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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1905
Page
4
Wall Street showed a modest decline as trading volume and price movements softened. Union Pacific regained some footing but overall market breadth remained sluggish with occasional gains in select industrials and heavy activity in Northern Securities and other large blocks.
Reports from St Louis and other cities on live stock receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep, mixed grain and cotton seed oil prices, and international money and metal markets. Notes include cattle and hog price ranges, beef and veal values, and the steady or lower market directions for various classes.
Secretary Hester reports a weaker weekly movement into sight with declines versus last year and prior years. February totals show reductions for seventeen days and a current-week gain over 1902 though lower than 1901. Aggregate figures for 170 days indicate gains over the previous two years but lag behind 1902 in several categories.
The report outlines receipts at all US ports totaling 6,878,729 for the period, with comparisons to last year and prior years, plus inland movements to northern mills and Canada. It notes declines in northern and Canadian takings, overall season totals, and foreign exports of 85,885 for the week, along with season totals and stock changes at seaboard and interior centers. The piece then shifts to regional price data for flour, grain, and meal in Atlanta and New York, including various wheat and corn prices, oats, hay, and dairy products. it continues with flour and grain notes from St Louis, Cincinnati, and Kansas City, followed by meat, canned goods, and produce prices in Atlanta, and ends with live stock quotes from Chicago and regional livestock markets in Kansas City and Nantasket, Fairfield, or nearby cities.
New York reports weather continues to suppress trade activity with cold, snowy conditions hindering traffic and retail distribution. Wholesale prices rise on restricted primary market receipts while demand for heavy winter goods grows. export orders to China rise in textiles and cotton goods, though overall activity remains uneven across regions.
In Alexandria on February 17 Tom Underwood a colored man aged 41 was executed for the killing of Iretta Parker a colored woman during a failed arrest of Underwood for wounding Policeman B G Almond. The execution occurred at 12 25 o clock with his neck broken.
Waycross Georgia authorities expect a new city hall as a major improvement this year. A parcel for the building was bought years ago, with the first floor to house the fire department and the second floor to hold the council chamber and city offices.
The bankrupt stock of the Morgan drug store in Brunswick Georgia was sold today at noon to Lamar Riley and Taylor of Moscow for 5350. J E Morgan opened the store this afternoon with him as manager and the sale was confirmed by Referee Isaac.
Waycross Ga February 17 a uniform rank Knights of Pythias to be organized in this city early next month J A Jones grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Georgia is arranging for district conventions throughout the state in March and April The state will be divided into eleven divisions each congressional district forming a divisor These meetings were started by the Gold Fellows of Georgia.
The text discusses happiness as a practical force for good, arguing that a joyful person radiates goodwill into a room. It contrasts acts of living value with abstract propositions. A laughably garbled aside about education and vegetation is included, reflecting fragmented narration.
Friends of John M Holbrook Luia M Holbrook W T Holbrook and Jesse C Holbrook invited to funeral services Sunday February 19 at 2 30 p m from Trinity M E church Pallbearers meet at H O M Patterson 96 N Forsyth Street at 1 30 p m including BE W Martin J B Mitchell R A Hemphin Charles W Smith W C Jones C W Oakes Interment at Onktana cemetery
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