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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1919
Page
10
A reader recalls a tense interchange about park rules and signs urging visitors to keep off the grass, with a Black man noting the signs and a loud exchange about rights, weather, and life. The piece blends dialect narration with a later report on plots and prices.
The fragment lists numerous servicemen including sergeants corporals privates and a Lieutenant with many surnames such as Allen John Ernest Leon Peter Lesiie and Finton Ben. It notes personnel labeled missing in action Jugnaite Peter and Jelborn Marve among others, reflecting a wartime muster.
New York stocks rose across most groups led by food, tobacco, sugars, distilling, and utilities. Steel names gained with United States Steel and Bethlehem, while motor stocks and accessories lagged. Liberty bonds and key copper issues underpinned a generally positive session as traders priced in uncertain conditions.
A playful fragmented line in a lyric-like snippet mentions a grand glorious feeling and a shouted ta ta ta ending. The text centers on exuberant mood rather than a named event or identifiable article. It resembles a musical or stage moment rather than a news item.
Chicago markets show corn inching higher as receipts stay light and demand steadies. Prices for January, May, and other futures edge up while oats rise after an earlier dip. Provisions trend higher overall though lard remains weaker due to rising stock in the region.
Reports from Chicago Portland Omaha and Seattle show brisk cattle and hog trade with open markets steady to strong. Prices top at prime steers around 12.50 to 13.50, hogs near 17.50, and veal and lamb values mixed as receipts rise in early January trading.
The Nipissing company in the Cobalt region and the Empire Mining group in Montana are expanding operations. Nipissing, with a 250 ton smelting plant, reportedly earned about $2,000,000 in the past year. The Nipissing property was said to have been purchased with the Empire operation led by Ted Eecles and J M Eecles of Mackay. The move signals potential major development for western mining and industry players like Copper Czar Mining and Columbia Garden interests.
A dispatch from New York notes a major copper consumer offered future metal at 20 cents per pound. It also reports New York bankers subscribed the 26,009,000 dollars in 10 year 6 percent bonds by Anaconda Copper to finance operations for the South. Liberty bond quotes and London money markets are presented with bid and yield details.
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