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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1915
Page
3
A sale note lists 5-Cents-5 Counter No 1 with one thousand yards of printed lawns solid lawns ginghams chambray and madras worth up to ten cents per yard.
Advertises 10 cent counter items including Battiste crepe cloths, battiste and suitings, pajama checks and dimities. Priced up to 25 cents per yard, offering a bulk fabric sale opportunity.
The 1914 American cotton crop reached 16,131,930 equivalent 500-pound bales, the largest on record. Texas produced 4,592,112 bales and Georgia 2,718,037, with Alabama South Carolina Oklahoma and Mississippi contributing most of the remainder. Ellis County Texas led counties with 143,714 bales.
The U S Department of Agriculture released its July crop report showing a 963 million bushel wheat crop and a 2 814 billion bushel corn harvest based on current conditions. Corn would top last year’s 2 6728 billion bushels if favorable weather continues.
The report lists first estimates for potato tobacco flax and rice crops with cotton market quotes from New York and New Orleans. It shows spot and Liverpool cotton prices, city middling rates, and Chicago wheat corn oats pork and lard quotations with monthly futures ranges.
Readable figures show rib spot prices for July and September with bid and ask ranges. Pricing spans 9.70 to 10.20 in July, 9.92 to 10.17 in September, indicating a narrow trading band.
The weather summary notes fair conditions for Athens and vicinity Friday. A trough yesterday moved from Iowa toward Pennsylvania with low pressure around 29.7 inches at Pittsburg and scattered rain in the Ohio Valley and Lake region. A new disturbance in western Canada brings light rain to the extreme northwest, while most areas west of the Mississippi enjoy fair weather with moderate temperatures.
Mrs Otto Gans of Zanesville Ohio writes of a four year stomach illness that left her weak and losing weight. After taking two bottles of Chamberlains Tablets she says she is now a well woman and recommends the remedy sold by all dealers.
Public auction to sell a plow factory complex in Athens Georgia including a small iron covered foundry building and patterns and a steel covered machine building with plow and handle beams. The sale occurs July 12 1915 at 12 noon at the referee in bankruptcy office Athens and is cash and subject to court confirmation. This is conducted for the Georgia Plow and Implement Company bankrupt with E J Bondurant trustee and Cobb Erwin Rucker attorneys listed.
Linton Spring Water Co announces readiness to furnish every Athens family with pure water. The message urges safety and high quality as a physician recommended product. Advertising notes Bowden Lithia also available at Phones 504 and 95.
The city marshal urges residents to obtain dog tags to avoid impoundment as enforcement steps continue. The message notes officers are actively issuing tags and taking custody actions against untagged dogs.
Will be sold on Tuesday July 20 between legal hours in front of Clarke County courthouse to the highest cash bidder. Two mouse colored mule mares Nell and Bell weigh about 1200 pounds each. Tate Wright Clerk Clarke County Commissioners.
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