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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1916

Page

7

Balance Sheet Figures Show Bank Reserves and Deposits

The document lists capital stock paid in 100,000.00, surplus and undivided profits totaling 261,805.99, and reserves for taxes 267.50. It notes net amounts due to reserve agents, deposits subject to check, and bills payable totaling 254,892.86 with other items including circulating notes outstanding and demand deposits.

U. S Federal Reserve Bank Federal Reserve New York Chicago St. Louis

New York Cotton Market Opens Steady After Early Gains

The New York cotton market opened steady with an advance of 1 to 8 points as firmer cables and improved Liverpool demand supported early buying. Prices briefly rose to 11.99 for May and 12.18 for July before retreating to near yesterday's close, with May around 11.96 and July about 12.17 as trading continued through the morning.

New York Liverpool Wall Street New Orleans

Spot Cotton Market Across Cities Steady As Liverpool Cables Rise

Athens and Savannah report middling at 12c while New York and other U S cities hold steady around 11.9c. Liverpool cables expected 7 to 13 points higher with market opening steady and later gains of 8 to 10 points net. spot cotton remains in good demand with various city quotes listed.

Athens Atlanta New York New Orleans Liverpool Savannah Norfolk Augusta Houston Memphis Charleston St. Louis Philadelphia Little Rock Dallas Boston Galveston

Strange Foods Eaten Worldwide During War Strain

Special to the Banner reports war shortages spur a range of unusual foods from potato flour bread to lab made powders and soup cubes. It cites examples such as snails grasshoppers rat meat dog steak bird nests and caterpillars, plus geophagy soils used in sweets and unique regional delicacies from Canton to Palestine and Siberia, highlighting global dietary oddities amid conflict.

Washington National Geographical Society Roosevelt Robert H. Bartlett Karluk Stefansson Arctic Herald Island Siberia Canton China West Indies Europe Mexico Central America Russia Syria Mesopotamia Palestine

War Stocks Boom On New York Exchange Amid Rally

Trading surged as war stocks and related issues advance on the New York Stock Exchange. By noon approximately 750 000 shares changed hands with gains of 2 to 5 points for Crucible Steel American Locomotive American Car Railway Steel Springs and United States Steel leading activity. Bethlehem Steel jumped 25 points to 550. Reading rose 3 3 4 to 87 8. Canadian Pacific Union Pacific Lehigh Valley Grangers and eastern trunk lines also gained.

New York Stock Exchange Crucible Steel American Locomotive American Car Railway Steel Springs United States Cast Iron Pipe Studebaker Bethlehem Steel Reading Canadian Pacific Union, Pacific Lehigh Valley Grangers Eastern Trunk

Market Update Shows Mixed Shares and Currency Decline

By 1 o'clock aggregate sales reached 110 000 shares or 15 percent of total. Steel rose as much as 13 8. Stocks climbed while the exchange on Germany slid to a record low, Eggards. Four marks per unit used for remittances to Berlin fell to 717 8, signaling more than 23 percent depreciation from normal parity.

Germany Eggards Berlin

Specific Against Colds Advised With Porch and Bath

A sleeping porch or open bedroom and a cold sponge bath each morning help resist colds. When a cold occurs during epidemics, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is said to ease symptoms and speed recovery. For sale by all dealers.

Adv Il

Winter Visitors Leave for New York Home

Mrs. Ricketson and Mr. Frederick Ricketson depart today for New York after spending the winter here. Mrs. L. C. Seagraves of Hull shopped here yesterday, while Mrs. Annie Freeman of Stephen was in the city. Visitors from Bishop include Mrs. S. B. Porter and Mrs. W. Fambrough, and Commerce residents Mrs. Robert Nix and Mrs. Howell Taylor. A motor party from Commerce comprised Mrs. E. B. Watson, Mrs. Clift Elliott and Mrs. Henderson.

Ricketson Frederick Ricketson New York Annie Freeman Stephen S. B. Porter Fambrough Bishop Robert Nix Howell Taylor Commerce E. B. Watson Clift Elliott Henderson

Comings and Goings Highlight Local Visits

Visions of Comer and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grimwood of Statham spent yesterday in the city while visiting acquaintances here yesterday.

Charles Grimwood Statham City

Vinol Promoted as Home Cough and Cold Remedy

Local druggists H.R. Palmer & Sone tout Vinol a nonsecret at home remedy for coughs colds and bronchitis. The preparation uses cod liver extracts without oil peptonate of iron and beef peptone to aid blood and health claims to reach the seat of trouble and cure the cold.

Hippocrates H.R. Palmer & Sone

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National Bank OF Athens Georgia Resources State OF Clarke John White Morton John R. White John. W. Welch C. H. Phinny G. F. Stephenson N. P Clarke County Notary Public Ers Cotton Tees Chas. Stern Company Daily Fashion Note Clearing House Internal Revenue Stamps Athens Savings Bank G. A. Mell B. F. Tuck Clarke Co the American State Bank R. W. Sizer American State Bank R.W. Sizer B. L. Wilkins N. P, Clarke Co Pictorial Review T. C. Davison Vison Comer Cincinnati Enquirer
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