Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-10-26
ANNOUNCEMENT

The Farmers Bank continually
strives to give you, as depositor, the
maximum of safety in handling your
funds. With this thought in mind,
we have purchased for your use Super
Safety Insured bank checks, which
are tamper-proof. A glaring white
spot gives instant warning when a
Super Safety check has been tempered
with. The sensitive surface color dis
appears, leaving vivid white splash
when acid, rubber or knife erasure is
attempted, giving warning of spur
iousness.
We furnish you an individual Su-
per Safety Check Alteration Bond,
which protects you against loss in
case your checks are fraudulently al
tered or raised" by the use of acid,
rubber erasure, knife scratch, or pen
change, when properly written with
ink or standard check writing ma
chine. You are insured up to the
amount of your average balance for
three months preceding any such
fraudulent alteration, up to a total
of one thousand dollars. Your av-
erage balance, therefore. regulates the
amount to which you are insured. If
YOU dSSA1S lIiSuId IlC6 duoN6 OltS IUOQS-
and dollars, speak to one of our of
ficers, as this can be increased as the
occasion may demand in individual
cases.
When writing your checks always
use ink. Never use pencil. Begin
writing amount at extreme left of the
line. Write figures close together and
near mark Make no change or al
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made, destroy or cancel check at once,
and write. another. Raised" checks
are becoming more common every day
and we ask you to cooperate with
us by drawing your checks properly as
described above. Help us defeat the
professional and amateur check
raiser"
Carefully check your monthly state
ment with returned checks, or vouch-
ers, and notify this bank not later
than the fifteenth of the month, of
any irregularities.
In conjunction with your Indemnity
Bond, we are furnishing for your fur
Their convenience nd protection, a
Sensitized Identification Gard. This
carries your personal signature, your
finger prints and your photograph.
Your signature and finger prints are
taken in the presence of an officer of
this Bank. Have good snapshot
photograph made of yourself, the size
of a half-dollar. This will be attached
to your card, and thru the margin of
it our Bank Seal will be stamped
Finger prints are rapidly coming
into common usage in blanks and else
where as means of Identification.
In order to keep abreast of the times
we are adopting this system for our
mutual protection and your identifi-
cation. The system was originally in
PRODUCED in India by the British au-
thorities. A system of classification
was worked out by Scotland Yard,
which enabled them to locate prints
at moments notice.
Finger prints are more easily read
than is generally supposed. Recently
a man was found dead with nothing on
his person to identify him. His fin
ger prints were taken and sent to
Washington. So complete is the mil
itary system of classification, that
within one week reply was had stat
ing that the prints were not on file,
which showed that he had not been one
of the millions in the Army or Navy.
Finger prints were taken by the Unit
ed States Government of all men en-
tering the Service during the war as
a positive means of identification.
Experts claim that the possibility
of persons having the prints of their
fore-hngers precisely alike, is only
one in 50,000,000. The same percent
age holds good for The thumb prints
and, those, of the other fingers; so the
possibility of two persons having, ex-
actly the same prints of three fingers
would stretch almost into the realms
of infinity. Barring wound or other
accident which causes a scar, finger
prints never vary from cradle to the
grave.
Your insured checks mean added
protection, as your checks are your
currency while in circulation.
Your Identification Card will enable
you TO establish your identity, beyond
question, anywhere in the World.
This additional Service of Safety
and Identification is furnished without
charge.
We also print your name and bust
ness on these checks free of charge.
Tell your friends.
You'll know the man who carries
one!
FARMERS BANK,
Viroqua, Wisconsin.