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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1916
Page
10
New York and New Orleans reports show a cautious uptick as May and other months rebound from earlier declines. Liverpool buyers and local spot houses influenced trading while futures closed near intraday highs amid mixed demand and tighter selling.
Cotton movement reports from New Orleans to Galveston Mobile and Savannah list middling receipts deliveries exports and stocks. Interior movement covers ports like St Louis Cincinnati Dallas Montgomery and Memphis with shipments and stocks, plus Sea Island Cotton prices and weekly quotations.
An assembled set of market opinions from New York firms discusses February conditions for cotton. Analysts note slack demand, speculative carry costs, and hedging pressures, with forecasts of lower prices ahead and cautious near term activity from spinners and buyers.
New York February 14 summary notes an accumulation of forward business limited by manufacturers capacity and disposition. Demand outpaces supply as production and distribution lag, with material shortages, delays, and congestion easing modestly. Unsolicited orders for iron and steel rise, retail buying supports mills, cotton exports constrained, and sugar futures show volatility amid labor tensions and shifting refiners’ orders.
A compact digest of naval stores and commodity markets dated February across Savannah Jacksonville New York and Liverpool. Turpentine and resin shipments, stock levels and receipts are reported for Savannah and Jacksonville with prices around 610 to 686 per unit, while New York shows a volatile cotton and futures scene with mixed futures prices and brief notes on nearby contract activity. Liverpool notes weak cotton statistics with mills receiving shipments and trade totals, and Chicago records cash lard and fat prices amid market movement.
New York trading shows gains in metal shares led by Copper and Zinc with rails firming on optimistic earnings. Major movers include Butte Superior American Zinc Anaconda Utah China United States Steel and Canadian issues while war securities drift irregular. London and Berlin report varied rates as markets weigh high activity and industrial expansion against broader economic signals.
Prices from the Atlanta live market and Wood White Jr provide corrected quotes for fruits vegetables and produce. Detailed figures cover apples bananas grapes and tangerines alongside beef cattle hogs and dairy goods and a separate flour grain hay and feed section with numerous brands and weights.
February market notes describe a mixed session as wheat led gains on export optimism and Argentine officials urging farmers to hold grain. Corn and futures followed with firm undertones while domestic frost risks and large receipts tempered gains. hogs and provisions advanced modestly with active trade by commission houses and packers.
Billy Heard leads a South side comedy bill with Francia Ford and Helen Gibson in The Hasarde of Helen. Ethel Random and Charlie Chaplin star in A Night in Show. The Verdict screens with The Serpent returning featuring Theda Sara.
Brief overview notes a three reel Broadway feature Regent and Sinners starring Waerice Costello and Leah Batra followed by a two reel Keyatonc comedy Hushing the Scandal featuring Syd Chaplin and Cheater Conkin.
Florence Heckwell, noted actor of Florence repertory, lights up the stage in a romantic role. Public excitement grows as critics praise her wit and charm during the new season at the Grand Theatre.
Vaudette Cress Current presents a Griffith production starring Helen Wares che Woret of Frieads. Seanett Rheyntone offers a comedy with Weber and Fields delivering lively routines and sharp dialogue.
An archival notice describes a refined pictorial feature at Euclid Avenue Minasa Five Center. The item outlines a firatrun program associated with the venue and its upcoming display or event details.
The Savoy presents Epionde No 7 with Fievening Father remedy, Fannie Ward in The Cheat, The Gipay Trait, and two reel Vita graph The Temberfoot's Triumph by Selig Polite vaudeville, a program of performances.
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