Athens cotton market ranks high in Georgia
Cotton Factors Miller and Co report Athens as the second largest inland cotton market in Georgia and among the top six worldwide. The document covers New York trade activity with lighter volume, nervous market mood, and significant port receipts across Galveston, Savannah, Charleston, and other cities. Weather, gin reports, and Texas conditions are noted, with Athens highlighted as a major mill center.
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Athens
Georgia
Liverpool Cotton Market Tone Cited With Wide Regional Rates
Feverish tone in Liverpool market with 10,000 bale sales and middling at 7 40-100 pence. Regional quotes: Athens 12 to 12 1/6d, New Orleans 13 11/16c, Galveston 13c, Savannah 12c, Mobile 12 3/4c, Houston 13 3/16c. AGreeing spots in other cities and forecasts for tomorrow show varied demand and bale projections.
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Liverpool
Spots
Athens
Atlanta
New York
New Orleans
Galveston
Savannah
Norfolk
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Boston
Macon
Greenville
Mobile
Charlotte
Charleston
Louisville
Augusta
Memphis
Houston
Little Rock
St. Louis
Close
Cree O. Ee
Tees
Chicago
Wilmington
Eee
Tiat F
TAL
May - Tees
A. Ae
Week's Weather in Cotton Area Report
New Orleans reports weekly mean temperatures from 72 to 86 degrees across eastern central and western cotton regions, with little rain in northern and western areas. Oklahoma and Texas faced extreme heat and drought, Valdosta Georgia recorded 6.20 inches of rain, while Texas drought persists and Georgia saw heavy rainfall in eastern and southern counties.
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Nah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Boston
Total
Memphis
Augusta
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Houston
Belt
Texas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Alabama
North Carolina
Georgia
East Tennessee
Carolinas
Carolina
Savannah
Charlotte
N. C
Anderson
S. C
Greenville
New Orleans
Cotton
Asheville
Fort Worth
Okla
Arkansas
Tennessee
Florida
Louisiana
Valdosta
Indians Learning Trades At Haskell Institute Opening
Nearly 200 new Indian students from the five civilized tribes in Oklahoma enrolled at Haskell Institute in Lawrence Kansas marking a record turnout for a vocational training term. The larger influx signals growing appreciation of trades education among the students and their communities.
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Lawrence
Kas
Five Civilized Tribes
Oklahoma
Haskell Institute
Civil Service Exams Seek Chief Bacteriologist and Special Examiner
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for a chief bacteriologist in Washington at 3500 yearly and a special examiner in the Indian Service at 1800 to 2000 yearly. Eligibles will be certified to fill vacancies on Indian reservations and in food and agricultural chemistry work. Also notes a 90 acre Athens area farm sale with improvements and road access, requests inquiries to P O Box 192.
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United States Civil Service
Civil Service Bureau
Athens
United States Civil Service Commission
Indian Service
Department of the Interior
United States Civil Services Commission
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
P. O. Box
Colonial Theatre to Present The Little Millionaire and New Musical Quincy Adams Sawyer
Geo M Cohan’s The Little Millionaire heads to the Colonial Theater Boon as an early booking. Also premiering soon is Quincy Adams Sawyer a comic operetta with music by George Lowell Tracy. Norman Field Players open the Colonial season next week starting Monday Sept 8 presenting The State’s Attorney with favorable notes from The Columbus Ledger.
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Bert Leigh
Hazele Burgess
Geo. M. Cohan
Colonial Theater _ Boon
Colonial Theater
Quincy Adams Sawyer
George Lowell Tracy
Roosevelt
Norman Field Players
The
Columbus Ledger
Colonial
Bankrupt sale of Parr stock on Lumpkin street
Tremendous stock of C. W. Parr offered below cost for twenty days at 225 Lumpkin Street. Includes imported wallpapers borders paint varnishes floor stains wares wall colors and brushes. Jos H. Lumpkin trustee enforces sale.
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Lumpkin Street
Jos. H. Lumpkin
Tiger Caught After Night Nab With Corn Rye Evidence
A tiger or tigress named Rebecca Ellison of Valley Street was seized by police late last night, with a stash of Big Buck corn and an unnamed rye brand found. Officers had tracked the individual for some time, while circulating rumors of the capture spread. Public notices urged readers toward tonics and remedies, promoting Electric Bitters as a cure for kidney and digestion issues with testimonial praise from San Francisco’s Mr. John Dowling.
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Rebecca Ellison
Valley Street
John Dowling
San Francisco
W. J. Smith & Bro
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Gathering of the Clans at Balmoral
The King and Queen left Balmoral Castle by motor today for Braemar to attend the gathering of the clans, an event the King chairs as chief patron.
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Balmoral
Edinburgh
Balmoral Castle
Braemar
Card of Thanks for W B Foster
The family of the late W B Foster expresses gratitude through the Banner for kindness shown on the occasion of his death this week.
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W. B. Foster
Foster
Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment Advertisement
A vintage ad touts Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment as a cure for baby eczema and skin eruptions. It claims relief and permanent cure, citing a testimonial from Mrs Strubler of Dubuque and listing price 50c with mail order options from Pfeiffer Chemical Company in St Louis and Philadelphia.
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Hobson
Farmer Walks on Hands in Missouri Prodigy Earl Craft
Monroe county Missouri features Earl Craft a twenty five year old legless farmer who despite bilateral hip amputation learns to walk on hands and manages 240 acres. He began farm work three weeks after losing his legs and now hooks teams drives a plow cultivator and binder and recently built a hophouse unaided.
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Monroe County
Missouri
Earl Craft
Craft
Sir Richard Calmandy
Lucas Malet
Earl
Man Fettered By Cement Steps Incident
Tony Rodowski of Rochester Pennsylvania dozed on a neighbor’s new cement steps after a night out. Fatigued, he rested, and as the cement set an arm and leg became trapped. Neighbors freed him with picks and chisels, leaving the steps damaged but Tony unharmed.
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Tony Rodowski
Rochester
Tony
Indian Is 124 Years Old on Chippewa Reservation
Ke-Be-Na-Gwe Wes known as John Smith is 124 years old on the Chippewa reservation in Minnesota. He remains active and can keep step to the om-tom. He still fills his pipe and has no aversion to fire water when the occasion serves.
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Ke-Be-Na-Gwe Wes
John Smith
Minnesota
Adam Bedes Real Life Tragedy In Norfolk Town
A modern Adam Bede in Teverington West Norfolk named Harnigold dreams of building a coffin for his father after a nocturnal vision. The father dies of a heart seizure the following morning and the son crafts the coffin the same day.
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Adam Bede
Teverington
West Norfolk
Harnigold
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