Word: trusts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...step into this pulpit dedicated to the memories of two Christian mothers,* with a deep desire to prove worthy of the high trust. I, too, have a mother in the unseen world. The last time I ever saw her, and the last time she ever saw me with earthly eyes, was here in New York on the night that I was ordained to the Christian ministry. May she, too, join the group that looks down from the battlements of Heaven to bless us here...
...this stage, political interference came, based upon fears of a "Food Trust" as well as complaints by small carriers through the country from whom the packers bought. A long lawsuit followed, during which the packers proceeded to get out of the grocery business except for the sale of meat products. Now the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia has decreed that the packers can return to their original practises. But the packers are no longer interested...
Recently, the depression in the union fields has led to the closing of the First National Bank of Carnegie, Pa., and also of the Carnegie Trust Co. Both institutions were controlled by John A. Bell, prominent coal operator and politician. Two years ago, Bell bought the Carnegie Coal Co. from its former owners, J. H. Sanford and J. T. M. Stoneroad, by issuing bonds and later hypothecating his stock to meet charges on them. The banks were holders of the bonds; and when payment on them was no longer possible because of depression in the coal business, it became necessary...
...have taken part in many heated discussions about Madame Sans Gene and, knowing you have put many minds at ease in the past, I trust you will be able to enlighten me on this subject. Is there any accent on the last "e" in Gene? And did such a person ever exist or was she merely a fictitious character? I have digested dictionaries. Lives of Napoleon" and Encyclopedias and still remain in total darkness...
Then came Columbia Trust, with cuts of the largest U. S. university's "safe and sane rectangular safety deposit boxes. . . . New boxes will be put up yearly as the number of . students grows." Juxtaposed with the facade of the Columbia Library, was a "detail of a kindred savings bank," markedly similar...