Parcel post weight limit raised to 125 pounds for sale lot
The Postmaster General announced raising parcel post weight to 125 pounds for heavy foodstuff consignments from War Department stocks. The sale begins August 15 with regular rates, and depots will serve towns over 10 000 people within zones. First come first served, orders counted by weight.
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Associated Press
Wasi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Parcel Post
War Department
Burleson
Refused to Pay For Lights Saved Fortune
John Henry Hewett of Chicago built a $300,000 fortune by thrift yet avoided spending on essentials such as lights. His refusal to act on money and to pay taxes led to family guardianship of his savings. The piece contrasts thrift with wasteful spending and urges wise investment.
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John Henry Hewett
Chicago
Heneeither
Treasury Savings Certificates issued 1919 series announced
The Kansas City Federal Reserve reports Treasury will issue 100 and 1000 dollar registered Treasury Savings Certificates, series of 1919, with 4 percent interest compounded quarterly. They replace War Savings Stamps, are nontransferable, redeemable January 1, 1924, and available at post offices and participating banks.
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Kansas City Feders Reserve Bank
Treasury Department
Treasury Savings
Department
Postoffice Department
Make Big Savers Out of Little Shavers
The piece urges teaching thrift to children as the path to national economy. It cites World War I as proving thrift’s value, credits the Treasury War Savings Stamps, and describes a district program giving children a war souvenir bank from a farm hand grenade converted into a savings bank. It promotes earn first save second spend third and national habit change toward thrift.
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America
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve District
Major Thornton Mills Featured on 1910 Western Chautauquas
Major Thornton A Mills a leading platform man on the 1910 Ohautauqua lecture staff appears again this year on the Western Chautauquas. He has spent the past year with the Army Air Service in the Spruce Production Division organizing the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, a patriotic group that aided wartime work in Northwest camps and mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton A. Mills
Air Service
Army
Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen
Northwest
Old Newspapers and Low Gear Help Stuck Cars
A resourceful motorist can free a car stuck in mud by stuffing old newspapers under the tires, then using low gear with a restrained emergency brake to gain traction. Branches may offer better traction than stones, and even a baby buggy can supply needed power.
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United States
United States Tire Company
J M Mott Kemmarrer Wyoming Property Notice
A brief item noting J M Mott Kemmarrer of Wyoming as the subject of a property matter involving the Fire Association of Philadelphia and an auction or intervention. References to Varun and Mock Ranches are present as contextual terms.
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Suted
Fire Association of Paradelphis
Aute Inverencn
Varun
Quick Push Gets Car Moving, But Method Often Fails
The report notes that a small push can start a car missing a start, yet the technique fails frequently. It highlights inconsistent results and suggests that relying on such a push is unreliable.
Text Books For U S Army Posts
The Adjutant General issues an order to supply text books for army posts. The program supports schools run by the army and continues educational work begun overseas. Soldiers will have opportunities to improve themselves mentally.
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I Army
Plaster of flannel with liniment eases lame backs
A dampened plaster bound on the seat of pain is said to be more effective for a lame back than a plaster and costs much less.
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Chamberlain
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R. H. Sanders
Amerer, Wyoming
Lincoln County Miners’ Hospital
W. F. Wadison
M.D. Chia
Saminon
W. S
Major Thornton A. Mills
J. M. Mott Kemmarer
Wyoming
Hughes
Kemmerer Kemmerer
Diamondville
Kemmerer
Oakley
Glengoe
John Scott
Boya
Liberty
U.S. Army
Anderson
Kemmerer Livery Co
Mington
UMC
the Auto Parts Company
Kemmerer, Wyoming
Columbia Battery
Rayfield
Candy
NYAL
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