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P. Wagner points out that the stock market has acted exactly as he predicted, and offers several more predictions for which stocks his readers should invest in for long term profits.
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1911-07-25
P. Wagner evaluates the stock market, judging that there is “nothing at all exciting.” Comments at the end of the article emphasize the accuracy of Wagner’s predictions, as he was able to identify the highs that stocks would top out at several days before they reached their zenith.
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1911-07-24
P. Wagner offers predictions for developments in the stock market. While he predicts that most stocks will remain relatively stable, he addresses several specific railroad stocks and commodities, advising either purchases or short sales.
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1911-07-22
George Stuart Smith sends Theodore Roosevelt a pair of newsletters offering predictions about the stock market, and hopes he will keep these records to test their accuracy.
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1911-07-22
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
In a letter dictated to his wife Cora, Frederick W. Gee asks Theodore Roosevelt’s advice on whether or not to buy stock in the Western Coal and Coke Company. Gee was blinded and lost an arm in a dynamite accident several years ago.
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1911-07-17
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
W. H. Cameron wonders if Theodore Roosevelt might discuss further the restraining of corporations buying stock in other corporations.
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1911-05-20
P. Wagner updates his readers on the state of the stock market, stating stocks may dip a couple of points, but the market is at a “purchase right where it is.”
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1911-05-15
F. A. Howell tells Theodore Roosevelt about Arthur F. Cosby’s new, patented indoor baseball game. He suggests Roosevelt invest in the newly formed company’s stock as it is “bound to repay you in an extraordinary manner.”
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1911-01-26
Arthur W. Weed, secretary and assistant treasurer at Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Brown and Co., details the facts of a case concerning rent payment by Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell and Joseph R. Megrue using stock in Standard Oil.
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1908-09-26
Douglas Robinson discusses factors exacerbating the financial crisis and congratulates President Roosevelt for his response. Robinson considers institutions and individuals hoarding wealth to be a cause of both immediate financial concern and the general public’s lack of trust in the economy, and mentions that he would have sold his stocks if he had not been Roosevelt’s brother-in-law.
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1907-11-18
John Willis sends President Roosevelt a prospectus of his ranch company to show his progress over the past six years. In recognition of all Roosevelt has done for him, Willis wants to present a small number of stocks in his company. He wants to return to Missouri next year. Willis invites Roosevelt and his sons out to his current Montana ranch for hunting.
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1907-05-09
Jacob H. Schiff corrects Francis J. Hendricks’ testimony about the price of stocks and bonds sold by Kuhn, Loeb & Company involving the Equitable Life Assurance Society, the Union Pacific Preferred Stock, and Japanese bonds.
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1905-07-25
Blank subscription form for purchasing stock in the United Motors Company. One of the company’s subsidiaries, the Rutherford Rubber Company, presently manufactures a variety of tires and is planning to expand its production to include several special styles.
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1911
Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna puts his finger to his lips as he stands on a stage beside a sign reading “Hanna for president.” Several raised hands are positioned below him: “Rathbone,” “trusts,” “subsidies,” and “Wall Street.” The “trusts” holds a top hat labeled “watered stocks.” Hanna’s hand is outstretched, either to wave away the cheering supporters below, or to take the offered hat.
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1903-11
Senator Bourne congratulates President Roosevelt on his Provincetown speech, “one of the ablest you have ever delivered.” He shares his thoughts about corporate management and ownership, and makes suggestions regarding railroad stocks.
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1907-08-23
William Nelson Cromwell reports that the stockholders have voted “fullest ratification” and the documents have been exchanged as he promised. He extends his congratulations to President Roosevelt.
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1904-04-23