No infallible system to stop bank thefts
A Windsor Trust bank teller argues there is no perfect safeguard against employee theft, despite banking safeguards like bonding. The article notes the role of surety companies in monitoring at risk employees and possible actions to curb misconduct, including bond cancellation and warnings. It also mentions the Salvation Army financing a charity via waste paper operations and describes its industrial home activities on West Third and Forty-eighth streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Chester Runyan
Cedar Street
Windsor Trust Company
Salvation Army
West Thirtieth Street
West Forty-eighth Street
Waste Paper of Gotham Keeps Extensive Charity
Waste Paper of Gotham operates a charity sorting house with chutes to the main floor for baling and shipment to mills. Old books are held briefly for dealers to bid before maceration, with discarded furniture occasionally sold. The facility includes a large dormitory, dining room, reading and exchange room, and extensive worker provisions. About 250 inmates receive boarding and lodging and a moderate wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milla
The
Score
Jokesmith Column Shares Sly Wit and Odd Observations
The piece collects humorous quips and musings about love, manners, and society. It includes jokes on Sunday school, poetry, football, and general folly with punchlines about hats, canoes, and luck. It showcases a lively, old time newspaper humor style with many dated references.
Two Men Work Surprise Party Contradictions
A mix of reflections on gifts and social rituals. A fountain pen costs about two dollars, and careless splurges ruin clothes priced from ten dollars upward. A couple in a hammock discusses engagement and a provocative refusal, ending with the man's joking vow to marry another woman.
Wordplay Bits and Witty Sayings From A Town Editor
A New York editor muses on price and living costs with a string of puns and quips about hats, manners, romance, and everyday objects. The humorous snippets poke at social norms and clever mottoes like Push Take Panes and STICK.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tares
New York
Philadelphia
How to Sharpen a Lawn Mower and Clean Rust
The article explains sharpening a lawn mower by removing outer drive wheels and adjusters, rotating the cutter, and applying a paste of emery and oil. It also offers a rust removal tip using cream of tartar and a method to refresh dried doughnuts by briefly reheating them.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Orri
Waste Paper OF Gotham
W. A. Moore
Hulett
Wyoming
Belle Fourche
Apell Jst
Byron Williams
Jolly
Jake
Polly
Josh
Scott
Adam
Michigan
Straigh
Western
Bowles Live Stock Commission Co
Oumba
Kansas City
Sioux City
Chicago
St. Joseph
St. Paul St. Louis
Studebaker Wagons
Pioneer Store
Pearson& Youngman
Aladdin Hotel
W. A. Carroll
Aladdin, Wyoming
Sundance
W. R. Jones
Fawkes
R, C, Knode
Sundance, Wyoming
M, L, Gordon
Attorney At Law
E. W. Brown
Ite
Sandance
B. C. Noble
Real Catte
Sundanese
Veyron
Dts
J. B. Clarenbach
T. H. Gay
M, Hooper
Ripley & Minnis
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