Commercial concerns (northwest Michoacán)

Yurécuaro

Salon Blanco

A 20c note.

La Piedad

El Pabellón Mexicano

A $1 cartón issued by Rafael Padilla Ramírez.

Padilla Ramírez was presidente municipal of the town in 1920, and diputado suplente for La Piedad to the XXXI national congress in 1925.

La Palma

Daniel Robles y Cía.

We know of 10c and 20c notes issued by this grocery store, as fractional pieces for the infalsificable issue.

Sahuayo

Fructuoso Ceja

a different design

Jesús E. Villaseñor

Jesús E. Villaseñor was treasurer of the Centro Partido Católico Nacional in Sahuayo in April 1913.

Chavéz Cisneros records that in 1917 (the Year of Famine) there was also a shortage of small change, that was supplemented by fichas issued by businesses in the larger towns of Sahuayo, Jiquilpan and Cotija and the smaller town of San José de Gracía^{Esteban Chavéz Cisneros, Quitupán, Ensayo histórico y estadístico, Morelia, 1954, p. 152}.

Jiquilpan

Ygnacio A. Gudiño

Ignacio A, Gudiño was Prefecto del Districto for Jiquilpan in 1912. The newspaper El País complained that previously he had conspired with Diego Moreno, owner of the hacienda La Guaracha, to drive the indigenous people off their land. Now the government had changed the Indians were reasserting their rights and Gudiño’s lackeys were responsible for at least two assassinations^{El País, 10 March 1912}. However, El Diario replied that these were lies (fake news), that Gudiño’s actions were supported within the region, the district was completely calm and that the neighbourhood enjoyed peace and guarantees for its future^{El Diario, 24 March 1912}.

Chavéz Cisneros records that in 1917 (the Year of Famine) there was also a shortage of small change, that was supplemented by fichas issued by businesses in the larger towns of Sahuayo, Jiquilpan and Cotija and the smaller town of San José de Gracía^{Esteban Chavéz Cisneros, ibid.}.

Jacona

Florentino Fernández C.