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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1902
Page
40
New York December reports show a market downbeat with widespread declines across stocks and commodities. Prices slipped in key listings such as Atchison and Louisville & Nashville while Mexican dollars and international goods influenced trading. Market tone remained cautious as investors weighed earnings and broader economic signals.
A fragmented OCR of a grain market item describes rains affecting harvests, price ranges, and shipments. Mentions 1.4 dollar figures, various locations, and buyers or vendors like Doan Hodes and Buen As ifiad, with references to sale dates, quantities in bushels, and market stalls. The text is garbled but points to a local sale event and pricing activity.
The article surveys how gardeners and Midlands farmers turn common weeds and hardy plants into profit. It highlights groundsel, lady’s bedstraw, and other weeds as potential fodder, notes cultivated berries like blackberries outperform wild varieties, and discusses regional growers turning surplus produce into income. It also touches on African mind studies and anthropological questions about diet and stature.
A garbled newspaper classified section lists several help wanted notices including barber college training, coatmaker, servant girl, young woman bookkeeper, and nurse positions. Names C J Lemley and Cy Standard appear with addresses in Butte Anaconda and Clinton, plus general notes on positions and wages.
Multiple furnished rooms for housekeeping listed across Butte and Anaconda. Locations include 367 Broadway Butte 119 W Copper 2 W Galena 310 H Park and South Washington. En suite electric light and updated conveniences noted. Prices start around 10.50 monthly.
Mixed local ads list rooms for rent including a storeroom near Broadway and other rooms in Butte Anaconda and Anaconda area. Items mention furnished suites modern flats and two bedroom suits, with contact references and street addresses for inquiries. Several listings refer to sale of furniture including seven room suites and portable beds.
Classified notices show rental listings and multiple loan offers from Davenport Co and others. Included are typewriter space, brick house, west rooms and bath, and terms on chattels furniture and general mortgage loans with varying interest rates.
Local dealer OECHSLI offers top cash for second-hand clothing and furniture. Advertises new ranges for old stoves, furniture, glassware, carpets, and more. Mentions warrants of ready cash and a broad storage and bargain day. Assayers and chemical services listed for gold and other metals, with multiple contacts in Butte and nearby towns.
A fragmentary notice indicates the recipient has moved and will send loans and securities to a new address at 8 Main St, Butte. The text is garbled but suggests a mailing or delivery change to this location. No clear names or dates are readable beyond the address.
Railway timetable snippet notes westbound trains at Durant Grave Union and connections to Northern Pacific at Butte. Anaconda and Butte services schedule arrivals and departures with 11:20 a m and afternoon connections. Tickets sold at Great Northern city office 41 North Main and at Hutte station.
Fragmentary OCR notes outline a venue or event chain in Idaho near Butte with mentions of doors, entry, and stoves. It references GE, circle Sunday and Friday nights, a door charge, and names Motte and Scott. Details are unclear.
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