Americans Hold Vast Lead In World Insurance
Leroy A. Lincoln, General Counsel of Metropolitan Life, told the Twenty first Annual Convention of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents that 71 percent of the world life insurance is carried by U S citizens while they make up only seven percent of the global population. He cited a world total life insurance figure of about 101 billion dollars at end of 1925 based on the latest comparable data from foreign representatives.
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U.S
New York
Sife
United States
Leroy A. Lincoln
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Lincoln
World life insurance totals in 1925 by nation
The United States held about 71.69 billion of the world’s 101.0 billion life insurance in 1925 with Canadian firms at 3.72 billion and UK and other nations holding the rest. The report credits US Commerce Department sources and notes Australia New Zealand Japanese and European firms’ shares, including German 1.201 billion and Netherlands 964 million.
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United States Department of Commerce
Lfe
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Netherlands
Sweden
Franze
South Ridge Community Notes and Visits
South Ridge church services are set for December 11 with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. The column lists numerous local visits and callers, including families from Amherst Elyria Murray Ridge and Brownhelm, plus residents who attended events such as a Father-Son banquet and various social calls.
Community Notes Highlight Local Socials and Visitors
The Murray Ridge school at Markley hosted a gathering last Thursday evening with participants including Terman Garnett from South Amherst Sargh and Ruth Tapper from West Ridge Gladys Freeland and Maud Fridenstein from North Murray Ridge and an Armstrong orchestra providing selections. Mrs Frank Laraway helped on M Cborgs Rice in Amherst last Friday, with visits by Mrs Anna Burham and children worth and Mahal Miss Hergice Spoofer and Mrs A Burdnian to Anthony Delafield and family Sunday. Mrs Frank Bechtel is reported in a very serious condition.
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South Ridge
Des
Frank Laraway
Society of the M. EB
South
Walter Grobe
Robert
First Evangelical
Amherst
Lewis Spiegelberg
Irma and
Russell
Townline Road
C. J. Smith
Walter Fowl
Brownhelm
William Grobe
Walter Gr
Clarence Lapp
Arthur Lapp
Cleveland
Elizabeth Fowl
Bernice
Grandma Shiegelberg
Anthony Delefield
Ida
Elsie Delefield
William South
George Winshell
Robert Palmer
Astern Heights Boulevard
Elyria
Charles Schaible
West Ridge
Jay Fitch
Maa Powell
Murray Ridge
John Stang
Eleanor Phiel
Markley Shool
Terman Garnett
South Amherst
Misses Sargh
Ruth Tapper
Gladys Freeland
Maud Fridenstein
North Murray Ridge
Armplbany
M Cborgs Rice
Anna Burham
Worth
Mahal
Hergice Spoofer
A. Burdnian
Anthony Delafield
Frank Bechtel
Birmingham Phone Yuomber 132 County Line By Harry Weidemay
Birmingham Tec county line notes church happenings at the Birmingham M E church with pastor Rev W M Kinsley Sunday school 10 30 morning service non p m evening service and local social updates including new birth at Amherst hospital and visits by Toledo Cleveland Berlin Heights Elyria and Huron residents. 41 in Sunday school and various family mentions.
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Birmingham
Harry Weidemay
W. M. Kinsley
Stoday
Denoupt
St. Supt
Ralph Kuhlman
Amherst Hospital
James Robertson
Toledo
Gay
Cleveland
M. E
Florence
Harry Boyd
Local Social Roundup From Elyria And Nearby Towns
Sunday visitors gathered from Elyria Amherst Huron and Lakewood as families hosted relatives and friends. Names include Ruth Bord Homer Arch Wilber Alfred Fleming family guests and Mr and Mrs J D Parker plus the Robertson and Green households. A Birmingham Reformed church Aid Society member entered the church and plans a play at the Henrietta German M E church Epworth League members will present Putting Up the Patty at the schoolhouse.
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Ruth Bord
Homer
Aurbert
Archie Wilber
Elyria
Roland Pierming
Colton Knott
Amherst
Alfred Fleming
Fred Wilson
Find Mere
Adam Horne
Evenie
Carlo
Marlind Schlecter
Mike Semonts
Castalia
Charley Lattoman
George Parker
J. D. Parker
D. W. Robertson
Morris Green
Ethel
Huron
Foe
Robertson
George Hopperton
Lakewood
Arthur Hopperton
West Cleveland
Adam Berg
Samuary
Myron Fleming
Michigan
Aly Monte
Aid Society
Birmingham Reformed Church
Henrietta German M. EL Church
Henrieri
George Wkrapp
Vermilion
Church Week Activities and Meetings Schedule
Sunday sermon subject The Token of Steward ship. Wednesday mid week prayer meeting Thursday evening. Boy Scouts Friday choir practice. Official board meeting linked to prayer service. Tuesday afternoon Women Foreign Missionary Society meets with Mrs Rinfliesch. Mrs W S Harding and daughter Thelma visited.
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Der
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Rinfliesch
W. S. Harding
Thelma
Bankers' Council to Meet April 16
New York report notes the bankers' council schedules an executive meeting for April 16. Details on agenda and participants are to be announced by the council.
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Bankers’ Council
New York
American Bankers Association Spring Council Meeting Set
The American Bankers Association announces the spring council meeting for April 19, 2025, at the Bon Air Vanderbilt Hotel in Augusta Georgia PF. Shepherd, executive manager, notes the event alongside the annual convention. The council includes state representatives and handles substantial administrative matters and reports from all divisions and committees.
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Tive Council
American Bankers Association
Bon Air-Vanderbilt Hotel
Auasta
Georgia
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Shepherd
Foch Predestined as War Hero Claim Shared
Friends recount stories that Marshal Foch was destined for leadership. They cite a tale of Louis Louvheur, now wealthy in France, recalling a young officer named Pooh who predicted Foch would restore prestige to France. In Cotabato, Philippines, an armed clash left officials unharmed as police killed members of a religious sect.
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Foch
Paris
Marsuel Foch
Louis Louvheur
France
Vinecones
Roland
Pooh
Atsuce
Cotabato
Philppines
Serep
British MPs Serve Long Before Contingent Prime Minister
The last twenty odd British tenures show members spend decades in Parliament before reaching the position of Prime Minister, reflecting prolonged political careers prior to leadership.
Hem-Roid relief for piles advertised in ad copy
An advertising claim touts Hem-Roid as a harmless tablet that relieves congestion in the lower bowel and strengthens affected parts. The ad promises quick, airy, lasting relief for thousands of pile sufferers and offers a money back guarantee through Philips and druggists.
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Leontairdt
Philips and Druggiste
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