text_original: Crowds of merely curious citizens and strangers always gathered around at Ex  change hours, and many of these brought their wives, daughters, or sweethearts to enjoy the sights, and all the shops in the neighborhood did a roaring trade. The names of some of the well known bankers of that time are identified with great financial business even in our own day. The millionaires, the multi million  aires, of our present era, were unknown figures in the reign of Queen Anne.
text_transcription: CROWDS OF MERELY CURIOUS CITIZENS AND STRANGERS ALWAYS GATHERED AROUND AT EXCHANGE HOURS AND MANY OF THESE BROUGHT THEIR WIVES DAUGHTERS OR SWEETHEARTS TO ENJOY THE SIGHTS AND ALL THE SHOPS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DID A ROARING TRADE THE NAMES OF SOME OF THE WELL KNOWN BANKERS OF THAT TIME ARE IDENTIFIED WITH GREAT FINANCIAL BUSINESS EVEN IN OUR OWN DAY THE MILLIONAIRES THE MULTI MILLIONAIRES OF OUR PRESENT ERA WERE UNKNOWN FIGURES IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE
phonemes: kɹˈaʊdz ʌv mˈɪɹli kjˈʊɹɹiəs sˈɪɾɪzənz ænd stɹˈeɪndʒɚz ˈɔːlweɪz ɡˈæðɚd ɚɹˈaʊnd æɾ ˈɛks tʃˈeɪndʒ ˈaʊɚz, ænd mˈɛnɪəv ðiːz bɹˈɔːt ðɛɹ wˈaɪvz, dˈɔːɾɚz, ɔːɹ swˈiːthɑːɹts tʊ ɛndʒˈɔɪ ðə sˈaɪts, ænd ˈɔːl ðə ʃˈɑːps ɪnðə nˈeɪbɚhˌʊd dˈɪd ɐ ɹˈɔːɹɪŋ tɹˈeɪd. ðə nˈeɪmz ʌv sˌʌm ʌvðə wˈɛl nˈoʊn bˈæŋkɚz ʌv ðæt tˈaɪm ɑːɹ aɪdˈɛntᵻfˌaɪd wɪð ɡɹˈeɪt faɪnˈænʃəl bˈɪznəs ˈiːvən ɪn ˌaʊɚɹ ˈoʊn dˈeɪ. ðə mˌɪliənˈɛɹz, ðə mˈʌltaɪ mˈɪliən ˈaɪɹɪz, ʌv ˌaʊɚ pɹˈɛzənt ˈiəɹə, wɜːɹ ʌnnˈoʊn fˈɪɡjɚz ɪnðə ɹˈeɪn ʌv kwˈiːn ˈæn.