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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1916
Page
7
P COOLEY announces candidacy for Solicitor General of the Western Circuit. He asks for voters and public support, pledging to perform his duties if elected and signing his name with polite regard.
A Georgia candidate in Monroe announces for Solicitor General of the Western Circuit subject to Democratic committee actions. He appeals to white citizens for re election, cites crime suppression, home and property protection, and law enforcement as his priorities and asks for outside support while he works in court.
Geraldine Farrar stars in The Temptation a New York stage piece about Renee Dupree a cafe singer who rises to a star role under Otto Muller the impresario. Julian her violinist fiancé faces heartbreak as Muller threatens to crush their careers while Farrar brings gowns from Paris and customs allow extended stay in America for six more months. The Colonial shows Friday with 15 and 25 cent seats.
A woman aged about 60 to 65 from Nicholson area near Athens rode a steam car for the first time yesterday. She notes the Southern Railway runs near Nicholson and that four major lines Georgia Central Seaboard Gainesville Midland were built into Athens during her lifetime. She plans to travel more by rail to visit her daughter in Atlanta and another relative in a farther town.
Three surviving original building committee members E R Hodgson Sr D C Barrow and Major John E Talmadge will lay the first stone for the new Y M C A building on Thursday at 10 AM. Contractors expect to start Thursday with the stone in hand by Wednesday. The event marks the start on the two acre city center site.
Mr Charles Strahan father of Prof Charles M Strahan visited his son here and recalled moving from Virginia to Massachusetts after the Civil War. He funded a monument in Martha's Vineyard cemetery to Confederate soldiers buried there, earning support from a town famed for Union sentiment.
How to cure colds with avoidance of drafts and proper care. Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey is promoted for adults and children with claims of soothing throat irritation and expelling germs. The advertisement touts 45 years of use and urges immediate purchase at 25 cents.
Easier cables and higher freight rate rumors triggered selling in the New York cotton market. March slipped to 12.46 and May to 12.69 as early trading showed 11 to 13 point declines, with Liverpool buyers and sellers active and later price moves narrowing to 5 to 7 points under last night’s close.
Spot markets report steady to middling cotton in multiple cities led by Savannah and Augusta while New York Liverpool cables opened unchanged to slightly higher. Liverpool futures close down 2 to 4 points, with 10,000 bales traded and 39,000 American imports.
Chicago quotations show May and July futures for wheat at around 124 to 126 percent, corn near 78 to 79 percent, and oats around 47 to 56 percent. Figures list multiple bids and offers, indicating market spreads and price levels for May and July contracts.
The listing shows January May and July prices for pork lard and ribs with figures in dollars per hundredweight. Prices trend within small ranges: pork around 18.75 to 19.45, lard around 10.25 to 10.82, ribs near 10.37 to 10.87, across the given months.
Nine hundred thousand people in Northern France face starvation with over a third lacking clothing for winter. The appeal urges Athenians to donate any amount, promising gratitude from the French and noting prior support while stressing ongoing need. Contributions can be sent to the undersigned or left with the Athens Banner.
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