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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1914
Page
5
Belligerent bulls push wheat to a new high at the opening with May wheat surging to 1.25 and September rising from a lower start. Corn and oats show mixed strength while wholesale cash quotes for grain and oil markets follow on the board.
Washington reports July exports from major customs districts totaled 61,055,953 dollars, up from 47,807,231 dollars in July 1913. For the first seven months, exports reached 494,294,768 dollars versus 486,759,094 dollars in the same period of 1913.
New York dated Aug 27 a committee of foreign exchange experts says it would be imprudent to settle before August any maturities under letters of credit. It recommends settling open market drafts at the original purchase rate plus 6 percent and fixes conversion rates for drafts paid in different currencies at the original buying rate.
Chicago August 27 The wheat market opened with high excitement as May wheat led activity trading up to 1.25 a bushel after closing at a sensational level. September and December wheat rose briefly but later reversed, while May settled about 0.75 cent under yesterday.
Armour & Co vents strong complaint over what it calls a food price scare driven by ignorant misrepresentation. The company offers full cooperation with authorities and public inquiries, citing rising prices driven by war anxieties and unprecedented demand, and notes meat prices lag behind other foods amid stock shortages.
Armours records show a 28 percent drop in six weeks ending Aug 15 1914 across Joseph South Omaha St Louis and Fort Worth markets, yet wholesale beef prices rose modestly. Hog kills fell sharply at nine plants, hog costs rose from 8.38 to 9.13 per hundred, and pork loin prices climbed from 16.65 to 18.73 per hundred pounds.
Public health notice warns that mosquitoes flies and other insects bred in garbage pails ponds and stagnant water carry disease. Bites inject poison and may cause illness. Recommends Sloan's Liniment as an antiseptic treatment to neutralize infection from bites or nails.
W M Golden of Equitable Life Assurance Society in Bremen says Foley Kidney Pills are best for kidney and bladder troubles and rheumatism. He notes that anyone with kidney trouble backache or rheumatism should be glad to find such a wonderful remedy. H R Palmer and Sons adv.
Frederick Palmer designated to report for the Associated Press with British forces on the European continent. He is the only American permitted by the British War Office to take the field, a distinction shared by AP with other news agencies. Palmer has a long record of war reporting from Klondike to Vera Cruz and beyond, hailed as one of the world's top correspondents.
The Manufacturers of Georgia plan a two day convention in Macon on September 24-25. Speakers include W A Graham Clark and M W Richards with the Pan-American Commission assisting. aim is to organize a state association to expand markets and coordinate industry.
In the Southern, South Atlantic and American and National Leagues, teams posted varied results. New Orleans defeated Memphis 12 to 2 in seven innings, Mobile outlasted Atlanta 4 to 2, Nashville beat Montgomery 1 to 0, and Columbia defeated Augusta 5 to 4. Other noted games include Chicago ahead of Philadelphia 6 to 4 in the American League, St Louis taking New York 5 to 4 in 12 innings, and Chicago edging New York 4 to 2 in the National League. The Federal League saw St Louis tied 3 to 3 after 10 innings with rain, Kansas City and Indianapolis rained out, and Brooklyn beating Buffalo 7 to 5.
The forecast calls for unsettled weather tonight and Friday with probable showers in Atlanta and vicinity. Across Georgia and Alabama unsettled conditions with light rain at many spots. Memphis reports 1.20 inches and Nashville 1.12. A moderate low barometric mood centered over northwestern Texas with high pressure in the north brings cooler weather and light frost noted at Duluth. Temperature dipped to 40 at Sheridan, Wyoming. southern temperatures show little change. Co. F. Von Herrmann, Section Director.
Message from William E. Dunwoody president of the Macon Chamber of Commerce inviting manufacturers from other states to benefit Georgia industry. He expresses hospitality and pledges greeting in the "Macon Way" to welcome them.
A fragment notes that individuals described as dyspeptic or sickly tend to exhibit pessimism as a general trait. The line presents a casual health poetical claim without additional context or sources.
An old parishioner fell gravely ill during a service and died at about eighty. The vicar announced the death to the congregation as the choir sang a funeral hymn. Summer illnesses are warned as dangerous with a promotional note for Dr King’s New Discovery cough medicine.
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