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Show Financier Makes Bis: Cash Purchase of Savings Dank Shares. . ' ' ST. LOUIS. July 14. More than 400,-000 400,-000 was carried In satchels by two messengers, mes-sengers, who accompanied Henry D. Sexton, president , of the Southern Illinois Illi-nois National bank, when he went to the offices of the East St Louis Trust and Savings bank and bought about 2000 of its shares,; valued at J582.500. - Par value, or 1225 a share, was paid for those already purchased, and the same amount will be paid for the remainder,' re-mainder,' which Mr. Sexton has arranged ar-ranged to acquire for the Southern Illinois Illi-nois National bank by Saturday. |