Open Highway to Success in America for Bank Leaders
Forbes highlights democratic opportunity in the United States as it chronicles the ascent of poor boys to top banking roles. Oscar Wells rises to president of the American Bankers Association after a path from a Missouri farm to Bethany College and banking across multiple states.
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America
Forbes Magazine
Oscar Wells
American Bankers Association
John H. Pnelicher
Milwaukee
Walter W. Bread
Ilinois
Association
Missouri
Omaha
Nebraska
Granger
William E. Knox
New York
Missouri River
Platte County
Platte City
Tle Pesle
Birmingham
Alabama
Ure
Growth of School Savings Programs Across Districts
A 1921 to 1925 survey by the Association reports aggregate school savings reaching $5,500,000 with a $630,000 shortfall in fore October. Participation rose from 63 to 1557 districts, schools increased to 1,163, deposits climbed to $11,991,795.18, and bank balances soared to $2,320,485,104.161. W. E. Albig notes sharp gains since 1920, with enrollment up 27.0 percent, participants 22.2 percent, deposits 60.61 percent, and balances 51.63 percent.
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York
United Sites
halatue +s
Mereavcnl
Gosh
Iig Ature
Ces
Amthih
W. E. Albig
Ehiaree
Association
Uking West
Wand Bank
Archaic Fishing Myths From South America and Amazon
A fragment describes people in South America using bows and arrows for fish, noting differences in hunting methods and diets. It mentions the Amazon hosting many fish species and wild animals like jaguars. It hints at observers seeing large cats near rivers and trees during river life.
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Amerea
Amazon
Lee
Depend on Jesus
A compact note stresses faith and devotion, urging believers to rely on Jesus in all circumstances and to recognize his presence in daily life. The fragment emphasizes spiritual guidance over worldly distractions and invites steady trust in divine aid.
Porto Bello Gold Colt by Arthur D Howden Smolth
A fragmented page recounts plotting and questioning within a group led by Flint and Murray as they discuss past ventures and a planned coup. Subtle tension rises around a New York mission and a hidden treasure, with unspoken fears and bold boasts shaping the dialogue.
Treasure Ship Plot Among Hidden Wills
In a smoky cabin Murray outlines a plan to seize a Spanish treasure ship, detailing terms that would divide seven hundred thousand pounds among conspirators and allies. Flint resists a solo take, while the group weighs disguises, timing, and who will trust whom as the risky scheme unfolds.
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Flint
Udele
Murrey
Morgan
Cartagena
Chagres
Vera Cruz
Cape Horn
Council of the Ndtes
Murray
Madagascar
Veter
Maurras
Pater
Too
Punt
Firut
Bart
Dasilisk
Filnt
Fadies
Spyginss Island
Ecitreen
Trinidad
Caribbean
Atlantic
Tinit
Jamalea
Trasani
Marinlea
Klne
Ming
Rot Vint
Hle
Funt
Murrisy
Thiart
Vint
Fle
John
Stay-at-Flame Bodies and Dutch Women Traders Rise
Fragmented dialogue centers on seafaring men plotting hostage exchanges aboard the Walrus and muttered schemes amid Dutch women traders in Nieuw Amsterdam. The text portrays frontier adventurers, hostage talk, and gendered roles in early colonial commerce with scattered references to prizes and trade networks.
Dreamlike Colonial Tudor Style Residence Described
The Kansas City Star envisions a dream residence in Tudor Gothic colonial coinage blending Crench chateau influence. It features tiles and asbestos roofing with terra cotta accents, painted in purple green red yellow and pink. The house includes twenty bedrooms to host relatives and a dedicated dying room in a curpire tall isle style, set on low ground among dense woods ten miles from the station and near the office.
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Fish Anawer
California
Bnoigalow
Adirondack Lodge
Kansas City Star
Diet During Training Described By Trainers
Training diets emphasize whole foods such as meat bread and potatoes with green vegetables. Avoid puddings pastries sauces pickles and spices. tobacco in all forms is forbidden.
