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P. Wagner issues several predictions about the stock market, reporting that the market seems likely to be quiet for the immediate future.
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1911-07-20
P. Wagner issues a prediction for the economic markets for the next several days, which looks to be in a state of deadlock with very little change at present.
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1911-07-14
P. Wagner offers financial advice to readers, predicting when stock prices will be at their lowest, and advising how to deal with them. A postscript comments on a recent article in the New York Sunday Herald dealing with predictions of the panic of 1907, and attests that he predicted it first.
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1911-06-05
P. Wagner issues a variety of recommendations for those playing the stock market, including which companies to sell short. The postscript attests to the accuracy of the method use to issue these predictions by highlighting several cases in which the predictions were accurate.
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1911-05-20
President of the National Republican League J. Hampton Moore encourages Republican clubs to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Republican Party. Moore provides a brief history of the origination of the political party.
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1904-06-03
A list of social clubs and societies. Each society includes the names and contact information of many of their representatives, as well as their regular meeting times and locations.
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1911-05-20
Boy Scouts of America’s April 17, 1911 newsletter contains seven articles. Ernest Thompson Seton compares the American Boys Scouts with the British Boy Scouts. The British scouts are more disciplined, whereas the American scouts are skillful at camping and have “greater lung power.” There is a discussion on doing a troop exchange. National Scout Commissioner Daniel Carter Beard discusses how scouts should regard men like Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone as heroes rather than Jesse James or Robin Hood-type characters. The Executive Board plans to establish a Scout Masters’ School at Silver Bay, New York, in conjunction with the Boys’ Workers Camp. The two new manuals are almost ready to be published. Lorillard Spencer is planning summer activities for New York scoutmasters. New Jersey scouts are cleaning up areas to prevent mosquitoes. Italian scouts are working on propagating universal peace.
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1911-04-17
This newsletter lists the events held during the 1907-1908 season by the Neighborhood House, a settlement house in southwest Washington, D.C. The newsletter also includes photographs of past events and lists of trustees, volunteers, and donors.
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1907
A publication of the address by Owen Wister, graduate of Harvard University class of 1882, originally delivered at the award of academic distinctions. Wister discusses the importance of developing scholarship in the United States and gives examples of fine American ingenuity. He exhorts the assembled students at Harvard to become well-versed in a variety of fields.
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1907-12-23
This newsletter, available free of charge to employees of the Isthmian Canal Commission and the Panama Railroad Company, reports on various happenings in the Canal Zone, including updates on progress, revenue, mosquitoes, sports, and excavation. It also includes a directory of names at the end.
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1907-09-11
A copy of the first edition of The Canal Record published by the Isthmian Canal Commission contains announcements, articles and reports relating to life on the canal.
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1907-09-04
Local lore has claimed that Theodore Roosevelt signed the legislation creating Crater Lake National Park at the Baldwin Hotel in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and that Roosevelt visited Crater Lake. There is no evidence for these claims and the only Roosevelt to visit Crater Lake was Eleanor Roosevelt in 1934. Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter visited the lake in 1991 and had a trip similar to the average visitor.
2000
The October 1913 edition of The Progressive Bulletin reports that Theodore Roosevelt claims he will continue to fight for the Progressive Party until all of their principles are upheld.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1913-10
The September 1913 edition of The Progressive Bulletin contains a great deal of information related to the Progressive Party in various U.S. states. The front page reports Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson urging amalgamation between the Progressive and Republican Parties.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1913-09
The August 1913 edition of The Progressive Bulletin celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Progressive Party’s first national convention. It discusses many of the principles of the Party and includes mention of Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement at the previous year’s convention.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1913-08
The May 1913 edition of The Progressive Bulletin discusses issues related to the Progressive Party, political campaigns, political platforms, and, notably, tariff policy.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1913-05
Bulletin from the banking house of John L. Williams & Sons reviewing American economic progress since the election of William McKinley and forecasting great economic opportunities in the American South.
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1903-07-31
Fairfax Henry Wheelan urges the businessmen of San Francisco, California, to vote in the primary elections.
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1904-09