William Loeb, collector of the Port of New York, was discussing the-wondrous speed and simplicity in the transaction of American buanees. "In a banker’s office the other day,” he said, “ I saw a door open, a head stuck itself quickly into the opening, and a voice demanded : * Quarter V ‘Yes,’ tbe bank president replied. . ‘Month?’ ‘Yep.’ ‘ Fonr-haK.’ No, five.’ ‘Eight.’ The head withdrew. I asked in wonderment: ‘What kind' of a cipher is that yon are talking?’ ‘No cipher at all,’ the president replied. ‘ That was one of Chicago’s leading financiers, and I have just arranged to lend him a quartermil] ion dollars at 5 per cent.’ ” For children’s hacking cough at night. Woods’ Great Peppermint Core; Is 6d. 2s 6d.
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Evening Star, Issue 15174, 3 May 1913, Page 2
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121Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Star, Issue 15174, 3 May 1913, Page 2
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