Showing posts with label stocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stocks. Show all posts
Monday, November 20, 2017
Mt. Olive Pickles and Me
I have a bit of a history with the Mt. Olive Pickle Company. My father was born in Mt. Olive, North Carolina and growing up I spent a lot of time with his parents who still lived there. You might say I am a Mt. Olive fan. And, the pickle company is really big in that town.
One time, my dad and my cousin Graham,who at the time lived in Warsaw, N.C., in the same county as Cates Pickle Co.got into an argument over whether Cates (made in Faison) or Mt. Olive had the better pickles. They did a bling Pickle taste test and Mt. Olive won.
Mom bought Mt. Olive Pickle stock and now that she has passed on, my brother, sister and I have inherited that stock, so I am a part owner of the company.
Every New Years Eve, Mt. Olive Pickle Co. and the town put on a Pickle Drop (but earlier than midnight).
Several years back I was really surprised to start seeing Mt. Olive Pickles being sold here in the MidWest (and it still is). Before that it was just a regional company. Great to see Mt. olive pickles being sold in our local Jewel grocery stores.
And, I Really Like Their Pickles. --Cooter
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Recalling a Steeper Plunge
From the August 14th Chicago Tribune Chicago Flashback page by Ron Grossman.
The Tribune has definitely scored a good one with the addition of this page every so often. It takes a look back at the past.
The Wednesday, October 30, 1929, front page of the Tribune had the headline "Stock Slump Ends in Rally," putting a hopeful spin on a really bad day at the stock market. This, of course, due to the recent ups and downs of the market for silly investing folk.
On Tuesday, October 29th, 81 years ago, the Stock Market tanked, ever since called Black Tuesday. The slide actually began the week before. On Oct. 24, 1929, the Tribune reported "Billions Lost in Wild Stock Market Crash."
During the Roaring 20s, the Dow Jones had risen from 63.9 to 381.2, with a lot of it buying stocks on "margins" where stocks were bought with just a down payment.
Greed Was With Us Then, Just As It Is Today, Folks. --Cooter
The Tribune has definitely scored a good one with the addition of this page every so often. It takes a look back at the past.
The Wednesday, October 30, 1929, front page of the Tribune had the headline "Stock Slump Ends in Rally," putting a hopeful spin on a really bad day at the stock market. This, of course, due to the recent ups and downs of the market for silly investing folk.
On Tuesday, October 29th, 81 years ago, the Stock Market tanked, ever since called Black Tuesday. The slide actually began the week before. On Oct. 24, 1929, the Tribune reported "Billions Lost in Wild Stock Market Crash."
During the Roaring 20s, the Dow Jones had risen from 63.9 to 381.2, with a lot of it buying stocks on "margins" where stocks were bought with just a down payment.
Greed Was With Us Then, Just As It Is Today, Folks. --Cooter
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