Woman Founder Highlighted as First English Savings Bank Pioneer
W S Webb, cashier of Missouri Savings Association in Kansas City, traced savings banks origins to Miss Priscilla Wakefield of Tottenham England who founded the first English savings bank in 1798. He argued Missouri laws hinder bank growth, citing statutes limiting loans deposits and profits, leaving stockholders earn only six percent and investors wary.
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Kansas City
Priscilla Wakefield
W. S. Webb
Missouri Savings Association Bank of Kansas City
American Institution of Banking
Mr. Webb
Hugh Delestra
Brunswick
Hamburg
Bernen
Europe
Den
Tottenham
Middlesex County
England
America
Webb
Missouri
Board of Directors
Rubber Paving May Quiet London Streets
London officials anticipate rubber paving as a silent substitute for traditional roads. At the International Rubber Trade exhibition opening June 24 at the Royal Agricultural Hall a 122 by 10 foot rubber roadway will be shown. Proponents claim durability, reversible blocks, and longer life than current methods, with initial costs slightly higher but offset by reduced wear and noise.
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London
Royal Agricultural Hall
Fallieres Seen Wearing Inexpensive Paris Garments
The president of France Armand Fallieres is described as wearing economical Paris attire as reported by the Midt newspaper noting ten cent colors ninety cent shirts and nine cent socks among his dapper wardrobe.
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Paris
France
Armand Fallieres
Midt
Mosquito End News Cites New Jersey Bugologist Cheerfully
In Newark New Jersey Professor John B Smith declares the mosquito end is in sight citing a Belleville board of trade address. He outlines ditching draining and oiling efforts on the Kearny meadows showing progress while noting some basins still harbor old refuse and mosquitoes can fly forty miles.
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Newark
N. J
John 8. Smith
Kearny Meadows
Oll
Smith
John’ W. Dobbins
Mr. Smith
Hair Turns Gray in Night in Pittsburg
A Pittsburg man Nicholas Warmcastle reportedly turned gray overnight after a tragedy. His wife in Liverpool informs that their two year old child died on the eve of departure. He was found in bed by a doctor who noted a chestnut color in his hat.
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Pittsburg
Nicholas ‘Warmcastle
Liverpool
England
Stevens
Dangarthe
Maude Batley
Maude
Sha
The Morning Car Crush and a Quiet Love
Stevens a New York conductor falls for Annie Merrill a rider who leaves a torn envelope. He pursues her indirectly, helps her after a near accident, and discovers a shared longing for a life beyond his crowded city routine. Their fragile connection grows through small acts and chance meetings.
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Eighth Street
Stevens
Annie Merrill
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Germany
Hée
Herlin
Woman IS Founder
First Savings Bank
Elila
New Jersey
Yes
Joanna
Associated Literary’ Press
Toola
Jim Buckley
Buckley
Annis Merrill
Dr. .Judson
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