Extending Credit and Bank Reserve Practices
The bank extends credit to support customers and emphasizes borrower repayment ability. Stockholders face liability for bank losses up to twice their holdings if loans fail. Regulations require reserves and cap lending to individuals or corporations. In emergencies the bank draws on funds from eastern correspondent banks to meet extraordinary customer needs.
Local notables and events in Fairbury area
Community brief notes include Ogden convention dates in Omaha May 18 for Democrats and county gatherings at Fairbury, a Rex Theatre booking May 14 15, street lights functional but clock system pending, several local visits and quarantines, stock sales and farming ads, and notices of local professionals in Fairbury Diller Beatrice Odell Lincoln and Hastings.
Diller Telephone Co Seeks Stock for Improvements
The State Railway Commission urged Diller Telephone Co to sell $2000 in additional stock to upgrade its plant into one of the best in the state. Stock pays regular dividends on current revenues. Interested buyers should contact treasurer F E Hale. J Smith Diller, secretary.
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State Railway Commission
Diller Telephone Co
F. E. Hale
J. Smith Diller
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertises Cure
Local advertisements claim catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and promote Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy. It is said to purify blood and act on mucous surfaces, with Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio listed as the proprietors.
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Hall
Cheney & Co
Toleda O
Camping Trip Tips and Medical Prep Note
A brief guide advises carrying Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy on trips. It cannot be obtained while hunting or prospecting trips or on trains and ships, so have it with you as a safe precaution.
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Wann
Democratic nominee to contest with Republican Harris
Frank Wells of Richland precinct accepted the nomination for the thirty second senate district and will face R C Harris in the general election.
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Frank Wells
Richland
R. C. Harris
Hilder Attends Reinhart Funeral in Wymore with Masonic Honor
John Hilder returned from Wymore where he visited his son George and family and attended the funeral of C. E. Reinhart pioneer merchant. Reinhart was buried with Masonic honors as about eighty members of the order marched in the procession.
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John Hilder
Wymore
George
C. E. Reinhart
Chamberlain's Pain Relieving Ointment Promoted for Rheumatism
Readers learn that oral medicines are often a waste for chronic rheumatism and muscular pains. The advertisement claims relief from applying Chamberlain's Ointment topically, noting a low price of 85 cents per bottle or 60 cents for large size.
Buy It on the Basis of Its Earning Power
The phrase emphasizes purchasing a property or asset driven by its earnings potential. It suggests investors should value income prospects over other factors such as price alone.
Schnuelles Move Back to Diller After Banking Sale
Mr and Mrs W H Schnuelle and children visited relatives near Diller after selling their Helvey banking business. They plan to move back to Diller.
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W. H. Schnuelle
Helvey
Diller
Proviso on Health and Education From Roger Babson Quote
An essay style excerpt argues that physical health enables work, suggesting readers take Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation and indigestion. It contrasts low college and high school graduation rates among businessmen and cites President Wilson cabinet education, asserting men are mostly governed by instinct and beliefs more than intellect.
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Wilson
Pennsylvania
Roger Babson
Lincoln's Words on Labor and Property echo in America
The quote recalls Lincoln addressing the Workmen's association in 1864. It proclaims that property is the fruit of labor and a positive good, urging industrious effort and self-reliance while warning against attacking others' homes. It concludes that leaders must be guided by this truth.
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Lincoln
America
Workmen’s Association
Redistricting Committee Extends Objection Period to May 13 1920
The committee extended the deadline for objections to the consolidated district plans to May 13 1920. At the May 1 meeting copies of the proposed districts were distributed and electors may propose boundary changes. Written objections must include exact legal land descriptions and indicate the district involved. Additional maps available on request. C C Andrews Frank Kaiser Henry Abrams Redistricting Committee.
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C. C. Andrews Frank Kaiser Henry Abrams
Record sugar beet contracts rise with high world prices
The highest price on record is paid for western sugar beets this year with contracts in Colorado Utah Idaho and Washington at 12 dollars per ton minimum plus a dollar extra per ton for each rise in the average granulated sugar price over 11 dollars per hundred. Cuban raw sugar quotes ranged from 94 to 184 cents per pound in early 1920 and refined sugar generally sells about 24 cents more per pound than raw. If October to January averages hit 183 cents for raw, refined sugar could reach 21 to 22 dollars per ton for beets, signaling profits and higher beet prices next year.
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Colorado
Utah
Idahou
Washington
Seaboard
New York
Physician misreads a joke as a marriage proposal
A Los Angeles physician recounts a mistaken diagnosis after a patient, eager to marry his daughter, bursts into the study demanding to be hospitalized. The doctor realizes the man’s intent when misinterpreted as a medical emergency.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Domestic quarrel cited in era political debate
Historians note a heated argument over public duties and personal life. He claims national progress requires men away from home while she laments women’s suffering, contrasting with Patrick Henry’s famed cry. The Indianapolis News is cited in the exchange.
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Commercial Club
Patrick Henry
Virginia
Patrick TH
Indianapolis News
Tigers and villagers kill tigers with clubs in Siam tales
In Siam two villages report men and wives using bamboo and heavy clubs to kill man eating tigers. A Nam province woman clubbed the tiger after it maimed her husband, earning a life pension and medal. A Bangkok area couple also killed a tiger mistaken for a cane thief.
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Nam
Siam
Chaophya
Anghin
Bangkok
John
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