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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
13
Incoherent OCR fragment mentions peace delegates and war ending, with garbled phrases and unclear attributions. The readable bits reference Geldberg and a nonsensical line about fried zebra hooves and a man drinking. No coherent event or identifiable entities form a clear news item.
An early 20th century Ohio style ad seeks two capable salesmen for a Butte Montana firm, with C. W. Harris & Co. and Billings Drug Co. as references. Positions require med school graduates preferred, and postings list 2 Main St Butte and Jones warehouse corner Wyoming and ron St as locations. Also includes miscellaneous wartime medical commentary attributed to Dr Baruch on bayonets X rays and treatment contrasts.
A jumble of classified notices seeks a Bay 100 can seven workers and various help. Wages and hours varied with ads for a girl to assist, a competent maid, an experienced houseworker, and a waiter. Also listed are multiple real estate offers including a two bedroom flat for rent, a three room house for sale, a modern bungalow, and several acre and hay land listings in Montana around Butte Anaconda Wisdom and Rock Creek areas. Some ads request responses via local streets and addresses.
SALE OFFER from Hi J Selway Diton Montana listing Belgians and Pircherons with great bone quality. Stallion priced at 22% pounds, bred herd noted as among the best in the state. Brood sows and young Duroc pigs also advertised. Rent room furnished at 1024 Delaware Butte.
Classified note lists miscellaneous for rent and autos for sale including a streamline passenger car body with top and curtain, a one panel delivery body, a Peerless touring car in first class condition from Hansen Packing Co in Butte, and a Standard car overhauled with asking price of 850 dollars.
A dense泛 OCR page shows a mix of ads and notices from Butte, Montana. It lists sale items for windows and furniture, billiard tables, bowls alley supplies, loans on real estate, and rent notices. Names like SLEMONS & BOOTH and Goodwin Inv. Co appear with addresses in Butte. The assorted listings indicate merchant offerings, loan services, and real estate inquiries.
Classified notices from The Standard and nearby regions advertise multiple wanted to rent requests including furnished rooms and housekeeping space in Anaconda and Butte. