I'm old enough to remember 
Louis Albert Schreiner, who died when I was almost 9.  I remember him at his desk at the old Chas. Schreiner Bank.  Here's a letter he wrote to Mr. Sproul of Mountain Home.
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| Letter from L. A. Schreiner to W. W. Sproul, for War Bonds.  Kerrville, 1918 | 
 
I'd love to get 4 1/2 % today.
ReplyDeleteOver 4% interest, just reading that made my CD's hang their heads in shame.
ReplyDeleteIt made my banks hang their heads in shame, too, for paying so little.