Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Holland sat by and heard the history of Pittsburgh interpreted as a characteristic evolution of U. S. culture. Beginning 150 years ago with the pioneers who "could face facts," "grapple with realities" and subdue savages; touching briefly on George Washington, the University of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh's present bank clearances (9.198 billions) ; recounting with admiration the rise of an alien child, Andrew Carnegie, and his beneficent works; hailing the Mellon brothers, the "distinctly American effort" of the painting exhibition and Andrew Carnegie once more, President Coolidge finished on a note especially pitched for Pittsburgh. "There are still some...
They were each Chicago's big banks?the Continental & Commercial National Bank and the Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank. They were owned by practically the same stockholders and led by the very same men? the brothers Reynolds?George McClelland Reynolds the elder and chairman of the boards of both banks, and Arthur Reynolds, younger by three years and president of both. Practically, the same banks were one Continental & Commercial institution; legally they were separate, for until the passage of the McFadden Branch Banking act by Congress last session (TIME, Jan. 31), national banks might not function as trustees. Banks incorporated...
Under the liberties of the McFadden act, the Continental & Commercial banks might merge. Last week they did so; pooling resources of nearly $640,000,000. Chicago now has the sixth largest bank in the U. S.* But Chicago must break a habit learned in 1910 when the Commercial National Bank consolidated with the Continental National Bank to form the Continental & Commercial National Bank. After Dec. 1, Chicago will be obliged to say Continental National Bank & Trust...
...Panora younger Arthur, with another brother, had founded a drugstore business. But Arthur saw George beating a road to bank success and abandoned mortar and pestle to pound down the road that his elder was making before...
...have been given in Manhattan these past seasons; probably few better than this Enemy of the People. The play tells the story of a Norwegian doctor who found that the baths in his town were unsanitary and struggled desperately with the citizens, who felt it better for their individual bank account to let the germs flourish...