Banking and Its Relation to the Community
The essay argues the bank serves thrift and industry by pooling private savings into productive capital. It notes the bank’s role in loans during business growth, panic, and emergencies, and discusses the Aldrich plan as a means to distribute financial power while preventing concentration. The piece emphasizes deposits fund loans, support manufacturers, and require prudent monetary reform to curb fear.
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Hill
Institutun Vt
Avon
Shorel
Elyria
Qassie Chadwick
Kaneen
OSS
Stremzrh
Jrani
Mmelse
Stlaos
Eveleon
Irnayys
Smd Penvtearh
Goverment Resorees
Iit
Tese
Businss
Aldrich
All America
Jean
The Versed Sages of a Bright Scholar
A fragmented verse piece reflects a teacher praising a student named George Washington for business skill and wartime knowledge. The piece wanders through comic dialogue on fast colors, sermons, and electric imagery, ending with a jagged, surreal tone about a congregational power and a lobster-hosted table.
St Louis Porter Is Croesus By Day and Night
A St Louis millinery head porter, C W Massee, earns about 50 monthly while driving a costly touring car and owning 3000 acres in Minnesota. He lives lavishly with four servants in a nine room house, police of his wealth baffling coworkers who call him the Man of Mystery. He works to fund luxury and dreams of returning to farming in Minnesota. Massee is a college man who funded his education and married a widow with property, traveling widely before settling in St Louis for work and a high life.
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Bank
T. Louis
Croesus
Wfe
C. W. Massee
St. Louis
Minnesota
Massee
Miassee
St Paul Minn
St Yenis
United States
Heart to Heart Talks on Domestic Duty and Decalogue
A satirical piece presents The Wife’s Decalogue and The Husband’s Decalogue outlining expected conduct for wives and husbands. It mocks traditional gender roles by listing duties, appearances, financial behavior, and religious instruction. It urges virtue, restraint, a public-spirited vote, and to resist social temptations in late 19th century style.
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Eisbru
Nut Trees and Fireproof Wood in Early Ideas
A fragment discusses global nourishment from Brazil nuts and advances in wood treatment to resist decay. It notes vast Brazil nut abundance wasted annually and mentions processes making wood nearly fireproof and long-lasting. The text cites Columbus and dates in a reflective, paraphrased manner.
Greasing Barrow Sparks Terse Exchange on Work Site
While a gang removes earth using wheelbarrows, a navvy spots a squalling wheel. He flips and begins greasing it, prompting a shout from the granger. The worker asserts no one told him to do so, claiming he took the liberty.
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Halloa
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Testimonials
A historical ad offers a 100 dollar reward for catarrh cure failures. F J Cheney Co of Toledo backs the remedy with testimonials from local bankers and merchants claiming integrity and ability to meet obligations. The product is Hall's Catarrh Cure, taken internally, priced at 76 cents per bottle, with Hale’s Family Pills for constipation also sold.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
National Bank of Commerce
Hill speech outlines Aldrich plan for central reserve
The piece reviews banking fears and the Aldrich currency plan, detailing a proposed Central Reserve Bank with district banks, government directors, and stock owned by private investors. It explains safeguards against undue control, limits on ownership, and the aim to aid country banks while excluding Wall Street.
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New York
York
Curren
Iivk
Vaul
Eicurren
Milan
Ins
Currency Commission
Aldrich
Burton
Congress
Inico
Myre Gank
Lontrol
Secretary of the Treasury
Combercve
Labor
Central Reserve
Vynal Co
Central Reserve Assuuction
Central ‘Reserve ‘Association
Central Reserve Associations
Ft Ois Provident
Gare
Central Reserve Association
Wall Street
Central
American Bankers Association
Ethno Banke Automation
Derg Thorough
Aek
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