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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1921
Page
7
Athens sellers moved more cotton to market on Tuesday with little shift in price. Good middling cotton held at 20.78 cents per pound as farmers aimed to sell as soon as they bring cotton to market amid modest buying strength.
A garbled mash of 1921 market notes and railway timetable items covering New York dairy products, sugar markets, lead prices, and multiple railroad schedules. Mentions New York dairy, Chile AG, Ohio sugar notes, and various train arrivals, with fragmented figures and places like Athens and Tula.
Liberty bonds closed higher with gains across issues. Foreign exchange prices showed heavy trading. demand for francs, lire, marks, and other currencies reflected broad activity and varied by instrument. Wall Street opened with professional selling pressure yet some issues edged up amid mixed results.
Openings showed slight shifts as wheat and oats moved modestly while corn held near yesterday’s levels. Market tone remained cautious amid lower oat futures and firmer grain and cotton expectations, with prices fluctuating through the session.
Chicago live stock notes show mixed cattle prices with yearlings and heifers in demand, early 1900s style figures indicate lower hog values and a sizable receipts figure of 24 000 while sheep receipts reach around 260 000. Packing sows and feeder lambs feature among the listed items with prices per hundredweight and regional market terms.
October reports indicate forthcoming Bureau condition report on Monday October 3 covering September 24 ginnings. Weather notes show high pressure over the north Atlantic, tropical disturbance in the southeast, and a strengthening Pacific cold wave. Outlook points to increased cloudiness in the west with possible rainy, cooler northwestern areas while Atlantic conditions stay steady. Liverpool markets and New Orleans locals show active trading with December and January futures adjusting amid strong demand. Map forecasts partly cloudy western states with scattered showers in Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina. Mobile may see heavier rain as abnormal heat persists in cotton regions.
Balloons from the James Gordon Bennett international race were gradually accounted for. The Marne and another French balloon were reported landed in Wales after starting Sunday. Belgica I piloted by Ralph Upson was said to have landed in Wales. Remaining balloons are led by Armbruster of Switzerland and La Brousne of Belgium.
The opening round of the national amateur golf championship at St Louis Country Club saw Froneia Dubnet, Max Marston, and Bobby Jones among early notable performers. Evans, Jones, Quimet, and Gardner vied for medals as Brtiains and Americans competed for the title in a round marked by ups and downs and tight match play.
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