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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1909
Page
5
M L Petty real estate offers two eight room houses on Highland Avenue near Augusta. Built with top materials and finish, gas and electric fixtures, hot and cold water, hard floors, and mantels. Completion due first of month. Price 4500 with 8750 cash and 35 per month balance.
GEO MOORE 9 Auburn Avenue offers two property lots in Central Atlanta. A $41,000 corner lot near Luckie Forsyth and a 68 by 200 plus foot Feachtres Alexander corner promise high returns with potential 10 percent plus yields and multiple building options. Sellers promote future value and easy terms.
A prompted ad promotes home ownership by adopting a plan where each $1,000 borrowed is repaid at $750 per month with 5 percent annual interest on the remaining balance. It offers the option to pay any amount anytime to stop further interest and invites calls or letters for full particulars.
Geo P Moore announces a new location for sale of automobiles and associated items. The advertisement references a high wheel auto DORRY and a Georgia Garage Co at 4 Edgewood Ave. Deberry’s Delight claims to cleanse liver bowels and kidneys to keep the system clear.
A mixed scan shows ads about investing twenty thousand dollars in semi central property ventures, renting typewriters with purchase credit, and stock offerings. It includes business opportunities in tobacco processing, a two-room hotel for sale, and several government notices and employment ads. The fragments mention Washington DC locations, Fort Oglethorpe Georgia notices, and mail order courses.
Heavy rain reported across sections of Mississippi river areas and continuing near stationary along central and Atlantic coast districts. Readings include 1.88 inches at Cheneyville and 0.90 inches at Haslehurst with other stations listed. C F Von Herrmann, Section Director.
Washington on May 18 releases a treasury balance statement for the general fund indicating gold coin and bullion holdings at 43,862,787 and available cash balance of 158,655,821 dollars. The report lists a gold certificate and other coin balances as part of the general fund assets.
New York reports a volatile cotton session as May and July contracts hit new highs before selling off on forecasts of better southwest weather. Prices closed modestly higher after a day of stretching gains, with receipts and spot quotes showing mixed movements and a cautious market tone influenced by rain in Texas and ongoing cover by long and short positions.
Market snapshot with futures and option quotes for cotton wheat and corn. Notes include July and September prices, cash bids, shipments, and overseas influences. Data shows mixed activity in May and New York trading with various grades and delivery months cited.
New York May 6 The stock market was almost featureless with inconclusive action. The prevailing waiting attitude and doubt about pursuing speculation kept activity low. Professional views were split, margins thin, and gains limited as large speculative commitments had been cleared out. Some saw absorption of profits as a sign of underlying weakness, others expected an early resume of advance. Prices drifted. few issues showed strength, notably Chesapeake and Ohio related to a new trunk line. News of a brokerage failure and gold export rumors influenced sentiment.
The report covers coffee futures, cottonseed, sugar and molasses prices, metal markets for tin and copper, iron, lead, and steel in London and New York, plus U.S. money markets, exchange rates, and exports from New York. It notes modest activity in coffee futures, steady to firm metal prices, and mixed bond movements with overall active trading across commodities.
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