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Word: nesmith (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...reputed price of $1,200,000, straitlaced, teetotaling, 83-year-old Asahel Nesmith Bush ("Asahel II") sold his bank last week to branch bankers from Portland. Third oldest State bank in the Pacific Northwest, Ladd & Bush was also the region's third biggest independent. On its books were $11,220,150 deposits, $508,093 surplus & undivided profits. Once forced to take a $250,000 RFC loan, the Bush Bank nevertheless earned an average $156,400 over the last five years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: Oregon's J. P. Morgan Sells Out | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

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