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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1914
Page
6
Chicago May 15 The Chicago grain market rose as Liverpool stock declines and shipping delays from Argentina boosted corn. Buenos Ayres dispatches report ongoing rains and greater damage, aiding an early price uptick. Wheat followed corn up, while Hessian fly damage worsens in Illinois.
Opening prices ranged from slight declines to gains with some advance before reaction set in. Severe damage from hessian fly in Missouri pushed wheat prices up though profit taking cooled the market. Liverpool and New Orleans futures showed mixed moves with May and near months fluctuating on weather and weekend profit taking.
Special weather report from Atlanta dated May 15 notes fair conditions across most of the East through Saturday 7 p m with clear skies except along the Florida coast and in Texas. Low temperatures prevail with frosts reported in several northern and midwestern cities and 7 am readings mostly under 50 degrees.
Product advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with quinine and iron. Claims it acts on the liver drives out malaria enriches the blood and builds up the whole system for 50 cents.
The nine year record shows H H Stevens averaging above ninety percent with a 94.53 percent in 1913 and the most registered targets shot that year at 9 880. He began in 1888, won the New Jersey state title in 1901, and claimed multiple state shoots through 1913 including York PA and Red Bank NJ. He posted long runs such as 170 straight at Hamilton in 1908 and 161 in 1913, with 28 meets contested that year and 21 first places.
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