race, with 338 causes not reported and 182 multi charge cases.
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G. Croft Williams
Strategy of Charities and Correction
Hinese
Jall
Whiel
Ag Asgaulte
First grader’s blunt reply shocks Ohio teacher
On the first day of school in an Ohio town a first grade teacher was gathering pupil names. She asks a boy his name and about his literacy. He responds with a surprising line about the alphabet, saying he has been there only five minutes, causing astonishment.
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Ohio
Bobbie Hughes
Captains of Industry Debate Raking Leaves
A ten year old novice captain asks a householder if leaves should be raked. The woman says there are none, but the boy points to four large baskets of leaves outside. He explains he and another boy dumped them there earlier and will take them away for a nickel.
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United States
Washington
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Vitality
The tonic claims to purify and enrich the blood boosting energy and strength. Advertised price is shown as Oc.
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Price Oc
Professional Cards Listed for Dillon South Carolina Practitioners
A trimmed page shows multiple professional ads including OTIS M PAGE former mayor surgeon and surveyor, GIBSON & MULLER attorneys, DILLON & Co merchants, HAMIL JR dentist, JOE PT BA attorney, L D LIDE, MARION S O, TABER physician, J W JOHNSON attorney, HASELDEN attorney, and a note on financing from Money to Lendon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haselden
Dillon
Smoking tobacco facts and tonic claims in old ad copy
A historical OCR snippet blends tobacco claims and health tonics. It quotes Britannica on tobacco sauces, touts Burley and chocolate flavors, and promotes GROVE'S TASTeless Chill TONIC with iron and quinine as a blood purifier and strength booster, priced at 60c per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GROVE
Britannica
America
Boyesser Tobacc
Notice of Final Discharge for Estate of Sarah B. Alford
R L Alford executor of the estate of Sarah B H Alford deceased petitions for final discharge. A hearing is set for Tuesday August 19 1919 at 10:00 AM. Creditors must file claims by 10:00 AM August 19 1919 or be barred. JOE CABELL DAVIS Judge of Probate Dillon County.
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R. L.ford
Sarah BH. Alford
R. L. Alford
Joe Cabell Davis
Dillon County
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England
Mary Still
Morai
War Savings Stampa
Captains of Industry
Otis M. Page
Engl’s U. S. A
Dillon Pharmacy
Dillon, S. C
Gibson & Muller
Yee
Malcolm Mercantile
D. Dillon
J. H. Hamel, JR
Over Peoples Bank
L. D. Lide
Marion, S, O
C. BR. Taber
Offce
Harrison
J. W. Johnson
C. Henslee
M. D. Bye
DRS. Rogers & Danwin Dent
Bank of Dilton
Hargrove & Braddy Attorneys
People Bank Bldg
Dillon, 8. C
Hardware Co
L. A. Woodruff, G. Opt. Eye Slight Specialist Office
New Jewelry Store
Main St
Mullins, S. C
Dixie House Co
Charleston, 8. C
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