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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1915
Page
12
New York and New Orleans reports show cotton prices closing largely flat or slightly up as demand steadies. Spot markets exhibit quiet activity with middling and low grades hovering near prior closes, while higher futures face light selling amid ongoing export movement and port receipts around 116,813 bales nationally.
Chicago February 9 wheat saw revival of foreign buying offset by country increase in offerings closing steady. Corn advanced 1% to 1% with oats firm, while hog futures weighed on provisions. Cash oats and rye mixed. export demand supported prices. New York coffee futures eased on liquidation amid high grade delivery concerns. Rio and Santos quotes eased. Brazil port receipts strong. Rice futures active with unchanged quotations in rough and clean grades.
Corrected by Oglesby Grocery Company lists varied prices for canned goods, meats, dairy, and staples. Atlanta live stock figures follow, with beef, hogs, and dairy products priced by grade and weight, alongside flour grain and feed costs across multiple brands and types.
New York February 9 cotton goods and yarns were quiet and steady today. Men's wear prices rose while silks remained in demand. Export trade for war related goods continued steady amid London and New York quota and price details for copper, silver, and other metals appeared in mixed listings.
Good middling cotton sold on February 6 in Hamburg and Bremen at 16 44 cents per pound according to a cable from Provisions. Figures from Chicago show cash prices for Park at 17.00, Gard 10.37, Ribs 9.25 with 16 referenced.
A mass meeting in Jackson announces creation of a local market to handle corn hay oats and other farm products. J M Gayton of Warmers Union warehouse will run the market with county merchants agreeing to purchase offerings. Farmers plan larger plantings of food crops seeking a ready cash market beyond cotton.
Typhoid death rates have stood at ten percent with ongoing risks even after recovery. Inactive liver allegedly preserves undigested meat in the colon, causing fermentation and poisonous effects. Jacobs' Liver Salt is promoted as a safer liver stimulant that cleanses the bowels and purges the waste, claiming to refresh blood and energy without calomel’s side effects. Jar 1s0 at druggists, cobe Pharmacy, Atiapia.
Atlanta notes cotton steady with 8 percent minimum. New York Middling 8.60 with 1,260 exports and 102 sales, stock 99,9489. Galveston receipts 40,686. Savannah Middling 83 percent receipts 15,559. Charleston 8.44 middling receipts 2,818. Wilmington 8.44 middling receipts 2,106. Norfolk 8 percent supplies 2,424 with 1,644 sales. Totals show day receipts 116,813, exports 13,89, sales BOT, stock 888,322. season receipts 7,101,243 with exports 4,370,885. interior movement lists Houston, Memphis, Augusta, St Louis, Little Rock, and Cllaclanath with varying receipts, shipments, and stocks.
Liverpool February 3. Cotton spot steady across grades with good middling at 3.42 and low middling at 4.09. Sales total 8,000 bales to speculation and export plus 1,000. receipts 22,999. Futures closed steady with May-June at 4.95, July-Aug at 5.08.
London and Amsterdam setbacks weigh on market as New York Central falls 4.4 points dragging shares lower. Bonds ease with curb trading for proposed New York Central around 103 to 104. United States registered and coupon issues show mixed declines amid war-supply effects.
New York financial notes show mercantile paper at 64, sterling weak, 60 day discounts around 1,076 dollars, government and heavy bonds uneven with calls and loans cited. Silver at 229-160 per ounce bar, money market discount rates at 1 to 1.5 percent for short and three months.
New York February 9 Cotton seed oil shows heaviness then sharp upturn led by a large refiner and shorts covering. Final prices near 7.60 to 7.16 for spot. futures range listed with varied figures for several grades and contracts.
New York reports Liverpool’s advance amid bets that demand will not sustain lower prices. Traders fear war Supplies contracts and old cotton business, while bears doubt any lasting rise. Hubb ard Bros. & Co. notes steady tone with strong Liverpool support and local spot buying. Jay Bond & Co. says absence of southern pressure allows purchases at small declines.
Washington reports the week ended February 6 showed a trade surplus of 87,134,226 dollars across thirteen principal ports, with exports at 69,581,106 and imports at 22,446,880. Over ten weeks exports reached 516,350,295 while imports totaled 244,006,560, yielding a cumulative US balance of 275,343,745. Cotton exports for the week totaled 865,733 bales, with nine week total at 2,016,422.
East Lake plans a $10,000 rooming house near the new clubhouse and seeks a bond issue to fund a modern school, sewers, water, and street lighting. The board of assessors reports March 1 on taxable values and bond timing, with expectations the issue will pass. An engineer has set grade lines on main streets, enabling further property improvements.
George L. Word, long active in mortgage loans, moves his office from the Healey building to the Fourth National Bank building and notes clients willing to accept loans at 7 percent. The item mentions new construction by H. W. Nicholes & Sons on Highland avenue road opposite Kimballville farm, with several contracts closed for veneer brick projects and a list of real estate deeds, mortgages, and transfers recorded in December 1914 to February 1919.
Connecticut Hartford county statement shows total expenditures in cash for second half year at 9 098 597 88 and gross 199 000. total insurance outstanding 568 828 430. Certification by A G McIlwaine Jr manager of London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Co Ltd sworn Feb 5 1948 before notary William N Titcomb. state agent Robert A Hancock and Atlanta agent Fred W Cole named.
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