Business image tied to stationery choice prompts town pride
A meddling columnist argues a business shows its class by the stationery it uses. A blank envelope advertisement is questioned as a signal of a firm or town’s standing.
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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1923
Page
4
A meddling columnist argues a business shows its class by the stationery it uses. A blank envelope advertisement is questioned as a signal of a firm or town’s standing.
Terre Haute Indiana July 29 A driver attempting to cross railroad tracks ahead of a train collided head on. The auto occupants were thrown about 200 yards as the train, traveling about 50 miles an hour, continued for three quarters of a mile before stopping. The accident caused a two hour delay due to a prior incident near Highland Illinois.
Notice is given that Frank W. Pribyl of Roundup Montana filed a three year proof to establish a land claim in Section 9 Township 12 Range for a parcel described in the Lewistown land office. The proof is due before the U S Commissioner at Winnett on September 5, 1923. Also listed is a bankruptcy matter in the District Court of Montana regarding John H. Gjerde.
In Fergus County Montana John H Gjerde of Grass Range has been adjudicated bankrupt with the first meeting set for August 7 1923 at 10 00 A M in Room 407 Bank Electric Building Lewistown Montana Creditors may prove claims examine the bankrupt appoint a trustee and handle other proper business. Dated July 26 1923 Edwin K Cheadle Jr Referee
For sale all our household furniture offered at sacrifice. See Elmer Johnson at Clark's store.
State eighth grade examinations will be given on August 23 and 24 at Lewis town Winnett Roy Winifred and other places where special arrangements are made with the County Superintendent of Schools Pauline E Patton County Superintendent.
One and a half horsepower engine, a washing machine, and a heater are listed for inquiry by Mrs. Braniff. Readers with information urged to contact her for details or purchase.
The American Bankers Association reviewed the Edison Ford plan proposing government warehousing and half value loans for producers. William T. Foster of the Pollack Foundation criticizes uniform loan values as unfair and cautions that future prices, not past averages, determine farmer repayment. Banks are portrayed as fairer and better for stabilizing agriculture versus the Edison scheme.
The article critiques fiat currency fantasies, contrasting a 1913 farm mortgage of 20 marks with 4 to the dollar and today’s collapse to 120,000 marks per dollar. It argues that massive paper-money depreciation erodes real values, using the German experience to warn against inflationary schemes.
The piece argues thrift or thriftlessness among children reflects parental influence. It cites Ben Franklin and notes that the next generation inherits economic habits. It urges shaping thrift during childhood as a core character trait with long term value in all life roles. It asks how to cultivate thrift through teaching and example.
Otto H. Kahn of New York argues there is no genuine International Banker in America. He says bankers operate for American interests, with most activity aimed at domestic finance and export support rather than foreign government or industry lending. He notes foreign loans can aid export growth and should rise as Europe conditions warrant.
Senator Oddie of Nevada, chairing the Senate commission on gold and silver mining, warns Western allies may push an unsound money wave. He pledges support for sound money and the gold standard while aiming to aid mining without currency danger. The panel will study production declines and the entire chain of gold and silver from mining to uses.
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