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...Knickerbocker Trust closed its doors. That night, many great bankers gathered to consider the situation. At this conference trust companies appealed to banks for aid. When the public heard of the meeting tremendous runs started on two trust companies. Secretary of the Treasury George Bruce Cortel, now president of Consolidated Gas Co. of New York, arranged a $35,000,000 credit. On Oct. 24 a great panic swept the Exchange. Demand loans rose to 125%. J. P. Morgan and associates released $25,000,000 to assuage the situation. But not until Nov. 6 did bank runs stop...
...have always understood that Englishmen were accustomed to regard Americans with a more or less condescending attitude. If the actions of a certain element which attended the excellent lecture given by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather at the Harvard Union Tuesday evening can be called typically American, then we feel that the English attitude is entirely justified...
...Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, creator of "Old Bill," lectures at the Union tonight at 8 o'clock, portraying to Union members intimate views of his leading characters...
...Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, the author of "The Better Ole" and an official cartoonist in the World War, will speak at the Union on Tuesday evening, December 9, at 8 o'clock. His lecture will be illustrated with slides which he has shown in his lectures all over the United States. At the close of the evening, he will draw a large-sized picture...
...Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, the author of the "Better Ole", and creator of the well-known character "Old Bill" will give an illustrated lecture at the Harvard Union on Tuesday evening, December 9, at 8 o'clock...