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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1915
Page
10
The notice notes easier access to funds and ample money available as of now, highlighting favorable economic conditions and potential opportunities in finance for readers seeking investment or borrowing options.
The notice urges readers that high class real estate offers unmatched value now and promises plentiful cheap real estate loan money. It promotes active trading and unusual propositions, noting past difficulty trading central and semi central properties and encouraging timely action.
Within a half mile circle a two story modern building fronts a major Atlanta proposition. Size .25 by 100 feet. Price 25000 dollars. Take 10000 dollars residence property as part payment and balance easy.
Within a quarter mile circle in a busy Atlanta block a two story with basement offers a 22 by 120 foot lot to the alley. Priced at 25000 dollars with 10000 to 12000 dollars in residence property to be taken as part payment and the balance on reasonable terms.
Details describe an adjoining property sale at 200 per front foot for a lot 108 feet long, with a trade offer including $7,000 payable, a $20,000 corner fronting Piedmont Park, and an equity swap of $14,800 in Madison Ave property for a home near Peachtree Street valued at 17,500 with clear deed.
A small 25 by 50 foot store lot on semi central James Street within 1,000 feet of the Candler Building is valued at about $7,500 or $300 per foot. The owner will trade for building lots or a residence of equal value.
25 by 100 foot lot on Walton Street between Spring and Bartow. Asking price 1 000 per foot or 700 dollar basis with farm bonds. Also accepts 10000 in lumber at market price.
An offer on Sells Avenue near Ashby Street describes a 55 by 200 foot lot with city improvements all in. The seller requests $100 cash now and a back five year mortgage to cover the remaining $1 150 while providing a deed.
50 by 130 foot lot to alley with all city improvements down. Car line in front. Price 1500 dollars. Pay 100 dollars cash and will deed, taking back five year mortgage for balance.
A 4 room house on Lot 30x75 with a vacant adjoining lot 60x75 backing a large apartment building. Now rented for 8.60. The vacant lot could host a small automobile garage at low cost, promising 20 percent profit. Price 1200.
Classified notice describes a two-story building on a 75 by 100 foot lot near the new Southern freight depot in an exchange within Central. Price listed at 50000 dollars with terms allowing 10000 to 20000 dollars in smaller properties as part payment.
Property within 200 feet of the Hurt Building measures 88 by 100 feet with improvements. Expected value around 80 000 dollars at 1 250 dollars per foot. Terms include 25 000 to 50 000 dollars in other property as part payment and long balance period. No loan or incumbrance to assume.
Semi central exchange on Forsyth Street promotes a 24 foot frontage business lot priced at 11 000 with 6 000 to 8 000 dollars for residence property or vacant lots as part payment. 1 000 feet of property sold for 5 000 per foot.
Real estate activity in Atlanta strengthens as loan agents offer lower rates on first class property and farm lands. Major local firms report seven new building permits totaling 47 138 dollars. Land sales include 421 acres near Chamblee sold for 16 000 dollars and multiple lot transactions in East Lake and Grant Park areas. Imperial hotel sale talks are denied by owners citing undesirable exchange terms.
Two damages suits totaling 200000 are filed against the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and staff by Joseph and Remedios Garcia. They allege inoculation with a toxin serum caused permanent disease and claim doctors later urged them to leave the United States. Jerome Greene notes the couple were employed at the institute. the institute says no injections were given there and treatment was sought privately.
The article surveys boxing figures like Sam Langford Willie Lewis and Joe Jeannette amid calls for revived legislation and a New York boxing bill. It notes Governor Whitman’s support for boxing and salaries for the boxing commission. It also reports a Formosan education effort with an English Presbyterian mission high school planned in Taiwan funded by non Christian Chinese contributions totaling 30,000 of 69,000 dollars.
Promoters in New York and beyond push for a Packey McFarland versus Freddy Welsh match. McFarland, though aging, is seen as a drawing card for a ten round no decision bout, with New York likely to host if arranged. Welsh has fought busy and faces White in Milwaukee before a planned March 12 clash with Willie Ritchie at Madison Square Garden.
New York February 20 shipments of cotton goods to past orders rise while new buying slows. January purchases were larger than usual as road salesmen report steady demand from the south west and large eastern centers. Prices hold in primary markets with improvements in certain items like southern ginghams and denims bought moderately. Export shipments of dyed goods rise. general import business improves steadily.
A detailed list of commodity prices from Atlanta markets, including pork and beans, Corn, salmon, jelly, oils, cereals, and canned goods with varied price ranges. Also reports on an ATLANTA LIVE STOCK MARKET with bids for steers, cows, heifers, hogs, and pigs, plus extensive flour grain and meal prices and assorted feeds and sacks.
Chicago hogs show strong grading with bulky and rough categories trading around 5 to 6 dollars per cwt while receipts near 20 000. Calves yearlings and pigs also listed with varied prices. Kansas City reports lighter cattle demand with steer and yearling prices around 7 to 9 dollars, hogs lower to mixed, and mix of light weights and buyers noted.
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