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‘A Bundle of Horridness’: The Great Teddy Bear Panic of 1907
In the mind of Reverend Michael Esper, teddy bears were public enemy number one. In July 1907, Esper, the leader of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in St. Joseph, Michigan, addressed his ...
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The October Effect: What It Is And How It Is Believed To Impact The Stock Market
They are the Panic of 1907, the Stock Market Crash of 1929, Black Monday in 1987 and the declines related to the 2008 Financial Crisis. Much more than breaking news, our diverse reporting digs ...
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Here's why September and October are historically weak for stocks
the Panic of 1873 and the Panic of 1907. But why September and October? It is a byproduct of an old weakness in the U.S. financial system. Prior to the reintroduction of a central banking system ...
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Criminal sentencing on a holiday is unlawful, 1907
In reading through a December 27, 1907 issue of The Tomahawk, a Tehachapi newspaper, I ran across a rather bizarre news brief that read: "According to an opinion rendered by Judge Bennett in ...