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Four dollars a share was received from each subscriber on the first day and $ 8 four days later . This amounted to approximately $ 9.6 million of the $ 58 million subscribed . But the lottery multiplied the company's troubles .
Four dollars a share was received from each subscriber on the first day and $ 8 four days later . This amounted to approximately $ 9.6 million of the $ 58 million subscribed . But the lottery multiplied the company's troubles .
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He had received a letter from Carlos C. Arosemena stating that Senator José de Obaldia had returned to the isthmus as governor with the secret purpose of advancing the fortune of General Rafael Reyes in the presidential elections of ...
He had received a letter from Carlos C. Arosemena stating that Senator José de Obaldia had returned to the isthmus as governor with the secret purpose of advancing the fortune of General Rafael Reyes in the presidential elections of ...
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33 Philippe had just returned from Washington , where he had conferred with Loomis and received confirmation that a confrontation at Colon , with possible loss of lives , was not unexpected . The revolutionaries themselves caused this ...
33 Philippe had just returned from Washington , where he had conferred with Loomis and received confirmation that a confrontation at Colon , with possible loss of lives , was not unexpected . The revolutionaries themselves caused this ...
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Contents
BunauVarillas Last Campaigns | 299 |
Appendix 1 | 335 |
Appendix 3 | 349 |
Copyright | |
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