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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1909
Page
5
The advertisement touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a non-debilitating laxative that cleanses and eases internal organs naturally. It stresses authenticity, urging buyers to seek the genuine product by the California Fig Syrup Co. and to purchase from leading druggists.
Macon voters will decide mayor and city council for two more years. The city executive committee set September 25 as the primary and October 8 as the general vote date. Judge Nottingham chairs the committee with Merril Callaway and Jease Harris as members to draft pen jury rules, reporting later. Three weeks of local political activity follow.
In Little Rock Arkansas on September 13 Governor Donaghey denied a dispatch claiming he ordered an end to all price fights nationwide. He said the report had no foundation and that the issue of prize fighting had not been brought to his attention in any way.
Daniel Water costs 10c per gallon and comes in 5 gallon demijohns. It is shipped after order and delivered by Express Company with a small extra charge. The water is alkaline, not acidulous, preserves medicinal value when corked, and aids digestion and stomach health. For details write Dante Mineral Water Co., Union Point, Georgia.
Locusts threaten a large Argentine wheat crop, sparking a market rally as traders note global demand. Heat and drought in the southwest shrink local output while Atlantic buyers remain active, with prices lifting on Chicago and Savannah markets and cash wheat holding firm despite mixed corn and oats trade.
Brown House Macon Ga September 13 Special Joe Hill Hall longtime Bibb County representative announced after a county courthouse gathering that he will not offer for the state legislature again His friends urged lifetime membership but he stood by his decision and said he had decided last May not to run He faced praise for sincerity and honesty and was welcomed with an ovation as supporters pledged to back his return in spirit if not in candidacy
Athens Georgia September 33 Special reports machinists molders and other foundry workers walked out claiming the management sought a ten hour day instead of the nine they say they have earned after a summer of ten and a half hours. Management says it will not reinstate workers and will fill their places with new hires.
Brown House Macon Ga September 43 Special Student arrivals at Mercer and Wesleyan mark the start of the fall session with at least seven hundred young men and women in classes. Wesleyan anticipates strong attendance and President W N Ainsworth is hopeful. Mercer expects increased enrollment as the week brings in new students for matriculation and classification.
Mrs Kennedy of Hallville Texas writes to Eclipse Medicine Co praising Catarrh Cure after using the 2bc package at age 66. She reports better hearing and sleep and recommends the remedy to others. The firm offers a regular $1.00 package and a 22 cent trial pack by mail from Atlanta Georgia.
In Macon Georgia on September 13 an aged prisoner Gilbert Matthews was pardoned after two years of effort by Jailer C W Hubbard. Matthews had been serving a ten year sentence on a state prison farm for a crime against a small Negro girl. While jailed he aided Hubbard in detecting escape plans by desperate inmates, and officials believe his guilt in the crime was unlikely. He is now free in Macon.
Paris reports French exports to the United States rose 76 percent in August 1909 from August 1908. Hides show the largest jump as leather demand fuels a rush of shipments to America, alarming French manufacturers who fear the tannin trade could be monopolized by the United States.
In Atlanta on September 1 the market quoted fruits and vegetables with prices per unit: pineapples at 93.50 per crate, grapefruit fancy at 58 and 64s for 4.64, Irish potatoes 50 per bushel, oranges included but price not fully listed. Other items include bananas, eggplants at 1.26 per crate, tomatoes 1 per crate, peppers 1.00, okra 1 per crate, and 64s per bushel for smaller yields.
A corrected listing from Fidelity Fruit and Produce details prices for eggs, poultry, butter, cheese, and produce across markets. Includes rates for hens, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, butter, cheese varieties, and crates of cucumbers, tomatoes, and other fruits and vegetables with regional figures from Chicago St Louis and Kansas City markets dated September 13.
Market summaries show mixed livestock activity with steady to higher tone in some zones. Chicago receipts about 27,000 cattle and hog volumes similar. prices vary with steers around 5.60 to 8.30, cows 3.50, hogs near 4.45 to 8.57, lambs 6.75 to 7.66. Louis and Kansas City reports mirror regional fluctuations, highlighting steady to lower beef values, strong hogs, and mixed sheep demand.
Louisville reports cattle receipts 2 300 with market firm to higher ranges 2.00 to 6.00. Hogs 7 000 receipts steady to 10 cents lower with tops 8.20. Sheep and lambs 600Receipts steady. lambs 6 cents down. Sugar and molasses market in New York and New Orleans shows raw sugar steady near 3.70 cents, refined and molasses pricing steady with granulated and powdered forms listed.
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