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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1915
Page
2
Chicago today saw wheat advance over two cents with May options at 1.433-8 a bushel, a peak not seen in years. Exporters sought more wheat than available, boosting prices while Pacific stock depletion and rye as a substitute pressured futures. Oats rose modestly as hog prices fell, keeping provisions weak.
Commodity prices show mixed early gains and declines. Wheat No 2 red and No 2 hard values appear, with corn and oats listed alongside barley and timothy. New York coffee futures slide on Brazil’s heavy receipts while rice and other staples show modest shifts. Livestock prices and steel and metals markets are also touched in brief notes from multiple cities.
Prices were less active with a 4 to 5 point trading range and a close steady or slightly lower. Census figures showed higher domestic spinner activity and smaller mill stocks, while Liverpool demand and southern selling influenced later months. New Orleans saw a net drop of 4 to 5 points amid light exports and modest spot activity.
Liverpool Cotton markets show easy good middling at 6.15 and middling 4.81 with fow middling 4.34. Sales reach 3,000 with exports 500 and receipts 30,509 as futures stay steady. Prices listed for May June and other futures reflect small shifts, with varied figures across months and grades.
A corrected Atlanta price sheet lists numerous grocery items with varied unit pricing from canned goods to baking essentials. Entries include salmon, tuna, beans, flour, sugar, lard, and self rising flours, with prices ranging from about 1 to 8 dollars per unit and multiple brand names such as Arm and Hammer, Snow Flake, and Victory patent flour.
Cotton movement shows steady New York middling at 8.05 with wide receipts and stocks across major ports. Totals for day receipts 69,803 exports 1,646 and sales 9,412 stock 1,788,070. week receipts 404,570 exports 202,103. Interior movement lists Houston Memphis and Cincinnati with varied receipts shipments and stock levels. Friday’s estimated receipts forecast 41,500 to 78,000 across Galveston and New Orleans.
New York reports steady sterling exchange with 60 day and demand rates. U S government and railroad bonds hold firm as time loans ease, while Bank of England weekly statement shows reserve and deposits shifts. Atlanta market notes wide price ranges for grains, meats, and farm goods amid mixed livestock.
New York market notes show grain and dairy contracts with gains in creamery classes and firsts, exes firm for race ta and french gathered goods. Poultry prices rise for western roasting chickens and fresh fowls, with turkeys advancing amid steady demand.
New York January 14 The stock market opened irregular then firm with moderate total output. Baltimore and Ohio and New York Central led gains while Soo issues Colorado Fuel and Rumely preferred lagged. Final hour news that the semiannual dividend was cut only 0.5% helped the market rebound and close steady. May wheat hit a new high on strong export demand as St Paul bond financing and New Russian loan plans moved forward. Local banks eyed out of town municipal loans replacing maturities. cash dominated calls and favorable money rates supported high grade bonds while totals sales reached 2 072 000 dollars.
Advertisers outside Atlanta must use at least two lines per ad with six words per line. Discontinuance must be in writing, not by phone. Operators guide you on rates and wording. Ads by phone may require immediate payment. Attorneys Brewster Howell Heyman offer offices in Atlanta.
A jumble of lost and found notices and small ads from a 20th century Atlanta page. Items include a lost large tan pointer dog with markings on Lively Mil road return notices to Julian J. Jones 527 Emunding and a Lost-Pinder near Dearland Station return to L. H. Jackson 3 Howell Mill road with reward. Also a lost black pocketbook with about $40, found on Tuesday between 8:15 and 11 p m and a Pearl brooch between Ansley Hotel and Terminal Station with liberal reward returned to Ansley Hotel. Numerous ads cover musically oriented classes and instruments, tailoring, maternity hospital services, and a mix of salesmen, job listings, and services with addresses in Atlanta.
Classifieds show multiple job seeks from women in Atlanta era including a first class stenographer and a capable bookkeeper, plus a cultureably refined lady offering English and expression teaching. Also listings for farm animals and plants with prices and pickup details, including dogs birds and fruit trees, all to be contacted via Constitution offices and local addresses.
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