Word: wall
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...building, internationally hailed as a "Cathedral of Commerce." On the 24th floor he placed the company's offices. His private office represented a $35,000 departure from frugality. It was a careful duplicate of Napoleon's library, even to the three throne chairs. Looking down from the wall was a large portrait of the stern-mouthed Emperor. When in 1919 Mr. Woolworth was on his deathbed, he was pleased to know that there was a capable man to succeed him: Hubert Templeton Parson, with the company since 1892. And he would have been more pleased if he could...
...third big bank in Chicago. Not included in the deal were six small banks connected with the Foreman system. Monday morning they promptly closed their doors until their status could be learned. Knowledge that the "trouble-spot" has been erased brought cheer to La Salle Street, also to Wall Street where stocks again rallied. But no rallier was Foreman stock which opened at $30 offered, nothing bid, against Saturday's $105, a recent price of $250. And Chicagoans were of the opinion that the historic Foreman family has passed forever out of the Chicago banking scene...
...defence. At some time the inhabitants apparently decided they needed more room and so they uprooted their stockade and moved it further down the hill. The lower one seems to have had a raised walk on the inner side, so that the defenders could see and fight over the wall...
...Wall Street must have its wisecrack. "High finance" was the weak but prevalent pun heard last week when Fiduciary Trust Co. opened for business on the 30th floor of No. i Wall St. But other bankers pre- pared to watch Fiduciary's course with deep interest. Distinctly it is a new departure in banking. The idea for Fiduciary Trust was conceived by the law firm of Root, Clark & Buckner and the investment counsel firm of Scudder, Stevens & Clark which, formed in 1919 as the first purely professional investment adviser, now spends $400,000 a year in research, handles some...
...obtsining a large group of men to take part Music selected from the season's reperfence of the Club will compose the program it is expected that the Quadrangle will afford extremely faverable accuses for the singing since the sound will be bounded on all sides by brick walls, and not affected by but one wall ss is the case when the Club performs on the steps of Widener...