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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1922
Page
7
The weather report notes a warm trend into the week with Monday night remaining mild and occasional showers diminishing after two days. It mentions varying temperatures across regions with coastal and western areas experiencing some differences and a general trend toward milder conditions statewide.
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Wall Street opened heavily, broad selling hit many issues after weekend events. Studebaker U S Steel Baldwin and Mexican Petroleum led declines while Canadian Pacific St Paul Standard Oil of New Jersey and Sears Roebuck fell. Foreign exchanges were unsettled with weaker Paris and London bids. Sales neared 1.45 million shares as a wide market retreat continued.
Chicago markets show wheat slipping as harvest nears in the winter belt, with corn and oats giving back early gains. Cattle receipts remain heavy and prices mostly ease, hogs mixed with a generally softer tone, and sheep steady to lower. Potatoes edge higher in select markets with regional price ranges cited.
The report lists price quotes for butter creamery extras and firsts in Chicago, poultry bids for live birds and dressed meat, and grain futures for wheat corn and oats in St Louis New York. Also notes easing rapids in refined sugar and live poultry prices in New York with regional spreads for roosters, fowls and turkeys.
The article notes oils leading the downturn with heavy offerings in independent steels, shippings and equipment, United States Alcohol Davison Chemical American Sugar May Department stores Continental Can National Enameling Maxwell Motors North American and Brown Shoe. Liberty bonds close with varied yields across multiple series in New York.
In Athens midgrade cotton quoted at 22 and a half cents per pound, a full cent below Saturday's price. The decline spread to futures with October near 21.85 and December around 21.88 as losses widened in New York and New Orleans trading amid light rain prospects and favorable outlooks for the South.
Misa Rose Brady formerly of Brooklyn was found dead in a small copse at Camp Eustis near Newport News. Her skull shown crushed by a heavy pipe left at the scene, suggesting an attempted commercial assault. Army and civilian investigators hunted the post, cordons fenced the camp, and soldiers canvassed the area as a search for the killer continued. Brady, who worked in a Camp Eustis office, had left work about 9 o'clock and did not return. Her sister Mrs Kauber and others at the post aided in the inquiry while guard lines remained and gates were shut.
Elver J Crawford and others return from Tybee after attending the Georgia county officers association meeting. They report splendid theory the flaking wishing and the entertainment all that could be expected. The meetings are held annually at Tybee.
City Court resumed operations with Monday morning and forenoon used to arrange the weekly calendar. Court officials expect a largely cleared civil docket and anticipate the session may conclude within the week.
A controversial article argues furs are worn for beauty not warmth, noting famous women avoid furs on stage. It claims summer furs signal status, detailing high prices for sable, blue fox, and other pelts while critiquing fashion’s role in vanity and social display.
Ators of the 6h pstery orla requiring ganl y toilets he put in were haled before Recorder Thornton Monday morning. Several fines were assessed, with some violators dismissed due to pending sewer connections to be completed. Vines of 10.75 were imposed on three offenders. Week-end police activity was light. three men Shason G. G. Price and Lock Parnell were turned over for drunken behavior on the public highway while others were docketed for disorderly conduct.
Three colored youths were involved in a Saturday afternoon disturbance at Negho Church tied to a shooting at another man. Jackson suffered a pistol wound in the knee while Jule Bell and Dolf were guests of another Jackson, the county high sheriff. Warrants issued as officers investigated the incident and charged a man with shooting at and beating another with a pistol butt amid countywide excitement. Local families mourn infant James at Marys hospital after an illness lasting several days.
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