Why are there so many First National banks?

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Anonymous

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Why are there so many First National banks?

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 30, 2004 1:38 PM

All the places i have been all have a First National Bank,,,So can someone here tell me does that mean that the bank was the first in that region to get a charter from the Feds or What?[?] Like they cant all be First? Or can they?[#offtopic][#offtopic][#offtopic]

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 30, 2004 3:32 PM

See thread above...

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cherokee woman

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From: Louisville, KY
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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, August 30, 2004 7:38 PM

Why not just have two banks in an area: one could be named First Chance Bank,
and the other could be called Last Chance Bank. [angel]

cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."

CBQ_Guy

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Posted by CBQ_Guy on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 1:47 PM

Because they finance all the railroads?

(I'm ASSuming this has something to actually do with railroading, right?)

"Paul [Kossart] - The CB&Q Guy" [In Illinois] ~ Modeling the CB&Q and its fictional 'Illiniwek River-Subdivision-Branch Line' in the 1960's. ~

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 1:52 PM

Question is how Star bucks stays in bussiness? entered one in
Ottawa and was blown away by prices..drink there and you should be
among the stars saying good bye to your bucks..as for the bank who
can really say..as popular ..

really
David

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