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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1906
Page
7
The Orphan Boys Band from the Georgia Industrial Home at Macon will perform a sacred concert at the Athens Y M C A Hall this afternoon at 3 30. Free tickets available at Palmer and Sons or Orr Drug Co, with a free will offering at the end to aid the Home founded by Rev. W E Mumford.
Frost damage reports create conflicting private advices in Wheat Corn and Pork trading. Traders await the government report while Liverpool is expected 3 to 4 points lower. coverage highlights Athens Spots and New York futures with mixed open and close figures.
Weekend bullishness failed to impress as opening prices held steady or eased from last night. Liverpool steady to slightly down, Old crop up three points, new crop options ease. Near months aided by bull support and spinner demand while favorable cotton belt weather spurred long holders to realize gains. Liquidations by timid holders following weekend forecasts pushed values down further, net losses ranging from 11 to 13 points old crop and 4 to 12 points new crop.
Weekly report notes stronger stock market and firmer monetary conditions boosting cotton. New crop months rise sharply with May shorts covering while southern ports stay firm. Frost damage feared in the north but crop prospects overall remain favorable. spinners’ demand and large deliveries influence prices as bets extend into July.
An 19th century style ad asserts deafness from Eustachian tube inflammation can be cured by constitutional remedies. It offers a $100 reward for any catarrh deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, and urges sending for circulars. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Advertises Cheney's Expectorant for coughs colds and croup. Priced at 25 cents a bottle at all drug stores.
Frost last night threatens much of the cotton crop from north Georgia to West Point Macon and Augusta with reports of killed stands in Mail county and widespread injury. Officials fear heavy replants as sun reveals the extent while fruit appears unaffected.
The ad touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as superior for colic and diarrhoea in both children and adults. It claims eminent physicians endorse it and that its uniform success places it above all others. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro.
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