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Wright Studies
Frank L. Smith Bank, Dwight, Illinois (1905) (S.111)
 

(Note, I have copied excerpts of the text, but give all the credits available.)

Then and Now - Being a History of Dwight, Illinois.
From 1853 to 1908

By Fred B. Hargreaves, 1908.

Originally Published at Dwight, Illinois,1908.
Photographically reproduced at Dwight, Illinois, 1999.
Transcribed from Book form to Digital, 2008, By David Weis.
 
Page 80:

The
First National Bank
of Dwight

UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY
The Oldest Incorporated   The Heaviest Capitalized
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $60,000

CREATING A RESERVE is not difficult once you get started to craving money systematically. But if you ever expect to be independent financially through your own efforts, you must MAKE A START.
    Avail yourself of National Bank protection and make a start with us, where your money will be safely protected and you will be prepared to take advantage of opportunities when they come.

 Resources; $435,000.00

FRANK L. SMITH, Pres., CURTIS J. JUDD, Vice Pres., JOHN R. OUGHTON, Vice Pres.
JOHN J. DOHERTY, Cashier. E. M. HOFFMAN, Asst. Cashier.
DIRECTORS
CURTIS J. JUDD, JOE MILLER, WILLIAM WYLLIE
FRANK L. SMITH, R. H. MILLS

 
 

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