Forty Years in Politics McLaurin Reflects on Spain Treaty
Ex senator McLaurin recalls four decades in public life in Bennettsville. He discusses his Spain peace treaty vote, hiswarding losses, his shift in stance under pressure, and the moral choices shaping his career amid the Philippine crisis and party conflicts.
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John L. McLaurin
Spain
Bennettsville
United States Senate
Exsenator
McLaurin
Uncle Sam
Report of Condition of South Carolina Bank 1927
The document lists assets and liabilities for a South Carolina bank as of July 6 1927. It covers cash in vault and deposits with Federal Reserve Bank and national banks including notes and bills rediscounted and time deposits. The statement is sworn by W P Williams cashier and notarized by E W Burnett.
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Cardui
Cardus
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S
State OF
South Carolina
County of Aiken
W. P. Williams
Canada’s Progress From Colonies to Unified Nation
The article notes Canada’s 60 year rise under Sir Henry W. Thornton on railway expansion output and trade. Population growth tripled, railway mileage grew sixteenfold, foreign trade thirteenfold, manufacturing capital forty-fivefold, savings deposits fortyfold.National revenue per capita rose from 5.50 to 37.04. over 200 million invested in new industries. Canada exported more wheat than major rivals and added 720000 barrels of flour beyond the U.S. It cites 4 550 000 horsepower waterpower worth 200 million annually and mentions vast arable and timber lands awaiting development.
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United States
Canada
Henry W. Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Thorton
Australia
Men Without a Country in Teapot Dome Case
Rich oilman H H Blackmer fled to Europe to dodge Teapot Dome subpoenas and had his passport revoked by the American Consul. James ONeill also fled and faces exile as a fugitive from justice with a $230,000 Liberty bond link to J. P. Fall, complicating potential return to Washington.
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Teapot Dome
H.H. Blackmer
Europe
France
James O'Neil
Washington
Fall
Foreign investments in 1926 total over thirteen billion dollars
Dr. Max Winkler for the Foreign Policy association reports American investments abroad at year end 1926 valued at 13 006 000 000 with Europe 1 3 billion and Canada 2 5 billion among others. The note adds 11 5 billion in war debts not included and cites U S influence as creditor sometimes requiring intervention including a 2017 reference.
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Max Winkler
The
Foreign Policy Association
Winkler
Europe
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
Central America
South America
China
Japan
Philippines
Miscellaneous
United States
Wall Street
Wealth of the very wealthy in America noted
The Greenwood Index Journal says only two hundred seven U.S. individuals had net incomes above one million dollars last year, a reflection on the country’s unparalleled material prosperity and regional differences in feeling it.
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America
Gee McGee
Washington
United States
Greenwood Index- Journal
Roughneck Representatives in Cairo Honor Retiring Minister
Dr Morton Howard the retiring American Minister to Egypt faced sharp remarks at a Cairo party in his honor. Dr Howell condemned British policy in Egypt calling out forced opium and whiskey impositions on a people unable to defend themselves under treaties and legal obligations they do not fully join or control.
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Spain
McKinley
Maine
South Carolina
Tillman
Washington
Irby
Evans
Congress
Philippine Islands
Aguinaldo
Europe
England
United States
Japan
Pacific
Germany
Philippines
Congresa
China
America
Morton Howard
Egypt
Cain
Cairo
Howell
Howells in Egypt Criticized by British Press
Editorials condemn Dr Howell for handling delicate matters with caution and blame Washington for sending a roughneck to represent American interests in Egypt. The tone suggests public demand for more active diplomats like Howell.
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Washington
Egypt
Howells
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