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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1914
Page
4
Special price of 5.49 from time April 1 to 11. G. E. Grill features four compartments for broiling boiling frying and toasting. Buy a grill and try the prize recipe to be published after the 11th.
New York April 2 Liverpool cotton futures started modestly lower before trading near steady to higher as midday quotes showed slight net gains and spot demand remained active. Bullish Argentine shipments and UK stock speculation supported prices while harvest weather delayed planting and hogs and grain aided provisions.
Export sales at Omaha lifted the wheat market despite an easy start. World shipments were forecast to stay light while Northwestern stocks rose, contrasting with last year’s declines. Prices opened lower then recovered to above the prior night’s level as western Dakotas rain eased a possible setback. Oklahoma fields faced green bug infestations.
The cotton market in New York opened steady with gains of 1 point to 3 points, then active months slipped 23 to 6 points but rebounded on renewed covering and spot buying. Liverpool spot demand and Manchester business supported values, with favorable weather not spurring more offers. By mid day prices showed 3 to 4 points net higher then slipped as traders took profits. spot demand increased, leaving middling at 13 40-100 cents.
Weather gains helped cotton bend upward at the opening in New Orleans. First prices were steady to 2 points down, then scattered buying moved prices to 3 to 4 points above yesterday. By noon the market stood 9 to 12 points higher with middling at 12 cents.
The Weather Special reports Atlanta forecast through 7 pm Friday with a fair day expected in Georgia. The northern storm has moved into the Atlantic Ocean off the New England coast.
A weather summary notes cooler conditions across the northern border and fair skies for Atlanta and vicinity amid a generally cloudy nation. An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a tonic aiding tired, weak women with digestion, liver and kidney relief, promising money-back if unsatisfied.
Miss Martha C. Bass longtime editor of the Clarkesville Advertiser died in Abbeville early Tuesday morning while visiting her sister. She led the paper for over ten years, promoting Clarkesville Haber sham County and North Georgia. Survived by mother Mrs. M. C. Bass three sisters Miss Addie Bass Demorest Mrs Hal Lawson Abbeville Miss Julia Bass Clarkesville and brother Rev C L Bass Atlanta. Funeral at Milledgeville. Local notice ends with advice about plumbing and digestion.
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