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Dates: during 1929-1929
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Straws show which way the wind blows. But when a strawstack is an indicator it tells tales of a wind that is blowing near hurricane strength. Last week 37 banks in Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana,?37 banks with over $350.000,000 of assets?were the strawstack at which the Northwest cocked an admiring eye. For the 3 7 banks were united in a great bank chain, headed by the First National banks of St. Paul and Minneapolis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Northwest Wind | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

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