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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1916
Page
6
Georgia Company No. 1 Savannah commanded by Capt. Robert A. Cox is a nationally famed unit with multiple state titles and will compete in the prize drill at the K. P. Convention. Other drill teams have trained hard, promising sharp competition and a strong Georgia Brigade showing.
Metropolitan Life Insurance backs a $100000 gift to the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. A three year community experiment will test controlling tuberculosis like other infections in a town of about 5000, aiming to extend knowledge nationwide. The plan notes rising funding and standardization, plus new organizational growth and lower city death rates in recent years.
The Twenty Fifth Annual Picnic will be held at Barnett Shoals tomorrow marking a 25 year tradition every second Saturday in May. A big gathering is planned with a baseball game barbecue and various entertainments and hundreds are expected to attend.
New York May 11 cotton market opens firm with gains from covering yesterday and ongoing trade buying. July lingers around 13.01 to 13.00 and October near 13.20 to 13.29 amid varying reports. Midday slips and later rallies push prices up or down, with spot close at 13.10 middling and 400 bales sold.
Spot market notes from Athens to Philadelphia show steady to unchanged prices with New Orleans at 12.75 cents and Liverpool futures down 2 to 5 points. The report lists regional quotes, export activity, and Liverpool cabling with overall quiet, steady conditions in the cotton trade.
Financial fragment documents an unclear sequence of opening and closing figures across months from January to June. Percent values, some garbled, indicate fluctuating yields or rates with inconsistent punctuation and missing labels. The legible items include Jan to June entries with values around 7.8 to 8.2 percent and scattered 19 percent figures.
Forecast through Friday 7 p m calls for fair conditions in Athens and Georgia with cooler nights. Highs near 92 in Atlanta and 90 plus in several western cities. tropical disturbances none immediate in Texas area. frosts reported in Calgary Mayre Helena Williston.
Mrs. M. Garrison of Athens reports kidney trouble symptoms including backache dizziness and swollen ankles were relieved by Doan's Kidney Pills. She says after more than three years the medicine still helps and she continues to rely on it. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Props Buffalo NY.
A fragmented report notes a jackal following big carnivores and gathering scraps after a marauding event. The text hints at nature’s scavenger sequence and the remains left in the wake of predators.
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