Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1918 — Two Bits a Day Clubs, the New Way of Aiding the War [ARTICLE]

Two Bits a Day Clubs, the New Way of Aiding the War

A movement has been inaugurated in Phoenix, Ariz., for the formation of “Two Bits a Day” clubs, the members of which are to buy a quarter’s worth of thrift stamps every day. Three men each took 100 thrift cards, pasted one stamp on each card and sold the entire lot before two, blocks had been covered. “Two bits” is the old term, dating back to the early days of the country, and is still used in the South and West. Every patriotic American now wants “to do his bit,” says a treasury department bulletin. The members of these clubs are carrying out this idea finely in doing their “two bits” every day. It is hoped that “Two Bits a Day” clubs will be formed all over the country in the great war-savings campaign.