Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1917 — DEVICE STOPS CHECK RAISING [ARTICLE]

DEVICE STOPS CHECK RAISING

Invention Leaves Exact Amount Printed on Margin. A strip of metal and a double row of numerals printed along the top edge of a bank check—all very simple —constitute a device which its inventor believes not only will make check raising impossible, but relegate all styles of check protectors now in use to the list of obsolete office appliances. . ... . The inventor, Elrod C. Pickerill of Kansas City, after receiving assur ancec of bank officials and executives of large business concerns that his device will solve one of the most important business problems, has applied tor a patent The check is filled out in the ordinary manner, and by means of the metal strip attached to the check book it is detached in such manner an te leave printed figures projecting from the top margin, which indicate the exact amount of the check.