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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1909
Page
3
GEO. P. MOORE offers a 35 by 190 foot lot fronting Peachtree Street near Baker Street for 9500. The improved lot is advertised to yield about 400 dollars per foot in six months and requires cash. A strong call to act encourages buyers to dig in now.
Weekly Heat Bulletin lists rental ads for houses stores and rooms. Agents John J Gettle and L Thrower advertise properties on Forsyth street and 1st Avenue with contact numbers 918 393 Ivy and Main 349 Atlanta 1738. Listings include 6 room houses on Lacie Avenue West End and a modern 2 story 4 room suite on Georgia avenue near Walker Street car line.
New York February 8 trading on cotton showed better support with a steady close near day’s highs. Futures opened steady and advanced to near best prices as rumors of large business with China and exports influenced buying, with 2900 bales for export and 1100 for consumption noted. Receipts at ports totaled 40,066 bales, with weekly totals around 260,000. spot sales reached 4,000 bales, middling around 9.98 cents. Liverpool and New Orleans markets were mixed, with prices firming on some days and weakening elsewhere, while overall volume remained moderate amid cautious profit-taking by shorts.
Treasury balance movement for the week ends with cash balance reported at 100,313. Certificates and other securities noted in the weekly statement. A comparative statement of cotton receipts and related financial figures is included, with notation of weekly totals and port receipts.
Turbulent week in New York stocks with broad fluctuations driven by professional traders and speculation on Harriman influence. Union Pacific and Denver Rio Grande shifts, Reading selling pressure, Brooklyn Transit dividend talk, and firmer money markets with larger net bond issues noted. Clearing figures for Atlanta cited along with naval stores and regional terpentine and rosin prices and cotton movement data.
Money to loan money to loan Weyman and Connors offer mortgage loans on real estate in and near Atlanta at low rates. W B Smith and W F Kelly advertise unlimited loan amounts tied to salaries. Realty Trust Company and Ansley Realty list offices in Atlanta for loan placement and note buying.
London stocks showed irregular moves in the first hour of trading. Several issues gained modestly, but most list leaders slipped from yesterday’s close amid mixed New York buying. Consols to Tony 33 1-18, Illinois Central at 1464, Louisville and Nashville 120, Southern Railway 36, Brotherhood Railway preferred 63 3/4. Silver at 240 per ounce. Money rates steady. Short bill discount 2 9/16, 3 months 2 11/16.
Corrected by Ogiesby Grocery Co Atlanta Georgia the brief note lists items such as sugar cheese and rice with weights and prices including 1.00 for cheese 2.20 for back brown sugar and 52.28 for a sack of rice. Mentions brands and regional entries like North Carolina handpicked rice and Potawa Giant.
A jumble of grocery items and prices from an OCR page lists items such as beans, sardines, salmon, mustard, cans, and various brands with inconsistent figures like 85.75, 3.50, 2.90, 3.78, 33.25, and 30.15. Mentions brands Hogt, Golden Grain and Blue Ribbon with assorted weights and unit prices amid unclear spacing and garbled text.
Hubbard Bros. Co reports Liverpool showing slow recovery despite selling pressure as buyers support the New York market. A shipment to China of about 20 000 packages is noted, with expectations of a sharp Liverpool rebound tomorrow. Spinnery takings are anticipated large in the weekly statement due to prompt delivery at month end.
New York reports mixed prices for cotton seed oil and coffee futures with several bid levels and closures. Sugar and molasses markets show raw sugar worth 14 dollars per hundredweight with refining options and refined sugar prices near 3.44 to 4.84 per unit.
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