New York Stock Report hints at merger hopes and market volatility
Digest notes speculative euphoria over a potential southern trunk line rail merger, lifting mining and steel stocks briefly. As prices rose, profit taking and doubts about intrinsic value emerged, with mixed results across Amalgamated Copper, Texas Pacific, Southern Pacific, and other majors, while bonds and currency markets showed steadier activity.
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New York
Aug
Southern Trunk Line
Ted
Lilingis
Hocking Valley
Tock
Chicago
Bie
Lok Morgan
Eurone
Mga
Okaria Erdinge
Hill Ana
Capie Raeie
Texas & Pte
Erratic market notes drift amid limited Straig trading
A fragmentary market report notes buoyant pricing on a restricted Straig, with ongoing borrowing from the inland market. A rosary sale or note to a beneficiary shows a six month due date, trading at a 2131 discount, indicating unusual credit terms and speculative activity.
Chicago Markets Weather Rough Day in Grain and Wheat
The Chicago corn and wheat pits opened weak with heavy selling from longs and shorts as big commission houses dumped positions. Oats fell on favorable crop news while corn and wheat extended losses into the close, with September futures generally weaker. Hog prices slipped but packers steadied the market for a late rally before adjournment for King Edward’s coronation.
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Osigmestye
Soldat
Penry
Baward
Fragmentary 19th Century Market Terms for Grains and Provisions
The text lists assorted grain and meat items with cryptic spellings. It references wheat, malting barley, timothy, pork cuts, barrels, and various shipments and receipts. Several words appear garbled, typical of OCR from old newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morthiwesterns
Howe
Landlady Advertising At 80 West Park St Secures Tenants
A Maule rooming house at 80 West Park Street placed an advertisement in the Standard seeking permanent tenants. Within a week every room was filled, showing the paper’s effectiveness in attracting new occupants.
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West Park Street
Market Report of Livestock and Receipts Across Regions
Mixed cattle and sheep receipts at market sites show prices around 2300 total bulk, with steers and heifers varying in weight and condition. Reports reference Texas stockers, lambs, wethers, ewes, and cattle from Nebraska to Oregon, noting market strength and regional price ranges amid wide totals and freight notes.
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Awe
Tmediumm
Muttone
Sint Islambs
Rta
Pange Wethers
Edward VIIs Seafaring and Shooting Records Highlight Reign
From London reports King Edward holds easy military honors reviews and commands over vast regiments totaling around 12,000 troops while reviewing troops personally. He is praised for unmatched fast shooting and six successive partridge kills, and for leading yacht prizes with the Britannia totaling over 200 wins valued at £12,000. The Kaiser ranks alongside in army work and rapid ceremonies, but the King’s seamanship and records outshine others in many fields.
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London
Edward
Amy Nastion
Edward Ho
Potter
Classified Want Ads Highlight Barber Trade School and Jobs
A fragment from a 19th century newspaper lists wants and ads. It notes a trade school teaching barbering with mailed free information and requests for 10 men for a grading project. Also mentions a street railway extension and vacancies for a marker, a laundry position, and a male worker at St James Hospital in Butte.
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Wwe
Moler College
Minnepolis
New Works
Aracon Street Railway
St. James’ Nospital
Butte
Wanted a Houseworker and Help Wanted Ads
Classified notices show several help wanted ads for a German speaking houseworker in Butte and a general housekeeper in Anaconda. The text also recalls royal philanthropy, noting various European royals and their charities with references to King Edward and the Kaiser.
Mayor Denver Interview On Open Poles And Gambling
From New York reports a Denver mayor discusses open poles drawing in undesirable outsiders and the counter view of a strict rule that stifles activity. He advocates a middle path allowing trusted locals to gamble while avoiding laxity and scandal. The talk highlights tensions between virtue and profit in policy debates.
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Denver 1
Denver
Nist
Sfor
New York
Mine Rives and Her English Greyhounds Peealetrees and Spngariies
In Trenton a Hallie Keminie Rives narrative recounts two English greyhounds, Peealetrees and Spngariies, sent by a friend in England. The dogs, pale gray with white forefeet, are described as highly intelligent, named after a family tale, and deeply attached to Miss Rives, suffering when she is away.
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Trenton
Hallie Keminie
England
Snemors
Ives
Wanted Help Wanted Classified From Early Chicago Paper
A fragmented early newspaper listing shows multiple wants including engineers and firemen seeking Farnum's Practical Points exam guidance by mail, ladies with no experience for general work, a man to travel, janitor position, aged lady for housework, and various weekly boarding house or family work demands.
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Farnum
Mechanical Supply Co
la Chicago
Star
Arizona
Hutte Shand
Sprague
Mont LE
Real estate and farm listings for Stevensville and Missoula
Stevensville area offers quarters for Sutter Root grain fruit and stock ranches with price lists from Dickinson and Cannon. Also Sell Farm and Fruit Lands in Missoula Ravalli counties with pricing upon request from George F Brooks Heal Estate Missoula. Three room house and lot for sale or trade for a team and outfit at 605 E Ninth St and a harder finished corner ground home at 1% Missoula Ave.
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Stevensville
Dickinson & Cannon
Mont
SALLE
Missoula
Ravalis
George F. Brooks
Heal
Ninth St
Missoula Ave
WANTED TO BUY COTTAGE OR HOUSE EAST END CHEAP
J. He. Wilmott of Anaconda advertises a cheap property inquiry for a cottage or house on the east end. The note seeks a low price frame or room frame off ha fesee for WANTED 5 irk cottage or Rast Center with an address near Hob cm.
