The morning call., 1890-10-24
MISCELLANEOUS
IMPORTANT NOTICE !!
-THE=
Peoples Home Savings
BANK

Takes pleasure announcing to the public that its
new system of 5-cent deposit stamps is about ready
for general USE and will be introduced contempt
with magnificent steel burglar and fire.
proof safedeposit vault that is now nearing compile
tion.
This deposit-stamp system has proved a marked
success in England and Germany and in its present
form has reached its most perfect development in
Frankfort. 1t has also been shown to supply long
felt want in such of American cities have had
time to learn of it and to Introduce it, notably in
Detroit where as the cashier writes to us, 10000
stamps were sold in the first seven weeks by the
Citizens Savings Bank.
The Peoples Home Savings Bank has been watch
ing its operation for time, and has even corre-
sponded with foreign Consulsfor fuller Information
of its workings and has learned that the beneficial
effect claimed by ConsulGeneral Mason In the March
Consular Report, pages 4Sl-4S6, is even under
stated. and that this simple system has done won
ders in encouraging SIN IL savings and in pleasantly
intoxicating in youthful minds valuable lessons of
thrift and economy. As Mr.. Mason says:
The Frankfort Savings Bank has enjoyed from the
first substantial and constantly augmented sue
1t began in 1928 with 294 depositors, the ag-
gregate of whose deposits was S6,93i marks In
1870 the depostors numbered 1884 and the capt.
tai of the bank had risen TO ,743,SS2 marks. From
that date Its prosperity increased rapidly, and was
still further augmented by the opening OF the penny
savings stamp department, which took place in
1857 SO that at the close of 1888 there were 56697
deposltors with aggregated capital of 80 2l569E
marks. The receipts for that year alone were 6,219
276 marks and the disbursements on moneys with
drawn by depostors 5.l51.60 marks
Our new stamps are beautiful specimens OF the
steel engrayers art, direct from the printing office
of the United States Governments stamps, and will
be supplied to the public through our selected
agents in all parts of the city in any quantities de-
sired full list of agents appearing shortly in
these pages.
Our agents Will receive the name and address OF
any girl or boy small or large, any grown person
that desires to deposit in the bank, and will give
such depositor, free, on purchasing at least two
stamps for 10 cents blankbook with ten leaves in
it, each leaf ruled in twenty spaces for twenty
stamps. This book bears a number, and each leaf
tho number. The number of this book, with
the name is sent by the agent to the bank When
ever any depositor has filled sheet with twenty
stamps 1t is mailed by The agent or by the depostor
to the bank and then the first dollar is entered
your regular savings-bank deposit book aud your
money begins at once to earn the regular ordinary
deposit interest and with every successive
leaf in the book ruled off in spaces and as fast as
one book is finished you secure another and so
continue adding to your savings-bank deposit and
providing for a rainy day in the safest and most
efectual way yet devised by the skill of man.
On this occasion would also remind the public
that we are now building the most elaborate and
secure safe deposit vault coast, and at its
completion we shall take pleasure in inviting q
critical inspection OF all Its features 1t has five
layers of Steel four of which are of the peerless
Brooklyn welded chrome steel and one of Bessemer.
steel. And our safes will not only prove the best
possible treasury OF your yauables but the prices
will be within reach of the most mod est purse
In thanking the public for the unbroken and In
creasng support and encouragement we have re-
ceived In all our efforts from the very beginning
we beg to assure them shall always strive to
prove ourselves worthy Of this unparalleled conf
dence. oc6 MoFr Sp tt