Word: jacks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Jack Dempsey obtained publicity for the Sharkey-Stribling fight, which he was promoting, by being shot at by an "unidentified prowler," last week, in Miami Beach, Fla. The bullet missed...
...begat "Jack"-the present "J. Pierpont Morgan" (as he signs himself with nice filial deference). When introduced as "Mr. Morgan" at a recent smoker of his Harvard class of '89, he promptly cried: "Oh Hell, call me Jack!" Of course only his closest intimates and partners ever do. In common converse with the public a partner of the House of Morgan avoids mentioning his colleagues by any name or nickname. "One of our partners in Philadelphia" is supposed to be a designation so august that it would be fiscal sacrilege to ask "Which...
Banker Morgan. Since the House of Morgan has deep, traditional roots in England, young "Jack" served his ap prenticeship in the city of biggest banks - London. There are no less than five British banks ("The Big Five") bigger than any in the U. S.- Midland Bank, Ltd., Lloyds Bank, Ltd., Barclay's Bank, Ltd., Westminster Bank, Ltd., National Provincial Bank...
...until "Jack" had worked 15 years in London was he allowed to graduate into the Manhattan House of Morgan as "J. Pierpont" in 1905. Nothing proves more conclusively that the fiscal centre of the world has shifted since then from London to New York than the fact that "J. Pierpont's" two sons have served their apprenticeship in Wall Street. The elder, Junius Spencer (called "Junior"), is now one of the most potent Morgan partners; but the younger, Henry Sturges ("Harry"), who started as a messenger boy at 23 Wall, has only just been taken into partnership...
...Dartmouth possesses potential power, but can't quite duplicate its Hanover performances on a foreign surface. It is easier to keep track of the form of Harvard's athletes than it is to follow the ups and downs of the boys who strive so diligently under Harry Hillman and Jack Moakley, and that's why the meet promises to have a stronger Crimson tinge than the "dope sheet" indicates...