During World War I, Roberts served in Company B of the 167th U.S. Infantry Regiment. In the letter, written "somewhere in France," he discusses the weather and camp activities, and he asks for more letters from the people at home: "Oh! Why don't...
This article describes the stock market decline on October 23: "The stock market suffered the swiftest and most hair raising drop in recent financial history today, a sweeping decline far more drastic than anything yet experienced in this modern...
This article argues that the stock market crash was inevitable because "the country had gone speculation mad"; while the country will suffer "painful consequences," the author predicts that "the shock will not be so severe as it has been on former...
In the letter Jake explains that his school cannot afford to stay open; he asks the governor to "call the Legislature together and let us have enough money to run the school the full year."