Word: london
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...World War, and a noted journalist, told how he came to invent the Robot. "What really caused its invention," he said, "was the need of an important person, to take the place of the Duke of York, in opening the Exhibition of the Society of Model Engineers, in London. Since I was secretary of the organization, I decided to make a Robot who could open the exhibition. After many disappointments, it was perfected and amid much excitement, the mechanical man made his debut...
Bourbon Morgan. During the U. S. Civil War, Mr. Junius Spencer Morgan of London observed historically to his English banker colleagues...
Thus the grandsire of today's J. P. Morgan actually coined Hearst Editor Brisbane's famed slogan: "Don't sell the country short." Mr. Junius Spencer Morgan had participated in the dry-goods business at Boston, Mass, before he removed to London and founded the English firm of J. S. Morgan & Co. Later, this became Morgan, Grenfell & Co., which is today the London office of Morgan...
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...