Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...temporal sovereign to another, Pope Pius XI requested King Vittorio Emanuele III to release the total of four priests who languished in Italian prisons, last week, one of them implicated in a bank swindle...
...devoutly hoped they had seen the last of Chang Tsung-Chang and his fat well-chewed cigars when the Nationalist armies chased him into Manchuria (TIME, Sept. 24), after which he settled down in the Japanese city of Dairen (near Port Arthur) with his 35 women and foreign bank deposits of $10,000,000 (TIME...
King Gustaf of Sweden, according to screeching Riviera news organs, "almost broke the bank at Monte Carlo," last week. Even if he had broken the bank, it would have been no staggering feat, for breaking-the-bank simply means that the banker of one roulette table is obliged to go to the cashier of the house and get some more money. Players winning as little as 5,000 francs ($200) have sometimes broken-the-bank...
...THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR TO START (STOP) YOUR POLICIES AND THOSE OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARE SO ENTIRELY IN HARMONY WITH EACH OTHER THAT YOU WOULD FEEL AT HOME ON THIS PAPER (STOP) THIS OFFER IS MADE IN THE UTMOST GOOD FAITH AND A GUARANTEE ENDORSED BY EVERY NATIONAL BANK IN CHICAGO WILL ASSURE YOU OF THE EARNESTNESS OF THIS OFFER (STOP) CHICAGO IS THE MOST HEALTHFUL AND DELIGHTFUL CITY IN THE WORLD IN WHICH TO LIVE AND WE WANT YOU TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THIS OFFER...
...West Indian hotels in the United Hotels Co. system. Head of United is New York-born Frank A. Dudley, versatile organizer. He left his Niagara Falls law office to serve in the New York State Legislature. He organized the Buffalo & Niagara Falls Railway. He organized the Electric City Bank, then went to the Pacific Coast and organized the North Coast R. R. An even more famed organizer, the late great Harriman, offered him a job, but, "No," said he, "I don't care much for railroads." Back to New York State he went. He had decided that Albany...