Water imports blamed for perks of Prenelt method
London dispatch notes variations cite drinking water from France as key to the Prenelt method. The belief holds the English winner uses French water to perfect tea quality, a claim tied to the same CPI cures crossing borders to France for alleged benefits.
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France
Shakespeare’s Father John Shakespeare Held Local Posts
A fragment recounts that John Shakespeare, father of the famed poet, could not read or write yet served important local offices. It notes missing documents and suggests he relied on his wife’s work or other methods to manage records.
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John Shhuakespeare
John Shakespeare
Town Decay Cuts Dutch Seaport Population Dramatically
Enkulsen, a Nether lands port town on the Aufderzee, once boasted over 40 000 residents and a fleet of 400 ships to the herting fisheries. The berry trade faded, leaving the population at 7 718.
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Enkulsen
Netherlands
Aufderzee
Herting Tsheries
Ancient tavern becomes apartment house in Danvers
A historic site once known as Ye Olde Kerry Tavern in Danvers Massachusetts, a rare colonial tavern linked to Benedict Arnold’s passage through Massachusetts to Quebec, has been converted into an apartment building.
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Danvers
Mass
Benedict Aibold
Moussaclousetts
Quebec
Careless Compiler to Publish Biographical Encyclopedia
In 1700 the publisher intended to issue A Biographical Encyclopedia of England with engraved portraits. James Granger disrupted or burned many illustrated books, leaving only a few perfect copies of the remaining works.
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Enghind
James Granger
Sted
Trusteessale of valuable real estate in Burrsville
Court sale of a Burrsville property in Caroline county as part of the Jacobs versus Jacobs decree. The two story lime dwelling and a blacksmith shop sit on land described by metes and bounds with a bridge, ditch, and county road frontage. Sale in front of Denton Court House on March 23, 1926 from 2 to 4 p m. One half payment due day of sale, balance due in six months or cash option. Deed after full payment. interest accrues on deferred payments. Trustees Wesley E. Thawley and Jamus Temple, Attys.
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Circuit Court
Caroline County
Jacobs
Court House
Denton
Burrsville
Maryland
Union M. P. Church
Wesley M. FE. Church
Tilghman Harvey
William Outen
Wesley M. E. Church
William T. Baker
Truvilla KR. Jacobs
Liber L. B. T
Urrsville
Stone Road
Wesley E. Thawley
Jamus Tevple
Cirrcuit Court
Chy
Charles I. Harrison
Circuit Court For
Calvert C. Merriken
Wilbert L. Merriken
Geo
A. Deakyne
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Denton Journal
Melvin Benj. H. Johnson
Watin & Johnson, Publishars
Sshegl
Jesus
PORTO
Bello
Arthur D. Howden Smith
Arthur D. Howden
Smolth
Jon
Tever
Ben Gann
Filo
Ant
Aostah
Texel
Tethy
Meta” Flint
Murrray
Tre
Tspaniota
Idi
Nieu
Nieuw Amsterdam
Idea Guitar
New York Teheran
Denton Cleaners and Dyers
iPhone
Bos Silrd
Denton, Md
Nisi
Charles J. Ularrizan
Mortpupe
Ilelen BK
Blades
Alonzo E. Blades
Geo, A. Deakyne
M. K. Newnam
New Dover Opera House
Kenneth G. Faulkner
Warner Bros
Tom Moore
Edith Roberts
Metro-Goldwyn
Lillian
Dorothy Gish
Florence
Lillian Gish
Marie Prevost
Monte Blue
Helen Chadwick
Ernest Pascal
William Fox
Tom Mix
Tony
Wonder Horse
Eas
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Oit
Michigan
TUDOR
Fordor
Detroit
W. H. Rathell
S.C. Rhode
E. D. Prince
P.O. Henderson
Mis
Telephone
Ridgely
FII
John Irwin
Gia
Concord
Leonard S. Williamson
Federalsburg
Denton National Bank
Journal
Jos, TE
Roche
Goldsboro
Austin
P. Austin
Myrtle N. Bareus
Clarence I. Bareus
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