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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1913
Page
10
New York markets closed with copper stocks rising on December producer gains. Steel mine prices edged up while favored speculative issues moved narrowly. Western Maryland and Beets Sugar saw sharp advances after dividend news. Foreign markets showed irregular activity as a $1,000,000 gold shipment influenced sentiment.
Chicago markets report a dull session with closing prices near yesterday, slight activity in 110- Cistone, and modest gains in some contracts. The report notes unsettled sentiment from buyers and sellers, with January wheat and May corn showing mixed openings while rye and barley prices reflect steady to firm demand. Beef and grain futures margins remained narrow as traders digested broader market cues.
Market activity shows lambs and beef cows with receipts at 208 cases. Prices listed include heavy calves near 87 dollars and medium cows around 8.85, with overall market strength wavering into the session.
C I Graber, trade manager, said express firms and the federal parcel post may compete soon after four years of preparation. He noted both sides had not yet finalized their decision but expected competition to affect rates and handling, including perishables. The goal is to reduce middleman profits by direct shipper to consignee delivery, with concerns about short haul and parcel post zone pricing.
In Minneapolis William Beck suffers a failed nerve operation as a doctor carves his own nerve with aid from a nurse. The nurse collapses under strain while another surgery proceeds. A patient at the hospital, missing since Jan. 2, is later found dead near the hospital area. Police and local officials investigate the strange sequence of events and a rescued individual recalls hearing the hospital commotion. From the American Club Women the Colorado suffrage pioneer Mrs Carroll is profiled as an ardent suffragist with a strong personality.
Jasper 4, a Richmond Virginia dog owned by Dixie Taylor, demonstrates near human intelligence in White House tests. The canine performs tasks such as typing, untying shoes, dancing, sneezing, showing emotion, closing doors, and selecting named items on command, with the owner masking commands to prove no gestures are used.
Advertisements left at branch agencies receive the same careful attention as at the main office in Butte or Anaconda. One cent per word rate. Ads telephoned to the Standard office for prompt publication. List of branch drug stores and addresses across Butte Walkerville Centerville and more.
Employment offices listing reads Parsons Female Employment Office at 2544 W. Park, Hell 182K, Indiana 108, with references to Butte, Pennsylvania, and Park, Bute.
A fragmented ad promotes Molen System of Colleges in Spokane and Moser Barber College in Minneapolis offering part time work to students. It claims eight week programs, 9 positions, weekly graduates, and a free illustrated catalogue. It also advertises opportunities to earn 11 to 5 per week selling standards while not interfering with school.
A fragmentary ad section offers several notices for a female worker in Butte. It lists housework tasks for a two-person household at 437 W Broadway, plus varied job prospects, a studio recruitment, and an extended profile of a woman described as cosmopolitan, business connected, and devoted to welfare work.
A collage of classified style pitches offering billiards and bowling equipment, second-hand carom games, cheap bar materials, quartz and placer blanks, and office supplies. Also promotes vacuum cleaners from Yaxtey and a general sales push by Major companies with contact notes and appointment hours.
An assortment of advertisements from a Butte newspaper lists Hartwig Upholstering Co offering upholstering and furniture, Purniture of 19 rooms for boarding or rent, and styles from Prussian Dyehouse. It also notes Madam Guy Circles and a Sunday Thursday reading schedule, with diverse local businesses and contact details. A brief mention references telepathy and a dominos trick attributed to a resident, plus Prince Kropotkin living in London.
Abundant sale notes one owner J. W. Potts offering 199 chickens three horses one cow and assorted implements. Household goods listed with easy terms. Also a general store and bakery contract shop for sale plus a stock of dry goods and live town business listings.
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