Life — January 25, 1912 — page 36: what you’re looking at

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Statement of Condition on December 21st, 1911 Resources Bonds and Mortgages, = N. Y. State and City Bonds, - Other Stocks and Bonds, - Time Loans, - - Bills Purchased, - = - DemandLoans, - - - Accrued Interest Receivable, Cash in Vault and Banks, - $ 110,000.00 1,502, 102.34 5,985,508.70 3,667,083.19 1,952,642.30 3,151,482.20 148,314.53 5,295,956.59 $21,813,089.85 stabilities - = $1,250,000.00 500,000.00 639,393.68 190,159.06 19,233,537.11 Earnings Undivided, - Accrued Interest Payable, - Deposits, - - % $21,813,089.85. Directors ELBER’ Chairman U. H. GARY BENJAMIN ALTMAN S. Steel B. Altman & Co. JOHN JACOB ASTOR GEO. F. BAKER, Chairman First National Bank STEPHEN BAKER President Bank of the Mas GEO_B. CASE White & Case, Attorneys JOHN CLAFLIN Pres, United Dry Goods Cor THOMAS COCHRAN, Jr THOMAS W J.P. Morgan & Co., Real Estate EDGAR L. pC; GONVERSE President H. P. DAVISON J.P. Morgan & Co., Bankers JOHN 1. DOWNEY Building Construction President Mechanics President M D, F. POMEROY Vice-Pres. Baokers Trast Co. rustee for Personal Trusts Astor Crust Co, FIFTH AVENUE ©@® 36TH ROBERT WALTON GOELET Sey LAMONT RANALD H. MacDONALD MARSTON Blair & Co., Bankers EPH B. MARTINDALE CHAS. A. PEABODY ual Life Ins. Co WILLIAM H. PORTER J.P. Morgan & Co, Bankers SEWARD PROSSER President DANIEL G. RE Rock Island System DOUGLAS ROBINSON Real Estate ARCHIBALD D. RUSSELL ALEXANDER H. STEVENS Vice-President BENJAMIN STRONG, Jr ‘ce-President Bankers Trust Co. CHAS. L. TIFFANY Vice-President Tiffany & Co. ‘THEODORE N. VAIL Pres. American Tel. and Tel. Co. ALBERT H. WIGGIN President Chase National Bank Corporation Bankers & Metals Nat. Bank STREET, NEW YORK ‘walk throagd Hip to Tite & framble about her contries within as many or a steamer Uo eatcht ‘cee pores t acqustoted we will went you 9 gto ot Lave a ep MeBRIDE. NAST && CO.. Unton Sq. N. ¥ HAVE YOU A DOG? If so, send for Miller's great illustrated eee, tee ee “Sergeant's Famous Dog Remedi POLK MILLER DRUG COMPANY 808 E. Main Street Richmond, V: lightning, if they would send them in to the Gazette office for examination, Every time there was a thunderstorm Franklin would tell the foreman to edit the paper, and, armed with a string and an old door key, he would go out on the hills and get enough lightning for a mess. In 1753 ter of franklin was made ne Colonies. He made a good Postmaster-Gene and people say were fewer mistakes in distribu- their mail then than there have ever been since. If a man mailed a le ter in those days, old Ben Franklin saw that it went to where it was Franklin frequently went over to Eng- land in those partly on business and partly to shock the king. He liked lo go to the castle with his breeches tucked into his boots, figuratively speak- ing, and attract a great deal of atten- tion It looked course, presence, and, up against the “How's trade?” Franklin never put on any frills, he was not afraid of a crowned He used to say, frequently, that a king to him was no more than a seven-spot. He did his best to prevent the Revo- posi there ting addressed. days, odd to the English, of him come leaning his wet umbrella throne, ask the king, to see into the royal us | Hinerartes, also copy of lutionary War, but he couldn't do it Patrick Henry had said that the war was inevitable and had given it permis- sion to come and it came. He also went to Paris and got ac- quainted with a few crowned heads there. They thought a good deal of him in Paris and offered him a corner lot if he would build there and start a paper. They also promised him the county printing, but he said no, he would have to go back 10 America or his wife might get uneasy about him. Franklin wrote “Poor Richard's Almanac” in 173 1757, and it republished in Eng- land Franklin little thought when he wer © the throne room in his leather riding clothes and hung E the throne that he wearin 2 to was was inaugu groom clothes which these days be so popular amo} lish, Dr. Franklin entered Philadelphia ea ing a loaf of bread and carry i under each beneath the window of the girl 10 whom he after- wards gave his hand in marriage. Nearly everybody in America, except Dr. Mary Walker, was once a poor boy. —From Bill Nye’s History of United States. arm, passing GRANDFATHER USED STILL THE BEST. Note style 2% bottling This is the Guaranteed Original Package. It is handled by the best dealers thru- cut the United States. If you cannct find it we willtell ycu where you can besuppliedright in your neighborhood. BERNHEIM DISTILLING CO. LOUISVILLE, KY. Hire for British and Uiteratare, detsiied Iman Auto. iron on request: Write us about everything t0 0 with Motoring Abrosd! The INTERNATIONAL AUTOTRAVEL SOCIETY 26 to 30 Morning Post Buildings, Strand, London, England,