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Table of Contents of
Valuable Extinct Securities

compiled by
R[oland] M[ulville] Smythe

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CONTENTS


                                            page
PREFACE                                      iii

THE BIG FOUR                                   1

How IT STARTED                                 3

ADVANCE CRITICISMS                             5

UNCORKED NOTES                                 7
	
    The lost metaphor                          7
    Lawyer spurns money                        7
    Banks vs. Trust Companies                  8
    Old time characters                        9
    Sad experiences                            9
    The long chase                            10
    Baron Munchausen                          11

INCORPORATIONS                                12

GOLD BRICKS                                   15

STOCKHOLDERS LIABLE FOR DEBTS                 16

L. I. D. BONDS                                17

LETTERS FROM TRUST OFFICERS                   18

FORECLOSURES                                  19					

OUR BANK LAWS                                 23

UNCLAIMED FUNDS IN  U. S. TREASURY            26

BOOKS WE USED                                 31

GOOD HUNTING GROUNDS                          33

THANKS TO OLD FRIENDS                         34

VALUABLE EXTINCT SECURITIES                   36

APPENDIX, UNFORECLOSED BONDS. Two SECTIONS   327

MERGER OF TRUST COMPANIES AND BANKS          394
           

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