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Ha Fesee
East End
J. HE. Wilmott
Anaconda
Butte Hairdressers Advertise Services and Lost Property
An OCR fragment lists private family hairdressers and chiropodists in Butte with addresses on W Edwy and Broadway. It mentions found horses with bridles, a lost dark gray silk lined jacket between Main and Montana on Broadway, and a reward for return. Also includes ads for assayers, bargain furniture, and second hand goods with various local businesses and contact details.
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Main
Montana
Broadway
Hutte
Peldman's
Main St
Butt
W. Broadway
Park
Furnituri and Househo Goods
Butte
Ark St
Local notices and price hints in partial text
A fragmentary line lists terms like Lerma and Hirbour with a phone code 234A and vague references to throat and lung issues, prices described as moderate, alongside names DRTA and GR YE.
Scavenger Prompt Work by W George and Co Mercury
Fragmentary OCR indicates a mention of W George and Co with 41K and Mercury. Details unclear but implies a scavenger prompt or listing related to Mercury. Further context needed to confirm scope, date, and entities.
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W. George & Co
Mercury
Advertise Your Wants in The Standard
In this miscellaneous page, a garbled ad offers clairvoyant services, marriage guidance, and fortune telling with a promise of satisfaction after a sitting. It lists hours 9 am to 1 pm and Sunday hours, plus a stray address in Idaho and various room rental notices in Butte and Anaconda, Montana. The jumble includes rental housing, furnished rooms, and business ads for storage and metal buyers.
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Ty West Park St
Tam
al Smliy
Idaho
For Rent and For Sale Notices From Butte Area
Classified wants and sales snippets list multiple rooms for rent including 2-room houses, bath facilities, and flat options in Butte with addresses on Colorado, Arizona, Copper, Park, and Gh N. Also offered are furniture pieces such as a piano, bar fixtures, and wall cases, plus vehicles like a spring wagon, buggy, and a horse. Prices and rental terms vary by listing, reflecting busy local classifieds.
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Ing
Bath
Hetsy
Mute
Deskoom
Ell
Fourth Root
Hirbout Bite
Hutte
Mont
Buttes
Colorado
Butte
Arizona_at
Ak ‘Hutte
Ingui Tauor
W. Park
Ana
J. C. Jones
Broadway
Utah Ave
Various Montana business for sale and loans offered
Auction style classified notes advertise furnished lodging rooms in Butte and Missoula houses for sale, confectionery, bakery and ice cream shops, and a grocery store with living rooms. Numerous loan offers from Jackman Armitage, Davenport & Kimball, and Montana mortgage firms. Also divorce services, moving company, and a paint and paperhanging firm dissolving with new ownership.
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Jackman & Armita
Sky Scraper
Ama Estment CO
Yarkeat
Buti
Ted Fruit
Missoula
Busineil
Addreas Confectionery
Standend
Mason Bright
Butte
Waldeck
W. Park
Mingo
Westeern
Montana
Higging Ave
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NEW York Stock Report
Sla
Danio & Riotira
Great Northern
Yeti Valley
Gomtrad
Lake’ Erie
Wester
Bt. Ry
Mexican Centra
Sadanah Balway Af
Medien
Norfolk & Western
Tse
Iat
Eee Tio
Paci
Sc. von Waele
Ian Express
Fenn Coal’ & Union Ag
Kansan
Metal Market
Sexon
Stannard
Ste. Forel
Southern Foundry
Fortune Isiland
Glasgow
Sheed
Middlesboro
York
Beiwre Mercantle
Eat
Dave
Ce Commission Company
Cincorporated. Capital and
Wen
E. Park St
Town Avenue
Hall Bros
E. Broadwa
Ieee Tea Eee
Egory
The
New York Stock Exchange
Butte Hotel Stock Exchange
Ithae
Texan
Stevrs
Lamba
N Markets
South
Omana
Smn
Bnarkeet
Brown and Helform Sd
Keamane City
Tyndon
Fiss
Fonda
Atcha Serred
Haiti
Treasury
Washington
State
Humboldt
Ana” Mendocino
Valley Oregon
Haward VII
Chen Ino
Icad
Wa Butte
G. Standard
Third St
Sailors’ Home
Tellee
West Indies
Queen Victoria
Czary
King's Hospitals
Doss
Tamer Board
Mrsa. Birphright
W. Edwy
Amd
Colting
Sheriff's Office
Ake
Iscents
Green
Curtis Block
Tadies
Sam
MAYER
N. Montana
Inclure Bros
George H. Lee
Asbayer
J. W. Sinz
Fitzpatrick & Lewis
Wyoming St
Joan RB
Bapty
Hamilton St
Bute
Dora Bik
W. Park, Butte
Oxford-Corner
Silver Land Main
Park St
Barnard W. Granite
Fonts Reasonable
Lynch
Park, Butte
Morris Bik
Furnishe
Block
Orick
Will Crieek
Eta
W. Hayes
Sixth St
P.O. Hox
Eagle
Kson
Tutte
Ame
Inquire
Mercury St
Dakota
Oak St
Ana Furn
Y. Galena
Kemper Ave
Corner River
Pouday
Kennedy
Butte Exchange Furniture Co
J. Chauvin
Pactite Coast Tron & Metal , Co
Standard
L. Dube
IL West Park
Arisian Dye House
Mion Ph
Home For Ladies
Watmer
Dakota St
Dwiscellan Bots
Jackman & Armmistage Wo
Uae
E. Broadway
Davenport& Kimball
Anaries
Buttechakstel Mortgage Co
N. Main St
Tns Hennessy Bldg
Shale
Mer
Porphyry
Tel
Box Mt
Raafers
Montana Transfer CO
W. Roadway
Box Ia
W. J. Christie
Park Novelty
Miller & Wilson, Paints
Williamy Mill
William Millagi
Nilbon
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