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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1922
Page
5
An elderly reader touts a product described as Wonderful Remedy that allegedly cures fatarrbal mucus frame and allays stomach and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. The misspelled claim mentions years of malaise and rapid relief after doses, marketing it for sale in ads.
A fragmented OCR item lists rail times and routes, mentioning Gainesville, Union Point, Augusta, and Atlanta with arrival and departure times such as 10:46 and 5:20 p.m. The garbled text references multiple trains and sections labeled No. 1 and other timetable notes, indicating a short historical bulletin of schedule details.
New York stocks show bar silver at 72 14 and calls loans steady with 60 and 90 day terms. Foreign exchange rates hold with Britain 4.46, France 9.14, Germany 3.6 and other major currencies quoted amid firm U.S. market conditions.
Early Tuesday dealings show wheat up ½ to 2⅝ cents, corn and oats rising with wheat. Provisions firmer with hogs, wheat and corn futures close unsettled to higher. Cattle receipts 10,900. active demand and steady to firm prices for choice steer stock, with bulls steady to firm.
Market snippets show weak potato prices in Wisconsin and Michigan bulk round whites steady to stronger in new stock, with Louisiana and Florida items noted. Butter in Chicago climbs, creamery extras at 4, standards at 3 and 3 percent. Cottonseed oil quotes move, with various futures and spot figures listed as New York reports summarize volatility across commodities and poultry.
The local market shows a 1.25 base increase over Monday as good middling cotton rises to 20 1 2 cents, while futures trade strong with May at 21.20 to 21.34 and July around 20.40. New York and New Orleans bids rise on cooler Southwest temps and Western belt demand, with spots steady to firm and arrivals near 111,398 bales since April 1.
Chicago police say evidence ties bomb throwers to the deaths of two policemen and to labor leaders in the city. Four men identified as slayers, with three confessions, plus a driver identified by bloody fingerprints. Two accomplices arrested for medical aid, one fully confesses under pressure. Authorities aim to connect the bombings to the labor conflicts and a figure nicknamed Big Tim.
Chicago reports the death of Fannie Grasswith a 32 year old Richmond packer who turned on gas in her room after weeks of brooding. The tragedy involved Hunsucker, manager of a Richmond Directory Company, and letters from relatives revealing a blighted romance. Grasswith, employed in Chicago since August at a publishing house, was formerly tied to the Hill Company in Richmond. Hunsucker, said to be married with one daughter, figures in the letters and alleged intentions to die.
Prohibition authorities consider steps to curb smuggling from Canada after a loaded biplane wreck near a major New York water source. The double seater carried bottled goods in gunny sacks with Montreal newspaper as cargo origin clue. A former Westchester deputy sheriff observed the incident, raising safety worries.
The notice portrays a overworked wife and mother labeled as irritable and excitable by relatives. It claims her headaches and pains are relieved by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, citing grateful letters as proof of health and happiness restored.
An incident near a machine in which Mr McCall chased by an irate limping man ended with the man entering a waiting automobile and speeding away. The wreck left about one hundred quart bottles shattered while fifty remained intact. Gum sales in England surge to about a million dollars annually.
Paris report outlines government provisions for 1923 showing expenditures about 180 million francs with revenue of roughly 19 million francs. Tax on war profits and stock sales are noted as temporary resources alongside other measures.
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