Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1896 — A Medal for Customers. [ARTICLE]

A Medal for Customers.

In these days of fraud and impostors the retail merchant must be very wide awake Indeed. A novel scheme of protecton from people who obtain goods under false pretenses Is In vogue In one of Philadelphia’s mammoth general stores, which works to perfection. Each person opening an account with the house is presented with a silver medal about the size of a half dollar. Unless this is shown when the goods are purchased they are held until the purchaser proves his identity. The salesmen and saleswomen have received positive orders in this respect, and the rule Is rigidly enforced. According to the last census lowa had over 70,000 more men than women.