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...Pierpont Morgan came to Manhattan in 1857 from the London banking house of his father, Junius Spencer Morgan, onetime New England drygoods merchant. Through the "Western Blizzard" panic of that year and for two years more, young, brusque, tough-fibered Morgan listened & learned as a Wall Street junior clerk. By 1860 he was in business as New York agent for his father's George Peabody & Co., bought and sold foreign exchange through the Civil War. Also, he helped finance the sale to the Union Army of 5,000 carbines which later gave rise to a law suit...
...rate rise to cover the cost of making his manual system automatic. Last week he was also planning the installation of telephones in Caro's Hotel Montague. Under the Moore plan each room will have a telephone number listed in the book. After calling the room clerk to discover what room his friend has, the subscriber must hang up and rephone the room direct. That makes the contact twice as expensive...
...better. It is hard to single out any of the supporting cast for more praise than the others. Each of Odets's "scenes within-a-scene," like the drunk walking his dog in the park, bring out brilliant little characters. Roman Bohnen as the broken-down hotel clerk, Phil Loeb as the detective's brother-in-law, and Sandford Mesinger as the Hollywood magnate stand out particularly...
Auditor since 1922, Taylor became a clerk in the office of the Bursar, at that time Allen Danforth, in August, 1886. In 1910 he was appointed assistant comptroller of the University and he held that position until he was made auditor...
Good shot: Felix Bressart, as a timid clerk afraid for his job, repeatedly dodging out of sight whenever Boss Matuschek asks for an opinion...