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- "Crash May Liven Business."
- 1929 October 30
- "Many Branches Of Trade To Be Benefited, View Of Fiscal Officials." This article suggests that the recent stock market crash will benefit many businesses because of resulting "easy money rates, accompanied by a rejuvenated bond market and a...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Stock Collapse Hits Cotton, Grain."
- 1929 October 24
- "Staple Off $2.50 a Bale and Wheat Declines 12 Cents." This article reports stock market conditions on "Black Thursday," when "Stocks were again dumped on the market in terrific volume...and wall Street trading facilities were completely swamped."...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Stocks Rise on Buying Wave."
- 1929 October 31
- "Stocks Go Up as Mart Is Steadied." This article reports "turbulent buying operations" in the stock market after the "frenzied selling of the past week." This activity was driven by people taking advantage of low stock prices after the recent crash.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters between J. H. Rawls in Winfield, Alabama, and John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1910 February
- In the first letter, written February 14, 1910, Rawls asks Bankhead to support legislation that would protect farmers from gambling in the markets for cotton and other farm products. In the second letter, written February 18, 1910, Bankhead...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters between J. Han Hays and others in Warrior, Alabama, and John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1910 February
- In the first letter, written February 8, 1910, the men ask Bankhead to support legislation that would protect farmers from gambling in the markets for cotton and other farm products. In the second letter, written February 14, 1910, Bankhead assures...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters between B. B. Peete and others in Madison, Alabama, to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1916 January
- In the first letter, written January 25, 1916, the men urge Bankhead to work to keep the United States out of the war, though they support the fortification of coastal cities: "Vote for the bills to stop Americans from traveling on beligrent vesels...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from I. B. Babcock, president and general manager of General Motors Truck and Coach in Pontiac, Michigan, to Governor Chauncey Sparks in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1943 September 9
- In the letter Babcock praises American farmers for increased production during the war, which benefits citizens, soldiers and the Allies. He encloses two General Motors truck advertisements that praise livestock and poultry farmers: "The motor...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John Forsyth in Mobile, Alabama, to Colin J. McRae.
- 1861 February 21
- In the letter Forsyth explains a proposal that would make Mobile the home port for a line of passenger and postal steamers from Mexico. He mentions Carlos Butterfield, who is working for the Mexican government to secure such a route. The U.S....
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Two drafts of a letter from John D. Terrell in Pikeville, Alabama.
- 1840 October 22
- In the letter Terrell withdraws his name from consideration for appointment at a new land office in Alabama, and he describes his disappointment with President Van Buren's policy toward banks and public money: "Well sir, the president recommended...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Mobile Gazette and Commercial Advertiser, volume 3, number 66.
- 1820 June 7
- The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; legal notices and estate sales; national and international political, economic, and military news; public land sales in Alabama...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Manifests for the "Ariel," a vessel of the Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Line.
- 1862 November 29
- The ship was traveling to the Port of Aspinwall in Panama. Among the items on board were "four barrels ale" and "one coffee fan."
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Back to Normalcy."
- 1929 October 26
- 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Bell Rings and Roar of Stock Market Subsides."
- 1929 October 25
- This article describes reaction to "Black Thursday," October 24, 1929; according to the author, the atmosphere of the stock exchange was mostly calm and businesslike while the public on the street was in a frenzy: "Looking down from the meager...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Stock Market Suffers Swiftest Decline Experienced in Years."
- 1929 October 24
- 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Rush of Selling Brings History's Wildest Market."
- 1929 October 25
- This article gives a lively account of the stock market collapse on October 24 ("Black Thursday"): "The remarkable era of avid public speculation in stocks which has swept over the country during the past five years came to a climax today in the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "U.S. Foreign Trade Pact to Continue, Boykin Says."
- 1948 December 12
- This article gives Boykin's views on reciprocal trade agreements between the United States and foreign nations. From The Mobile Press-Register.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Stocks Dip to Lows After Rally from Panicky Sales."
- 1929 October 29
- This article reports than an Iowan senator has predicted nationwide panic and bankruptcy because of the ongoing declines on Wall Street. The article also describes stock market conditions after "Black Tuesday," mentioning efforts by financial...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Prices Collapse As Stock Mart Goes 'Haywire.'"
- 1929 October 29
- This article reports that stock prices have continued to fall after the crash on October 24 ("Black Thursday"). Though financial leaders who met to discuss the matter seem to take "a more hopeful view of the situation," the floor of the stock...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "The Agree That Business is Sound."
- 1929 October 29
- This article reports that the country's financial leaders do not believe that the stock market crash will have long-lasting negative effects on business: "All business and industrial leaders and all persons in official positions whose opinion is...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Conditions Good, Says President."
- 1929 October 26
- This article reports that the nation's financial condition is sound despite the stock market crash on October 24 ("Black Thursday"): "The fundamental business of the country is on a sound and profitable basis, President Hoover asserted Friday, in a...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection