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Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1909

Page

3

New Orleans Market Reports Show Mixed Cotton Prices

Market closes with a net advance of six to seven points amid firm to modestly higher cotton values across grades from ordinary to good middling. Receipts total 93,577 bales with futures steady to higher. export demand and colder weather forecast bolster sentiment, while West Indian hurricane concerns ease. Liverpool futures in London close with American mill and export activity aiding a steady tone across grades.

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Cotton Prices and Weather Report From Wynne Arkansas

The report notes cotton seed oil prices and market activity with wool supplies low, and many grades firm. It details recent temperatures around 31 degrees Fahrenheit, frost in western Oklahoma and Texas, and rainfall above average in parts of the Gulf region. Addresses regions from Arkansas to Arizona and mentions trade names and commercial data.

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Columbus Day Observed Across Major Markets

The Columbus Day holiday led to closures in New York and Chicago cotton and rosin exchanges and several city markets. Reports show quiet export trade in cotton goods and mixed activity in dry goods, naval stores, and grain, with limited shipping and clearinghouse movements across Atlanta, Savannah, and Charleston. Weathered by a mix of firm rosin prices and subdued cotton markets, the day reflected a broad holiday slowdown with key financial and commodity hubs affected.

New York Gonds Milla

Rice Growers Meet in New Orleans Addresses Rice Demand

Prominent Rice Association of America members meet in New Orleans on October 12 to discuss boosting rice consumption in the north and east. The group notes high rough rice prices but lower clean rice quotations due to weaker demand in the period.

Rice Growers New Orleans Rice Association of America

Columbus Day Closure Marks 407th Discovery Anniversary

In Chicago on October 12 the Board of Trade and public offices and schools closed to honor Columbus Day. The day was declared a legal holiday by the last state legislature as Columbus Day to mark the discovery of America.

Columbus Chicago Chicago Board of Trade America

City officers to swap posts at next council meeting

City officials set for a change as William J Campbell resigns as city clerk for health reasons. Joseph P Foster, longtime deputy, will become city clerk and Alderman Press Huddleston will be deputy clerk. The plan includes electing a new second ward alderman and appointing a mayor pro tem for the year.

William J Campbell Joseph P. Foster Press Huddleston Campbell Joe’ Foster Huddleston E E Pomeroy John W Grant

Autoists Suspension Left to the Recorder

City council committee on ordinances and legislation discussed two measures. One amended the motor vehicle ordinance to allow the recorder to suspend a motorist after two violations. The second would require all transfer companies and public and private drays to report moves of people within the city, detailing origin and destination. this ordinance was postponed for legal shaping.

Council Committee Recorder Druys T Lg

Boy 13 Faces Court On Suicide Attempt Charge

Edward Simpson, 13, a hospital patient in Brooklyn, will be placed in a juvenile court on a charge of attempting self destruction after a quarrel with his younger brother led him to swallow poison. He told his mother I want to die and nobody loves me. He was treated and is to be discharged, with police ready to arraign him.

New York Edward Simpson Brooklyn Jim

Detroit pastors adopt car talk campaign method

Detroit pastors plan to spread religious messages by driving wealthy members’ cars to busy street corners for informal talks. They intend to use automobiles at off hours to reach the public with evangelization work.

Detroit

Wholesale Druggists Open 36th National Convention in Richmond

Richmond hosts the 36th annual National Wholesale Druggists Association convention with many patent medicine manufacturers and prominent pharmacists in attendance. Dr Harvey Witer of the U S Bureau of Chemistry is expected to address the gathering as Dallas weeks mark the 1910 convention in Paracresvurg. Rev Edward M Hickey aged 72, a famed West Virginia Catholic clergyman and classmate of Cardinal Gibbons, died today. a New Jersey native, he had served as a priest for 49 years.

Richmond Harvey Witer United States Bureau of Chemistry Dallas Texas Paracresvurg Ova Edward M Hickey West Virginia Cardinal Gibbona Gltimore Kath St Louis Newark

David Belasco Shows Slight Improvement in Illness

New York October 12 David Belasco the theatrical manager who is ill with pneumonia today showed a slight improvement.

David Belasco New York General Bates Alfred F. Bates United States Arms

Sweaters the Very Thing for These Nippy Days

Comfort counts as wool sweaters prove versatile for athletic to shopping wear. Available in white red gray and black with various facings, these pure wool shrunken garments wash well and hold shape. Navy blue is avoided. quality and fit are assured.

Brewers Not Worried By Prohibition Wave

Cincinnati, Ohio October 12 At the Ohio Brewers Association annual meeting it was announced that local option has not hurt brewers as much as prohibitionists predicted. While over 60 counties voted dry about 75 percent of saloons remained in counties that voted dry, with most saloons in cities like Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton, which will stay wet.

Cincinnati Ohio Ohio Brewers’ Association Cleveland Columbia Dayton

Ivins Accuses Gaynor as Judge Denies Claim

New York October 12 Judge WH am J Gaynor the Democratic nominee for mayor, backed by Tammany Hall, responds to W N Ivins speech accusing Gaynor of meeting with State Senator Patrick H McCarren Eugene Wood and Rudolph Block at the Hoffman House after anti track betting laws passed. Ivins called him a liar. Gaynor says he will not contradict any hireling and leaves such matters to neighbors. McCarren denies any such gathering.

New York Am J Gaynor Tammany Hall W N Ivins Gaynor Patrick H McCarren Eugene Wood Rudolph Block Hoffman House McCarren Ivins

Flowers Placed On Wrong Grave Angers Brooklyn Widow

Mrs McDonald of Brooklyn found a cardboard message on a grave at Mount Olivet cemetery asking not to place any more flowers there. For fifteen years she tended the grave weekly, believing it was a relative’s site, until the cemetery superintendent checked the records and showed the relative lay elsewhere.

New York

Waterways Association to Meet on November 15

The second annual convention of the Mississippi to Atlantic Inland Waterways Association is convening November 15 to 17 in Jacksonville Florida to discuss inland waterway links from the Mississippi and Apalachicola rivers across the Florida peninsula to the Atlantic. Delegates from across the country are expected.

Jacksonville Fla

State food commission targets deceiving fish dealers

Chicago inspectors launched a crusade against sellers misbranding fish and other edibles with artificial color and smoke. They found smoked salmon often carp from Fox River treated with pink paint and squid smoke, substances not deadly but with accumulative health risks. Genuine salmon was scarce at market stands.

Chicago State Food Commission Fox River

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