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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1915
Page
5
Market report shows Liverpool steady tone with 8,000 sales and middling around 5,090 while Chicago and New York quotes update on wheat corn pork ribs and cotton. Spot cotton in Atlanta and New York remain steady or quiet with Liverpool prices noted as firm.
The list records cotton prices and market terms across multiple cities including Norfolk Augusta Baltimore and Philadelphia. Prices range from 8 to 95 cents with terms recorded as steady quiet middling and study across the board.
An advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey cough syrup made from pine balsam tar and honey. It claims soothing relief for coughs and colds and urges readers to ask for the 25 cent bottle at their local dealer.
Gold amounting to 1 300 000 was deposited at the New York subtreasury today from South America. It was credited to a prominent local financial institution, receiving it in the current exchange conditions favoring this country. Little gold has come from South America since the war began as exports went to London.
Richard Lord, 30s, of Westminster South Carolina, planned to sue the city and patrolmen for damages after a false arrest over a chalk box. He fled with a suit of clothes after staying with Luther Minyard, who then swore out a larceny warrant. Police search for him as description and motives are noted.
The Atlanta Journal recounts James D. Price the state commissioner of agriculture and Oconee County resident in a dramatic tale of a fortune and a prophecy. A Tybee fortune teller predicts a vast inheritance from a Richard Price in England. letters from Mrs Eva Freeman Park of Little Rock confirm possible North Carolina heirs. Correspondence with British authorities continues as Price notes his grandfather may have had a brother named Richard.
This advertisement urges use of Chamberlain's Tablets to restore liver function and relieve bilious attacks. It claims tablets tonify the liver, clean the stomach, and end symptoms like constipation nausea vomiting and headache. Sold for a quarter by dealers.
An advertisement promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as an easy pleasant laxative. Take one or two pills with water at night for a morning bowel movement and daily well being. Sold by druggists 36 tablets 25 cents per package. Get a bottle today.
The Colonial Theater hosts Segal's Children’s Orchestra Monday night August 2 featuring three talented youngsters performing vocal and instrumental works. They interpret master composers and popular airs, with future announcements to follow. Members include pieces by Dubernot Bach Beethoven Schubert Verdi Mascagni Mozart Mendelssohn and others.
Atlanta dispatch lists bills introduced or passed in the Georgia legislature. Senate measures cover monthly warrants for teachers pay, road code amendments, and prohibitions on school segregation. House actions include a Gwinnett road commissioner bill and county education mileage pay. Joint and private bills touch taxes, auditors, floods, and penalties.
Sale to be held Tuesday July 20 between legal hours in front of Clarke County Court House. Two colored mules Nell and Bell about 1200 pounds each promised to be sold to highest bidder for cash. Clerk Tate Wright Clarke County Commissioners. We said Advertise your wants.
Mrs Florence Slife of Wabash Indiana praises Chamberlains Liniment for sprains bruises and rheumatic pains claiming prompt relief and urging others to try it for rheumatic discomforts sold by all dealers.
An advertisement extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve for ordinary ailments and injuries, noting its antiseptic properties and usefulness against blood poisoning from small cuts. It promotes a 2-ounce 25 cent box from local druggists. The remainder lists lodge and fraternal society meeting notices with times and locations in Athens.
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