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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1907
Page
3
Real estate notice advertises a two story property with parlor library dining, butler’s pantry store room and kitchen on the first floor plus four bedrooms and a fine bath on the second floor. Elevated light stone front wall. sacrifice price 84 260, claiming a $5 000 value. Bargain hunters urged to call Hollingworth Mattress Co Atlanta and Bell phones 2562 and 1176.
The New York cotton market opened steady with a 2 point gain amid quiet trading as shorts bought on better stock market sentiment and Texas drought reports. Early session prices showed about 6 to 9 points higher before closing 2 to 4 points lower. spot cotton remained quiet with middling upland at 13.25 cents and middling gulf at 13.50 cents.
The New York stock market closed weak amid rumors of threatened bank failures and broad selling. News from western manufacturers, Metropolitan Railway shares, and cutbacks in lending fueled a general mood of unease, despite Roosevelt’s upcoming speeches offering a hopeful note. Grain and cotton markets also show weakness as uncertainties in finance and labor weigh on prices.
Wall Street Journal report shows Rockefeller group leading depreciation after broad market downturn. Standard Oil drops about 14 points from peak levels, with Amalgamated Copper, St Paul, and Anaconda Copper also sinking. four stocks totaling over 865 million in capital decline around 289 million in market value, Standard Oil bearing about half.
The Manufacturers' Record reports sustained gains in assessed property values across the South. Louisiana totals reach 803,324,112 with a $44,050,291 rise. Orleans parish 222,174,805 up 13,434,475. West Virginia climbs to 912,590,942 from 883,839,858, and Texas shows a likely $200,000,000 increase. Dallas adds 14,857,680. Tennessee heads toward roughly 500,000,000. Georgia gains 16,788,620 with outlooks of 60,000,000 total for the state. Investment flows into timber, coal, and industrial development, with new textile and mill projects planned in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Kentucky towns, plus a Cumberland Railroad expansion fueling mining and plant openings.
Live stock receipts show 4,000 cattle including 3,000 Texans with natives lower and exports steady. Hog receipts 9,000 with market expected higher. sheep 1,800 receipts and market steady. Tea crop India up 18 million pounds. exports by Calcutta, Chittagong show UK and US figures. Coffee futures dip on weak cables. dry goods bear tone in New York market.
A professional jokester recounts a New York Times remark about a mother who found jokes about a Mr Joblot amusing. The story pivots on a pun about a dock and stationery store owner as she finally grasps the play on words, switching between amusement and mock seriousness.
Duluth dall accounts warn Whitefish in Lake Superior are shrinking yearly. Fishers report ashes and clinkers dumped into the lake have poisoned the bottom grasses and tiny organisms the whitefish feed on. Between 1880 and 1905 about seven million tons of ashes clinker and furnace slag were dumped, with iron sweepings from docks added. Clinkers rising in nets suggest the lake bottom now bears manufactured slag that erodes and chemically harms whitefish habitat.
After a long day, enjoy a satisfying meal, comfortable chair, wide piazza, cool breeze, and a good cigar at the Sweetwater Park Hotel in Lithia Springs Georgia inviting guests to unwind in a serene resort setting.
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