Banking's long arc from Babylon to the Bank of the United States
The piece traces ancient and medieval banking origins from Egibi & Co in Babylon to Roman and Italian moneylending, the rise of bullion and deposits, and the shift to credible credit. It notes early goldsmiths in London, the Bank of Venice, and the Bank of England as pivotal steps shaping modern finance. It also covers American early banks and the First Bank of the United States with charter details and aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of
Boston
Babylon
Egibi & Co
British Museum
Attila
Italy
Aquila
Venice
Palestine
Bank of Venice
London
Daily Courant
Stone & Martin
Goldsmiths
Lombard Street
Bank of England
William III
Louis XIV
House of Commons
William Paterson
Bagehot
France
James II
America
Philadelphia
Bank of Pennsylvania
Congress
Robert Morris
Bank of North America
Morris
First Bank of the United
United States
New York
Baltimore
Norfolk
Charleston
Savannah
Washington
New Orleans
Gallatin
Sunday School Attendance Record at Lewis Baptist Sunday School
Scholars at Lewis Baptist Sunday School report remarkable attendance. Joseph Hook has fourteen years without absence or lateness, Minnie Langridge thirteen years, with several others logging eight to five years. The seventeen scholars total 123 years of unbroken attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Eng
Land Measures for Area Calculations and Square Side Data
The article lists area conversions and square side lengths for various parcels. It defines one acre as 160 square rods, 4 840 square yards, and 43 500 square feet. It also gives square side measurements to contain ten acres and other fractions, including 60 feet for ten acres, 208.21 for one acre, 147.58 for half acre, 120.50 for third acre, 104.28 for fourth acre, and 73.79 for eighth acre.
Speech That Won the Girl From Roswell Tale
A Kansas City Star copied tale tells of Dinah choosing between two suitors. Jim the steady worker chooses cream. Sambo the stylish dresser adds a long boast and exotic sugar blend, and wins Dinah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. McGhee
Roswell, N. M
Kansas City Star
Jim
Mr. Jim
Sambo
Dinah
Movies Demoralize South Sea Nations
A returned English traveler claims moving pictures demoralize South Sea natives by breaking customs and inciting crime. He notes islanders are emotional and eager for drama, with an example in Samoa where three natives stole revolvers to imitate a hold up, killing a European manager and an ensuing clash left two attackers dead and one captured and hanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea
Samoan Islands
The Universal Deluge and Global Farming Size
The piece notes scholarship dismisses a universal deluge concept found in multiple cultures with the Babylonian version likely influencing Hebrew lore. It argues the claim has little scientific value and adds that 52,000 people farm more than half of England and Wales' agricultural land, about 12 percent of the workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England and
Wales
Why They Worshipped Cats in Ancient Egypt
W. J. Showalter explains in National Geographic why ancient Egyptians revered cats noting their association with avoiding bubonic plague. He discusses the misconception that cats blocked disease directly and the correct link to fleas on rats spreading plague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Showalter
National Geographic Magazine
Phoebe Lincoln Hand Balm Sells for 1.50 in Decorah
The Phoebe Lincoln Hand Balm is promoted as mild and healing for both infants and adults. It soothes chaps cuts sores and eruptions and is sold by Mott Co A J Sorenson E J Parman Imogen Lincoln in The Decorah Republican for a 14 month period ending January 1 1916 at a price of 1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Lincoln
Mott & CO
A. J. Sorenson
E. J. Parman
Imogen Lincoln
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Decorah
Iowa
A. K. Barley & Son
Egibs & CO
St. Paul
Rome
Terence
Phormio
Demipho
Cicero
Athens
B. C
Xenophon
Christ
Lays Credit Foundation
Brenta
Europe
Republic of
Bank of
Florence
Genoa
Switzerland
Geneva
Spain
Barcelona
Holland
Bank of Amsterdam
Germany
Hamburg
England
Great Britain
James I
Tower of London
Macaulay
Dudley North
Charles I
Grasshopper
Martin
Lomlon Goldsmiths
First American Banks
Government
Resources
Tedmei
Winnebec
Boa
Winnieshetk
Vauit
National Bank
Capital
Ca Bse A
Seers Ee
Winnesheik
H.C. Hjerlfid
H.C Hjerlei
Cashier
Lily Wise
Corr
L. B.whitney
C. Johnson
H. Baker
Inman
Citizens Savings Bank
Winneshiek County
Auditor of State
Amoot
Towa
Winnishiek County
C. Jd. Weiser
R. Algyer
JA. Antinson
A. C. Whalen
Ashier
Samed
C.J. Weiser
Tr. Algyer
A. Anfinson
R. Algyes
A. Antinson
Ato AO
HB. J. McKay
Howard F. Bartell
Notary
Decorah State Bank
Winneshiek
State
Rational Bank
Total Assets
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K. A. Engbertaon
B. BE
Borg
A. R. Johnson
Imite
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Wmneta
K. A
Ugberteon
Prest
E. Berg
A. K. Johnson
E.R. Haines
Clayton & Boice
Winveshiek Co
STARO
Borger H Hanson
LS. Requ
Vireetors
Dale
THE
Plain Price Store
R. P. Sanford
Marlow
M. J. Soukup
Frederick Wheeler
Elsie Baker
Agnes Kimball
Reed Miller
Victor
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