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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1918
Page
6
A reader guide converts thrift stamps and war savings stamps into soldier gear equivalents. Each War Savings Stamp buys items like shoes, woolen shirts, winter undershirts, a steel helmet with $1.12, shelter tent, and coat portion, while giving the government four percent interest compounded quarterly.
A persuasive wartime appeal extols thrift stamps as small purchases with huge impact. Each stamp funds bullets, ammunition, coats, and shoes for soldiers abroad, promising personal gain as money saved grows while aiding the Liberty boys, feeding and warming troops, and aiding victory.
L J Black of Beaumont proposes forming a thrift army with Texas factory workers. Louis Lipsitz, state director, approves and urges all 5084 Texas plants to facilitate weekly thrift and war savings stamp purchases. Black has set up a stamp agency at his plant and reports workers buy five to six stamps weekly.
Gate Weekly reports that investing 22 750 weekly for a year would loan the Government 1 183 000. Interest at 4 percent compounded quarterly would yield a snug fortune.
Records of thrift stamp sales flood in as Louis Lipsitz promotes a $91 million goal. Cherokee county leads in limit buyers with eighty eight in the Thousand Dollar Club. Jackson ville reports seventy two people at the limit. Mail carriers and Abilene businesses boost campaign with notable wage-day sales and full page ads. Tucker Royall touts $1,000 certificates sold to thirty Palestine firms and Anderson County farmers.
The Sun reports many subscribers renewed or joined this week, listing numerous names. Local classifieds offer farm seeds, farming equipment, plants, and a few stray notices including a frost proof cabbage plant sale and stray livestock with owner claims.
178 acre farm with two good improvements a new house and barn crops raised in good water and pasture wood pool and fine water features two miles southwest of Ector known as White farm Will sell or trade for land near Bonham Mrs Zac Smith Bonham Texas
The Red Cross notes thanks to Dr. R May and Mr. Caperton for use of rooms and telephone. It lists January division reports with 16 workers for Monday division led by Mrs. Stanley Hayes, no hospital garments, 53 bandages, and four dozen comfort kits shipped from tag day proceeds.
War time bread sale notes and open house for Red Cross members amid troop deployments in France. Weekly schedule lists leaders Mrs Joe McKinsey Mrs Frank Roberts Mrs Frank Sims and Mrs J L Boone with workers and counted hospital garments and bandages. Treasurer reports cash 610.82 and new members seven.
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