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...other pilgrims found Black Panther Wills looking lean, lithe and dangerous. He had been training by running six miles a day up and down the ocean sands; by flailing and stabbing at two sparring partners whose weights aggregated 430 pounds; by keeping quiet, eating much, saying little. In Wall Street, Manhattan, moneyed men laid their wagers upon Firpo or Wills in the ratio...
...tradition that Wall Street men die young is hardly borne out by John A. Stewart, Chairman of the Board of the United States Trust Co. On Aug. 26, Banker Stewart celebrated his 102nd birthday. Until three years ago, he came to his office three times a week to presideat board meetings; although not now active in the affairs of his bank, he still retains the Chairmanship and very fair health. He is the oldest bank official...
...98th year he was seated at his desk when the "Wall Street bomb'" explosion occurred. When shattered glass suddenly fell on the floor beside him, he calmly directed that it be cleaned up, proceeded with his work...
While the official ratification of the Experts' Plan settlement is being ratified with the usual parliamentary oratory in Paris and Berlin, Wall Street has turned to other topics of discussion. The New York financial centre will be looked to for about $100,000,000 to finance the German part of the plan, but that amount of bonds has long since ceased to be considered a particularly large operation in Wall Street. Financial men privately state that the American share of the bonds has been practically underwritten already. The question of how readily the underwriting syndicate will be able...
Married. William Wilkinson, 76, "Bishop of Wall Street," to Mrs. Pauline Travilla MacNab, 74; in Manhattan. Dr. Wilkinson's rotund figure is a familiar sight to noonday crowds in Manhattan's financial district, where he preaches open-air sermons from the curb...