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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1916
Page
13
Market ends with mixed moves as profit taking rises near weekend. Steel leads gains to near 97 while copper slips from midday highs. Irregular trading spans rails, industrials, and bonds with total United States sales around 12.57 million.
Chicago buyers pushed wheat higher as exporters resumed purchases, with September futures up and spot markets firm. Oats and corn followed the uptrend while pork and lard advanced. concurrent cattle and sheep activity showed mixed to weak demand with varied prices. Prime hogs ranged near $9 to $9.75, while cattle and sheep receipts reflected softer demand for beeves and lambs.
Short help wanted notices offer railroad labor telegraph operator ranch foreman and mining positions in Montana. Listings include wages and locations such as Butte Anaconda Helena and Missoula with roles like clerical work barbers cooks miners and solicitors all seeking young or experienced workers in the Standard and Anaconda Standard ads.
Help wanted at 002 East Front Butte seeking a lady or young person who can take shorthand and operate. Must be a high school graduate. Cat before 10 a.m. and after p.m. Saw it in the teandara notice.
Auction style ad lists one horse two delivery wagons one light two medium wheels an Au valued 125 dollars and location 131 West Park Street Butte a stock of fine fresh cows for sale inquiries to 43 South Wyoming Butte factual ad notes multiple items and addresses for purchases
A young man, a graduate, desires a position as bookkeeper or assistant bookkeeper. He lists Butte standards and indicates common to medium cows prices, with $505.75 for cattle and $3.50 to $4.50 for medium cows, bulls at $3.50 to $4.50, calves $7 to $8.00. He uses Hox 14 Standard.
Boston wool market remains quiet with firm quotations across grades. Texas fine wools command 12 months and 8 months prices, while California and Oregon offerings show consistent values. demand supports futures as mills maintain orders. In Mexico, typhus fever outbreak in Aguas Calientes causes over 100 deaths, overwhelming undertakers.
Conferees from the House and Senate failed to resolve differences in the Shields bill to permit construction of hydro power plants by private enterprises in navigable streams. They adjourned the session to Portland. Oregon pioneer George Leach Story, age 83, died at home in Portland. He arrived in 1851 and opened Portland’s first drug store, later holding municipal offices and serving in the state legislature.
Classified help wanted notices solicit roles in Butte and Anaconda towns. Posts seek female assistants for housework dining room work waitresses and general help plus a professional directory entry and various cafe tasks.
Rent ads list furnished rooms in Anaconda and Butte with varying amenities. Options include front rooms for two, a modern housekeeping suite, four furnished rooms with bath, and single rooms with heat and water. Some include meals or kitchen privileges, and locations include 801 Walnut Anaconda 910 West Park Butte 448 Main Butte 746 8 Stontana Butte 1304 Fifth Anaconda 219 W Galeria Butte.
Multiple for sale notices list real estate in Butte with terms and contact details. Highlights include a large fenced lot with two rooms near Hancock and Keokuk, a modern bungalow on Oregon Ave near car line, a five room house with small grocery store stock, shop flats and a one room cottage on a corner lot, and several other houses with terms and addresses such as 1811 Schley, 2840 Harrison, 6289 Orewon Ave, 606 Cherry, 18 ve, and 4078 Jackson. Contacts include owners and Standard Butte listings with prices ranging from low to mid thousands and monthly payments noted.
A moving sale offers new and second hand furniture at low prices at 319 East Commercial Butte. Several rooms and items are offered including a five room flat for rent and various furniture pieces. Buyers are urged to hurry as the sale moves quickly.
Classified notices show two wanted rental requests from Standard Butte. One seeks a furnished or unfurnished steam heated flat on the west side, close in, box 1. The other asks for a room in a private family with a garage preferred, box 6.
Autombiles for sale include a slightly used Harley Davidson with speed and electric gear plus tandem. Also listed are a four cylinder 1914 two speed motorcycle at $100 cash, a second hand white touring car, several used Fords from Montana Auto and Garage Co, and other local ads. Detailed contact notes appear for Butte addresses and box numbers.
Miscellaneous ads show real estate loan offers at 8 12 percent by Bailey Land Co and Simon Bank with agents Slemons Booth and Wilson Smits Co. Also listed are money to loan on hand, security real estate and stocks, with firms McRae & Solveson and others in Butte, Granite Street, and Anaconda. A horse branded P on jaw and hip offers a reward.
An assortment of small ads announces sewing machine repair by Brownfeld Canty Co at 8 West Park, Butte, along with a short order cafe Pekin Noodle Parlors at 117 South Main. Other lines note paper hanging and decorating by Cook on S443W, Butte and an Anaconda PLone 1M red listing.
Dyeing and cleaning firm Parisian Dyehouse guarantees quality work. Contact Tel 816 for details on dyeing and cleaning services and price estimates.
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