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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1916
Page
13
Nashville reader recounts a tumor’s disappearance after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compounds during the Change of Life. She credits the remedy with relief and urges others to seek its use, noting no further doctor visits. The letter promotes the Pinkham company’s herbal extract products from Lynn Massachusetts.
Train No. 50 leaves at 8 30 a m. Train No. 52 leaves at 4 00 p m. Train No. 56 leaves at 4 30 p m Sunday only. Train No. 51 arrives at 12 30 p m daily except Sunday. Train No. 53 arrives at 9 30 p m. Train No. 57 arrives 12 m Sunday only.
Train timetable for Athens with No 2 and No 4 departures and arrivals, connections at Belmont for Winder Monroe and intermediate points, Georgia Railroad for all points, Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern Stations and Southern Railway connections.
Train times listed for All Points daily and Sundays with arrival and departure slots. Information line provides contacts H E Williams and E Shelton with phone numbers for tickets and inquiries.
Slogan touts Dr. King's New Life Pills to relieve constipation and restore vitality. Boxed sale offers one or two pills at night with morning relief, price 25e at druggists.
Congressman J. Tribble of the Eighth departs Athens for Washington after canceling planned speeches in Elberton Doves Creek Hull Monroe Social Circle Mansfield Starrsville Routledge. He cites Kitchin's floor ruling and a looming strike threatening cotton transport as the urgency of his presence grows.
Mr. E. D. Brown, book keeper for the Atlantic Compress Company plant in Athens, resigns and will join the Candler Warehouse and Compress in Atlanta after September first. Friends regret his departure but wish him success in the new home.
An ad touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable substitute for calomel claiming it cleanses a sluggish liver without cramping nausea or salivation. It promises quick improvement, money-back if ineffective, and says children may safely use it.
The weather section notes showers and thunderstorms for Athens and parts of Georgia on Wednesday, with fair conditions across the Ohio and central Mississippi valleys. It also highlights heavy rainfall in Savannah Raleigh and Hatteras, and mentions a high pressure region with a slight fall in the cotton belt. Meteorologist C. F. von Herrmann signs off.
Market quotes for wheat corn oats and hogos and two medical ads promote Dr King's New Discovery and Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. The page mixes futures likely from Chicago with consumer health product pitches amid routine market data and advertising in a historical newspaper segment.
News of the Markets: New York August 29. The cotton market opened firm after yesterday's drop with a sharp rally in Liverpool. First prices rose 35 points on September and 12 to 21 on later months, October at 15.70 and January at 15.80. Spot houses sold on the advance. Traders noted southern sales and rumors of October deliveries. Reports of improved weather supported gains but calls led to a pullback as active months slipped 2 to 3 points. Fresh buying and cover rallies followed. Crop condition estimates varied from 63.2 to 64.7 percent versus last month's 72.3 percent government reading. Trading was less active with December rising 15.53 to 15.68 before fluctuating on rains in the southwest.
Spot prices across U S ports show New York at 15.75 cents and a broad range for other hubs with Athens Atlanta and Savannah trading around 14.75 to 15.60 cents. Liverpool cables anticipated lower futures while New York opened firm and finished steady to moderately higher in late trading with American shipments detailed.
The Watkins Bureau of Bachman & Co reports the cotton condition at 64.7 percent on August 23, down from 75.4 last month and well below the ten year average. States list scores from North Carolina 68 to Missouri 79, predicting a crop near 12 million bales and a likely ongoing cotton famine.
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