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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1919
Page
7
Market quotations from an NGS report show figures in multiple currencies and large totals such as 8,904,918.1 and 6,240,827.03 with several other large numbers. The fragment references financial metrics, but lacks context or dates. Continuous numeric series suggest a financial summary or price listing.
Market notes list prices for eggs poultry live goods and dairy across Atlanta. Values include per dozen eggs and per pound for various meats and butter, with feeds and grains in bushels and sacks. Also lists cabbage potatoes cheese sugar and flour pricing in familiar market terms from the era.
The cotton market moves on private condition bulletins ahead of the government August report. Memphis Commercial Appeal puts condition at 62.6 with a yield estimate of 11,120,000 bales, while New York reports 68.1 condition and 11,600,000 bales. Other private estimates are due before the government release, shaping market activity.
Adler and Dunbar drew the crowd on Monday afternoon at the Lyric with a hypnotism act that imitates barnyard noises and a partner in distress. The Dorothy Sothern Trio, three dancers singers, also pleased, while Reynolds displayed a brief novelty routine. A wartime note recalls Adler’s service in France with the Twenty Fifth Army.
Quotations from the Atlanta Exchange show crude oil at 2200 C, meal 7, and various cotton seed products. The Atlanta Provision Market lists Cornfield hams and wieners, lard, sausages, and other meats with license details. Live stock prices from White Provision Co. pegged cattle, cows, calves, and hogs with quantities and price ranges. New York raw sugar held at 7.28 with refined market steady and expectations of higher refinery output.
A lively summer stage review notes a striking couple in a song and dance act with strong audience response. Story and Clark deliver entertaining variety, a xylophone stunt dazzles, and a capable female vocalist performs with unspoiled charm. Anderson and Reon perform a clever skit about washing a shirt in ice water. Hibbert and Nugent present playful black-face routines, while St Clyde Nelson and company open with a jingling novelty act. Bert Lytell stars in the five reel feature Easy to Make Money, earning top popularity.
Dorothy Dalton headlines The Market of Souls at the Criterion this week. The drama follows a 49 girl with two natures amid sharp conflict that thrills from start to finish. Dave Love's orchestra provides a satisfying program alongside short features.
Blanche Sweet and the new Harry Garson production The Hushed Hour premiere at Forsyth draws praise in Atlanta. The adaptation from Gertrude Brooke Hamilton short story by Charles Maigne marks another strong photoplay showing for the star.
Crowds flock to the Tudor theater for the second week of The Birth of a Race. Report notes strong business matching the first six days and compares the epic to Birth of a Nation in scope. The film, focusing on world creation and humanity under war, highlights autocracy versus democracy as its core arc.
President Wilson defends his stance on wage limits for railway shopmen to curb living costs while opposing new wage hikes. He argues improving conditions depend on treaty ratification and government action, urging laborers to wait for normal conditions and support a national truce in economic contests. He notes a deadlock in wage boards and commits to not raising freight rates.
Tom Mix performs a string of stunts in Rough Riding Romance at the Strand this week. He rides a horse up six flights of fire escapes lassoes a flying train and executes multiple high action sequences on stairs and in ballrooms.
President Wilson rejected wage demands from shopmen seeking 17 and 26 cent raises as labor leaders faced a winter of potential strikes. He urged moderation, warning that escalating demands threaten peace and prosperity and that a new tribunal might be needed to adjust railworker wages and freight rates.
Several obituaries and death notices from Georgia communities detail infant deaths, long lives, and survivors. Josie Payton and others are named among families in Hapeville, Alma, Cedartown, Rome, and Riverdale with survivors listed. The scattered notices mention dates, residences, and funeral details typical of a regional death column.
Berlin reports quote George Muech of The Tageblatt condemning the United States for not providing credit and for manipulating prices to depress German goods. He argues Americans favor high prices for their products and suggests Washington could ease Germany's entry into the American money market to aid reconstruction.
Secretary Daniels says the Wilson administration has no candidate for president and that the people must decide. He adds his own candidacy is likewise for the people to decide while visiting Hilo Hawaii with the Pacific fleet and attending a local feast before viewing Kilauea volcano.
Washington August 25 Brigadier General Bhen Swift U S A and Mrs Swift have gone to Fort Sheridan to visit their son in law Colonel E H Humphrey U S A and Mrs Humphrey.
Washington August 25 Representative Gordon Lee of the Seventh Georgia district is in Georgia for a few days on official business. He has recovered from a serious illness that kept him home for weeks and will participate in the food legislation debate in the house. Lee is the senior Democrat on the agriculture committee, now leading the minority fight in committee and on the floor after Lever’s resignation to join the farm loan board.
Washington reports Senator Reed draws attention of Will Hays. Hays says Republicans in Missouri thrive after Pal Palmer Spencer’s nationalism in the Senate. He notes James A. Reed, a powerful Democrat, rebels against the president and may be ousted if an election were held now.
Secretary Baker said final action is delayed while a difficult point of law is considered. The case remains before President Wilson with all court records in Washington. Officials declined to discuss technicalities as Witcke, alias Wabirski, is imprisoned in Texas under a death sentence for being an enemy spy.
Washington August 25 1925 the senate judiciary subcommittee reports the proposed US trust to aid France in case of German attack is valid under treaty making power it is temporary and to be merged by the league of nations for final peace The full committee will act on Monday with further consideration by Senators Walsh Nelson Kellogg Fall and Overman involved.
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