This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1915
Page
2
A New Orleans cotton merchant visiting Atlanta wired his associate on crop conditions. He notes hot dry weather in Alabama and Georgia, reports fine cantaloupe and excellent breakfast, and says pecan trees have dense foliage. He predicts increased consumption as supply constraints lift in wet states.
New York reports on cotton market show a thin morning trading and rise to 14,005 bales, with moderate buyer activity and slower selling pressure from the south. Weather, drought, and pests worsen prospects in Georgia and Texas, while Liverpool influence and weekly weather notes keep prices steady amid a cautious outlook.
Chicago August 4 heavy rain and Black Rust reports pushed grains higher while provisions declined. Wheat prices rose despite damp conditions. soy and corn advanced with limited delivery from eastern shipping demand. Analysts warned substantial crop losses, especially in southern North Dakota, and noted fresh government crop outlook doubt amid wet fields and delayed threshing.
Commodity prices for wheat and corn across Chicago St Louis and Kansas City on August 4 show No 2 red and No 2 hard wheat quoted around 1 38 to 1 099 with various September and December contracts. Corn mixed No 2 white and yellow listed with fractional percentages and several nominal values across markets.
Quoted prices for fruits vegetables meats and livestock in Atlanta show California oranges apples lemons and more with crates and pouches. Poultry beef hogs and livestock rates listed with steers cows heifers hogs and bucks, plus wholesale grain flour feed and groceries with regional prices and exchanges.
New York markets show industrials advancing while rail shares retreat amid uneven demand. United States Steel led with gains above 70 and Bethlehem Steel rallied, with Crucible and others rising. Copper inquiries and July pig iron output suggesting robust steel trade. bond market firm with total issues around 2.285 million dollars.
A dense list of New York securities appears with prices and coupons for American Cotton Oil, American Tel and Tel, Atchison, Atlantic Coast Line, Baltimore and Ohio, Central of Georgia, Central Leather, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Chicago and Alton, Central Pacific, Erie, Illinois Central, Lorillard, Missouri Kansas Texas, Northern Pacific, Pennsylvania, Republic Steel, St Louis and San Francisco, Seaboard Air Line, Southern Bell, Southern Pacific, Texas Company, Union Pacific, Virginia Car Chemical, and other issues. Provisions and cash prices for August are also noted: pork 13.25, lard 2.32, rib 0.09.
The report from New York and New Orleans describes weaker hog prices and tepid demand, with cotton seed oil lower under equidation and final prices drifting down. Rice trading focuses on the clean grade, Honduran rice steady, with bran at 28 dollars per ton and total clean Honduras sales around 2,217 pockets.
A compact collection of fragmentary classified notices from Atlanta including lost and found hints, home goods ads for venetian blinds and screens, med and health product blurbs, a maternity home, legal notices, and job demand ads. Names, places, and contact details appear in scattered form, illustrating a bustling early 20th century ad page.
A garbled plea from The Constitution solicits applicants for varied positions including clerical office work, shipping clerk, proofreader, bookkeeper and stenographer. It lists individuals offering services, requests references, and provides contact addresses and box numbers.
A chaotic clump of early 20th century classifieds seeks young women for office and domestic roles. Many ads promise good pay, advancement, and references, with arrests of locations like Constitution and Auburn Avenue, urging immediate contact and in person applications.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.