The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 259, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 29, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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THE SHAWNEE NEV^STUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1 10.
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In Modern commercial life the man with money occupies a powerful
position; his field of usefullness is so distinct that we may easily define
him as a potent factor in every walk of life.
The trouble with the average man is that as soon as a "proposi-
tion" is presented to him, he begins tothink-NOT OF ITS ADVANT-
AGES but of its objections.
There is no proposition so criticism proof that a man can not damn
it very satisfactory in his own mind--but his conclusions will not alter
the facts.
Why did John Robatham believe in investments?
Because He Was Not Skeptical.
John Robotham's Investment in Prudential
Stock $329,363.60 for $2,200
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A Story In Figures.
Par Value of Shares
Purchased Oct. 13, 1875, 20 shares and paid 20
per cent, on amount to
The balance ammounting to 800.00 was paid up
in cash dividends.
Paid for 40 shares more on July 17, 1879, in
cash-^2,000 received as stock dividends from
time to time
shares [having a
373,97-100 s
$275. OO.
Received in cash dividends
Price offered for 600 shares still held
Returnee to him
- 923.97 l-OO
value of $45,698.50] Sold
s,minimum price per share
- 102,841.75
46,521.85
180,000.00
$329,36;i.0O
Onhis original investment $ 2, 4O0.U0
200.00
50.00
The Shawnee Life Insurance Company gives you the sameopportunity today to buy a block of their Capital Stock
at $20.00 per share—Buy a block of this stock to day before the advance and lay the keystone for an independent in-
come in future years.
Shawnee Life
Insurance Co.
J. w. McRAE SALES MANAGER,
SHAWNEE. OKLAHOMA.
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The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 259, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 29, 1910, newspaper, March 29, 1910; Shawnee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc89966/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.