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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1915
Page
9
Southern farmers receive guidance on finishing hogs for market, including feeding plans, balanced rations, and adaptable substitutions. The piece emphasizes cleanliness from pen to butcher, ice curing adoption, and practical brine and smoking methods to improve meat quality and profits, with notes on equipment and future cabbage topics.
New York reports a hopeful speculative tone in the first week of trading as foreign sales persist and London’s reopening affects regulated dealings. Sterling weakness prompts foreign liquidation while gold flows and Argentine loan absorption signal strong credit. Federal reserve banks may buy municipal warrants, with railroads issuing bonds and widespread resumption of manufacturing boosting demand. copper stocks decline and cotton exports bolster prices. Wheat and flour rally as demand rises, while government bonds show mixed gains and some low-priced issues weaken.
Bank clearings in the United States for the past week aggregate 3,099,621,000, up from 2,326,705,000 the prior week and 4,042,807,000 in the same week last year. Canadian clearings total 138,251,000, up from 108,086,000 week before and 96,748,000 last year. Returns follow with percentage changes from last year.
Dun's report highlights improving business trends at year start with strong cotton exports over four weeks and German credits in New York aiding shipments. Wheat prices surge to a sixteen year high and overall trade shows cautious, gradual improvement despite below normal capacity and persistent war-time adjustments across railroads, iron and steel, and textiles.
Washington January 10 President Wilson will receive the Alaskan Engineering commission which has studied routes to connect Alaska coal fields with the coast. The president will decide the route and determine if existing lines should be purchased as part of the system. The commission has nearly finished its preliminary survey report and the president is expected to settle all questions before construction begins. Congress authorized not more than 1000 miles of railroad costing up to 35000000 dollars. J Pierpont Morgan offered to sell or lease the Copper River and North Western railroad, 196 miles, linking Cordova and Kennicott, for use in the proposed system.
Plainfield held its municipal election this week selecting H. A. Fones as mayor and councilmen E. Ll. Smith W. Z. Parkerson Jr G. C. Peacock Al T. Lee J. M. Cooper. Results announced from LaGrange wa Plainfield January 10 specialized report.
New Orleans reports last week’s cotton prices closing 30 to 33 points higher as exports surge and spinners and spot merchants buy ahead. Bulls expect further gains if exports stay strong. bears warn of a large crop and potential pullback. In Greenville, the Markley building fire destroys hardware store, injures no one, with total losses around 40 000, and another blaze at Carolina mills damages three stores and three cottages worth about 5 000.
Professional cards list H Brewster Albert Howell Je Hugh M Dorsey Arthur Heyman Dorsey Brewster Howell Heyman Attorneys-at-Law offices in Atlanta with long distance telephone and a string of suite numbers and building names in Georgia in a vintage ad card.
Classified ad rates and policies for The Constitution are outlined. Per word pricing applies outside Atlanta, with no ads under two lines, requires written discontinuance, and telephone ads to Main 5000. Operators offer assistance in wording and can open accounts if the name is in the directory.
A fragmented collection of lost items including a diamond brooch at Myrtle Street near the Atlanta theater, a seven month old Bull puppy named Cinders on Highland Avenue, a bar pin with a diamond centered by pearls on Georgia Avenue, another missing seven month old pup with a white blaze named Frank, and a brown Scotch collie with no white collar lost on December ib. Several rewards offer cash for returns and contact details like Ivy addresses and local garages and sheriff mentions appear throughout.
A One Day notice advertises Spratling Dyeing and Cleaning Works at 53 Auburn Avenue Atlanta with specials on suit cleaning and pressing. Also lists several professionals and services including phrenologists, spiritualists, and legal notices from 1915.
Help wanted male and female school boys and girls waived for Christmas money 90 Leswerk laundry tablets 35 neighbors. Get permission Vie at one s and cell at ret Candler between 8 and 4. Looking for position let us find you One Commercial Employment Agency 616 Forsyth Bidg. Any educated person may earn income corresponding for newspapers. Southern editors underse my plan Dudley Glass Atlanta Ga.
A dense classified collection shows men and women seeking jobs across varied fields. Bookkeepers, clerks, stenographers, and a licensed druggist advertise for positions. chauffeurs, dairymen, and a dairy farmer look for placements. several listings note experience, references, and location preferences in Atlanta and nearby areas.
Week of horse and mule sales includes 275 animals from Prince Vittor’s stable at 168 Surtotta St. and D Morgan at Whitehall St offering large horses and work animals priced from 85 to 195 dollars. Also listings for a young mare and a wagon with harnesses, plus rental horses and wagons at various addresses.
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