McNamara Policy Cost Compared With Competitors
The 1897 actual cost of a $1000 life policy with $10 weekly indemnity is examined. A comparison with other companies shows surprising differences in premium and coverage terms.
03 Feb 1898
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
1
The 1897 actual cost of a $1000 life policy with $10 weekly indemnity is examined. A comparison with other companies shows surprising differences in premium and coverage terms.
The State Department awaits Ambassador White's report on Germany's fresh fruit embargo amid fears of broader retaliation. Senators Hitt Mills Bacon Elkins weigh commercial treaties and tariff logic, while Tillman joins a heated Hawaiian annexation debate arguing about imperial motives and white rule legacies. The session also notes executive time and Pettigrew's territory resolution.
A long roster lists claims paid in 1897 with numerous names and towns including Red Oak Joliet Freeport and Galena. The document enumerates individuals from Brundage to Warren and many others across Illinois and nearby states, reflecting a broad year end accounting.
Treasurer’s statement for 1897 shows membership dues and assessments, advances to agents repaid, and bills receivable totaling amounts such as GHB 40 13,866 87 BG 847 80. The entry records financial activity with emphasis on dues, advances repaid, and receivables.
Washington feb 3 heated exchange in the house committee on banking and currency over currency revision with Johnson of Maine accusing chairman Walker of pursuing rule or ruin policies and opposing limited measures while advocating full reform. later discussions shifted to district appropriation and coast defenses with democrats criticizing cuts.
Six victims were retrieved from the Alvord House ruins. The decedents include Henry C. Juny Benjamin F. Strickland and a bellboy from Gloversville identified by jewelry. E F Kimball his wife and daughter from Indianapolis were found together with only Mrs Kimball’s headpiece recognizable. the daughter’s body was severely burned.
Shipping Commissioner Tolman reports a flood of applications from boys aged 16 to 18 seeking seafaring positions, but captains refuse to take them for training on large vessels. Masters say no American sailors are available, preferring foreign crews and paying little for a boy’s hire. The issue prompts Navy apprentice service as a remedy to build an American seaman corps.
Foley's Honey and Tar provides quick relief for asthma cases said by H J Moogh Swarts and Fleck. Paris officials oversee tree care on public tracks with the same care given to plants in botanical gardens.
A brief tale hints at a sad outcome due to a cold and pneumonia. The text suggests Foley's Honey and Tar might have changed the ending. It also reports the U S consul at Warsaw noting German manufactured goods stamped American are flowing into Russia in large quantities.
The article profiles kidney disease as a leading adult killer and urges early use of Foley's Kidney Cure with a money back guarantee. It notes coal from China to California and predicts China coal may supply the Pacific coast in coming years.
An assortment of dubious claims notes Foley kidney mare for kidney and bladder issues, a miner assertion about coal near the surface in Kirkcudbright Scotland, and a promotion for One Minute Cough Cure curing coughs and throat troubles. Names C P Guenther Co and others appear in a cluttered ad-like fragment.
For sale are excellent one hundred dollar bonds drawing six percent interest payable semi annually. They suit investors with small amounts. The listing comes from Know Iron Bros.
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