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Old 05-18-2013, 01:01 PM
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He must have had a huge amount of stock. There is a story in the book about Hershel finding a check for $83K on the dining room table. Cobb explained stocks and dividends to him and told him that he got a similar check every three months. Over $300K in dividends and that was in the early fifties.
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