Woodson County KS Archives Photo Place.....Toronto Bank 1899
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Source:             Woodson County Advocate Fri Sep 1, 1899
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           THE TORONTO BANK

A Staunch and Reliable Private Banking Institution
Ably Conducted Capital, $5,000. Undivided Profits,
$1,200. W. P. Dickerson, Cashier.

   The commercial standing and prosperity of a city
may be judged by its banking institutions and if 
theses "hearts of business life" are in a flourishing
and healthy condition a city is bound to thrive.
That Toronto is a business center of importance in
this section of the state is a conceded fact, and its
commercial prestige may be ascribed in a large measure
to the Toronto Bank which since its organization in
1892 has proved an important factor in the advancement
of the city. A general banking business is conducted,
deposits received, exchange bought and sold, and 
prompt attention is given to collections. No patron
of the bank has ever been refused a loan on approved
banking security, and the individual financial
standing of the owners is such as to insure the 
fullest confidence of the many depositors. The 
correspondents of this institution are the National
Bank of Commerce Kansas City, and the Chase National
Bank, of New York. The home of the bank is a modern
brick structure which was built for  this purpose.
The arrangement of the counting room is in accordance
with the ideas of metropolitan banks. In addition to
fire and burglar proof steel vault and safe with time
lock, the fund and valuable documents are further
protected against loss by a policy in the Bankers
Mutual Insurance Company.
    W. P. Dickerson, the cashier on whom devolves the
business management of the bank is a native of Ohio
and came to Kansas in 1870 being at that time ten
years of age. The family located and remained in
Allen county until the spring of 1876 when they
removed to Toronto. Mr. Dickerson supplementd his
common school education with a course at the State
University at Lawrence and after leaving that 
institution taught school for six years. He owned
and published the Toronto Register for two years
and made that journal a valued factor in local 
newspaper circles. He is a republican in politics 
and as such has filled the office of the district
court for two terms. He is a Mason and his life 
long carrer in this state has been such as to 
entitle im to the respect and confidence so
universally accorded him by his fellow men. 
   Of C. H. Starrett and N. V. Moore the other
owners of the bank, the former is a pioneer 
business man of this city who is extensively 
mentioned elsewhere in this issue and N. V. Moore
is a clergyman whose standing is above criticism.

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