Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-01
AR THRIFT WEEK BEGINS MONDAY MORNING, FEB. 4
YOU CAN BUY
one OUTFIT
War Savings Stamp Day and
Thrift Week Starts Here
Next Sunday

War Savings week begins in Rusk
county on Sunday. and real savings
stamp buying OH Monday.
Supt H. +. Rahr. of the Ladysmith
schools, and Supt. @. E. Rice. of the
county schools are giving this work
their active support and assistance.
Chairman w. f. Thompson, Of the
Rusk county board having the Thrift
stamp sale publicity and activity in
charge. reports every section of the
county in earnest in the forthcoming
drive
Increased sales have been made at
every town in Rusk county where there
is postoffice and Postmaster w. s.
Manning is pushing stamp sales with
his entire organization.
One of the most potent factors in
The War Savings Stamp drive which
will commence on February 3rd. in
every city in the state of Wisconsin,
will be what is known as the blue
Post Card and with which every
worker will be supplied in generous
upon the local postmaster to have his
mail carrier deliver to the person
signing the order such War Savings
Stamps or Thrift Stamps as may be de-
sired and at the times designated. The
mail carrier making the actual deliv-
cry of the stamp and collection for the
stamp only when delivered.
This order is provided for on one side
of the post card, while on the opposite
side is table Of figures showing the
cost of the So War Savings Stamps for
the different months during 1918. The
card is addressed to the local pOstmas-
ter and bears the government frank,
SO that no postage is required, and they
may thus be dropped into any mail
box, insuring prompt delivery to the
postmaster.
A strong moral appeal is made in
letter from Ohio which has just
reached this office. 1t says: eff you
knew that saving the life Of an Amer
lean Sammy from being gassed by the
Huns depended on your buying 4S
L
you be willing to make some sacrifice
to prevent such a calamity?
"Or, if you realized that some Amer
lean soldier would be deprived of
rifle unless you bought rs stamps and
that he could not be furnished 100
cartridges or that he might be NOR
tally wounded because of lack of he'll
met that could be purchased from pro-
ceeds of IL stamps you
stretch point to obtain this equip
ment for him."
The Wisconsin War Savings Com
mittee has compiled figures to show
how far generous buying of Thrift
Stamps and War Savings Stamps will
go toward the purchase of equipment
for the American soldiers.
: 1t costs the United States $15671
for. the equipment of each soldier in
the campaign abroad; of this, clothing,
$101.62; fighting tools, S47.36, and eat
ing utensils, $7.73.
The gas mask, that might save your
Sammys life, costs the government
$500; the rifle $3.50; 100 cartridges
$500, and the steel helmet $500
The direct purpose of the years
campaign in Wisconsin is to raise
SOL 100000 by the sale of War Savings
Stamps and Thrift Stamps, and to fur
nish the government with funds to
clothe, feed and equip it's armies. On
this basis an appeal has been issued to
the residents of the state of Wiscon-
sin to respond generously during the
campaign drive for the week of Febru-
airy 3. SO that when the drive closes on
February 10, there may be not less
than 100000 War Savers in Wis
consin.