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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
2
Heavy realizing absorbed in New York trading as December cotton rose to 11 28 near season highs. Gains persisted in New Orleans with spot prices climbing and reports of continued southern buying amid favorable crop and weather expectations.
Washington reports the weekly national weather and crop bulletin noting a shift to dry conditions aiding cotton. Northern districts show rapid late crop advancement while eastern regions see rapid boll opening and picking. Texas sees prompt responses to favorable weather and boll weevil damage rises. overall top crop prospects vary by region.
The report shows cotton movement across coastal and interior hubs with middling prices, receipts, exports, sales, and stocks. Key ports include New Orleans, Galveston, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, and New York, plus interior nodes like Houston Memphis Augusta St Louis Cincinnati Little Rock and dailies. Total today receipts 13,101 shipments 10,80P stock 248,49 248, with weekly and seasonal summaries for overall movement.
New York market dull with war stocks wavering. United States Steel fails to keep leadership while Allis-Chalmers Crucible Steel and other heavyweights gain. Erie and Rock Island show mixed signals amid court and financial news as rail shares move narrowly. Long Island advances on strong records, but overall indexes drift. reports cite international credits and possible Anglo French loan talks influencing sentiment.
Financial data from New York and Savannah show mixed commodity and currency quotations. Trade figures include mercantile paper rates, 60 day bills, precious metals, and foreign exchange with exact prices and recent receipts. Rice markets report Honduras rough and Japan clean grades with steady quotings and varying sales.
Insertion costs per word and minimums for classified ads. Discontinuances must be in writing. Call Main 3000 or Atlante 500% for rate, rules, and assistance in wording ads. Accounts opened by telephone if name is in the directory. other ads billed on publication day. Every home has use for Constitution want ads.
A garbled listing of lost and found notices includes claims of missing items such as a black handbag with papers and a watch chain, a Novelist named Ivy Williams, and a Phi Beta Kappa key. Various rewards are offered, with addresses and partial names scattered throughout.
The notice lists private maternity care with limited patients, infant adoption services by Mrs M. T. Hell at 46 Windsor Street, Atlanta, plus homes provided for infants. It also notes consulting on important affairs with Valaire the medium and various ads for products and lost items.
A batch of classified notices seeks female domestic help and other positions. Listings include two white women for cooking and general housework in families of four and five, with pay around 24 dollars weekly and services furnished. Also advertised are stenographers, bookkeepers, operators, and teachers, plus employment offices offering opportunities and literary ads from Foster's Agency.
The Constitution carries assorted situation wanted notices from jobseekers and recruiters. Applicants seek clerk, bookkeeper, stenographer, farm hand, track foreman, druggist, chauffeur, and other posts, with references and box addresses. Wording shows age, experience, and contact details, urging prompt delivery and advance payment.
A collection of old classified style ads seeking stenographers clerical help and domestic employment. Entries include female and male applicants with varying experience, locations like West End and Atlanta, and requests for immediate positions with preferences for established training and references. Also lists nursing and dressmaking services with contact cues and hours.
Classified help wanted notices seek male workers for clerical, mechanical, pattern making, and sales roles in Atlanta and Birmingham. Barber college ads promise training with wages, while others seek machine operators, chauffeurs, and agents for tea, auto parts, and catalogs with flexible hours and commissions.
Fragmented 1900s era ad lines offer FOR SALE and WANTED notices. Listings include antique furniture sideboards jewelry glass showcases trunks incuba tors and clothing with mixed prices and contact points around Main Auburn Decatur Pryor street and 3% Broad. Several entries request cash sales and address local merchants like Haverty Furniture Company and Paul Bennett's.
A garbled classifieds page lists opportunities to invest in a delicatessen business and other ventures. It notes a Ms Milam in Milam Florida, a contact at 623 Piedmont Hotel, and an offer to invest up to 3000 dollars. Also advertised are a cash offer for Gerst brand herr and a barber shop lease at 9 Wallon Street. It reads like a contemporary-era business prompt with scattered contact details.
Classified fragment listing animals and goods for sale including dogs fox terriers pigeons hamsters and poultry seed. Mentions address Box 79 and various scrambled entries for seed and stock dealers with incomplete product descriptions and prices.
An Atlanta dealer offers to buy slightly used autos for cash and to arrange quick cash for sellers. The Independent Motor Car Co at 380 Peachtree St invites customers, listing models and prices including a Maxwell roadster and an electric self starter car.
Vintage ad markets three quarter ton white chassis thor overhaul rebuilt practical and nearly new. Overland wagon model in good condition with full equipment. 1913 40 horsepower National roadster in good condition with top and equipment. Modern auto refinishing shop advertises quality work and guarantees. Advertising seeks equity trade and dealership opportunities in Atlanta area.
A jumble of automotive businesses and services is described, including John M. Smith Co offering automobile coach work, Rand mentions of repainting and repairs on Toys, Budiew built or repaired at 120 Auburn Avenue, various repair shops and parts firms on Courtland Street, Ivy Street, and in Atlanta with phone numbers and notices of 24 hour or late hours, plus references to delivery and satisfaction guarantees. The text lists multiple entities such as The Bird Wilcox Co, Ox Acetylene Welding, Odom Bros Co, Travis & Jones Automobile, and others, reflecting a chaotic directory-like snapshot of auto repair and parts suppliers.
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