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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1922
Page
5
forecast indicates unsettled conditions across South Carolina and Georgia with likely rain tonight and Friday, followed by a warmer trend especially in the northern portions. Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with possible local showers in extreme north Alabama and northern areas of Georgia and Florida.
New York stock and bond prices opened higher in a buoyant session. Major gains were led by food, oil, and steel shares with Mexican Petroleum and Standard Oil of New Jersey advancing. rail stocks showed modest strength while California petroleum and Continental Can posted declines. Afternoon trading kept the uptrend on, aided by favorable Mellon remarks.
Wheat closed firm with a net advance while corn rose slightly. Oats and rye quoted mixed, with cash wheat and various grain prices listed for May and July delivery alongside livestock notes for lard and ribs.
Local prices show small advance to 24 3 4 cents a pound for Middling. New York cotton opened steady then eased as Liverpool cables suggested dull Manchester trade, with January near 24.75 and March 24.90, while spot New York stood at 24.85 and New Orleans fluctuated from 24.00 to 24.16 as trading recovered briefly before fading.
A broad market movement developed as traders claimed renewed demand for contresis and a recount of certified steel loomed, risking a large correction. January climbed to 445 with notable gains, while New Orleans spot cotton remained steady though sales and receipts were reported, and Liverpool cotton prices showed steady levels across grades.
Futures closed steady as grain and fiber markets drifted. December 13.68, January 15.66, March 13.44, May 15.92, July 13.14, October 13.50, with 2,000 bales noted and no American purchases recorded.
The Eighth district editors meet in Madison Friday for the last meeting of the year. An invitation was extended at the Athens meeting to make Athens the future meet location. The Madison gathering is expected to be one of the year’s largest with many district editors and visitors from Athens anticipated.
The closer style of hair dressing seems to drive the present vogue for lorg ear rings. Some worn even at night reach almost to the shoulder. Crystal steel and jade are used. Very large hoop ear rings are also worn.
A fragmented OCR snippet shows Northwestern Mutual Life General and a Woodworth contact with a phone number line suggesting an insurance listing or ad. The readable text references Clayton and a contact sequence, but lacks full context or clear action.
Franktian Auto Supply Station advertises parts at nine dollars seventy five cents and lists sizes and a telephone contact at 767. The garbled text mentions Arettra N BL Tie and Tube and a location on 14 lege Avenue with the phone listed.
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