People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1894 — New Year’s Greeting. [ARTICLE]

New Year’s Greeting.

With greetings we hail our many friends and patrons on this beautiful New Year’s day. We cannot express with words thankfulnes of our heart to those who have shared their patronage with us during the past year of 1893. We would enjoy eating turkey with you .all, but as that would be impossible we will ask you to take “the will for the deed.” We have not been idle during the past year, as will be evidenced by the following fig* ures, which denote that our business has increased more than 50 per cent over the previous year. The gross business transacted during the past year, ending with December 31, 1893, amounted to W'e desire to increase this amount at least 50 per cent, during the year 1894, therefore, we once more ask the favors of our many patrons and all who this. We have the best facilities for making farm. loans, ranging from S?1O0 vrp lb $20,000 Or more. We t&h now obtain a loan for you in a very few days. ■ Wd ban make you as lofr a rate and as low T a commission as any first class firm in the loan business. We will glv© yoU ’the privilege of inakif*£ partial payments in or small sums ttpoirVt&V’ loan. We will sell 1 ydU Bhilding and Loan stock, or xtirnish you Building and Loab money, if you desire to build your farm pr upqft Ato'&k town lots. We de '£ll kinds of legal wbrk. We make abstracts and ,'evWmine the titles, and our charges are reasonable. We loan money on chatties or personal security, for short time. We write fire insurance on your farm property in the Continental, the Royal, and th© fire -As£b-

ciation companies. We als<> solicit the cbttiiWe'fcltil risk’s of : our fellow towiistneh, which Will Write in the abdve nAriled ‘Companies, and'the Rockford, of ■lllinois. We Represent the best accident ii’drhfiahieS in the worldlie Aetna, and the Travellers. of Hartford, Conn. We can Write you life instirafide the Aetna Life Ihku'raf.cfe Company, gross •assets **o’arly forty million dolM.'r's. Don’t forget that we have, 'the best farm 'tyagon for the least money. It 'iviU pay every farnler in and surrounding eonWt’ies to either call or corW'S’pond with us, and get OUV prices before purchasing elsewhere. We wish tq wiill, especial attention to tfet fact that we will make T&ltfd take acknowledgment of deeds, mortgages, leases, mechanic liens, oi’ other legal instruments. We mak.e collections of accounts anA hotes a specialty, and’ solicit the patronage of ftiiy person having cqitectio’ns. In conclusion, we tflsh to say that we wish you all a happy and prosperous new year. Trusting that you will not forget to call and see us, for we are always glad to meet our customers, and therefore, cordially invite you to call in the office, whether you have business to transact or not. We appreciate a friendly call. Our office rooms are upstairs in Leopold Block, over Ellis & Murray’s dry goods store. Yours most respectfully. B. F. Ferguson. Rensselaer, Ind., Jan. 1, 1894.