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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1919
Page
5
A brief market item records Arters at 81.00 with a bid reportedly around 20e in early trading. The note cites price levels and rounding in the quotation, reflecting a cautious session for commodity exchanges.
An advertisement explains rheumatism as blood saturated with uric acid poison. It argues salves won’t cure deep causes and promotes S. S. S. blood cleanser from Swift Specific Co. as a vegetable remedy. Letter to physicians offers free advice from Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
City meat inspector Dr. George H. Stevenson prepares statistics to brief the state trade commission on feed prices in Butte. He says hay quantities and eastern market imports show extortion as local dealers charge far above Chicago prices. He cites $40 per ton for hay versus $9 to $11.50 in Chicago and questions why wheat at government price is $3.60 per cwt but sold for $4.75 to $5 locally. He notes dairy and poultry growers losing money and urges buyers to source feed from eastern markets with normal prices.
A crowd of clerks filled orders for government food supplies as Butte residents rushed to buy cans and sacks of bacon beans flour and more. The post office will forward quantities in cases only when enough items are accumulated and cash accompanies each order. A new price list details weights and prices per item and case, urging early submission to avoid exhausted allotments.
Charles A. Lorimer of Connell's ready-to-wear in Butte cites rising costs as New York hikes prices daily. He recalls a coat jumping from 77.50 to 92.50 overnight, buyers accepting higher tags, and manufacturers canceling old price orders as spring prices loom higher.
Pastors from Butte and nearby churches traveled last night via the Northern Pacific to Glendive to attend a conference beginning Wednesday. The party includes Rev. G. M. Carter Grace church Henry Jamey Trinity F C Fulford Centerville G D Wolfe Mountain View Thomas Clarkson Walkerville Charles Wolfe Anaconda H J Humphrey Dillon R Rhoades Hamilton and Dr Crouch Missoula. The conference will run through the week.
Judge Jayne notes couples grow weary of married life and cites a 1 a.m. moment when a wife remembers she forgot to lock the front door. The Detroit News reports the remark in a light legal-judgment style.
Butte shoe dealer Thomas O Rourke blames tanners and leather companies for inflated leather prices. He cites Packers control of 80 percent of hides, calls for government regulation of the packing industry to curb abuses, and notes looming congressional investigations and shifting shoe prices in Butte markets.
A lawsuit seeks $500,000 in damages involving Ziegfeld figures and theater actors. The case centers on an injunction and equity contracts amid disputes with management and performers. The report notes unions and dockers involvement in related labor tensions and mentions the London Bridge era background.
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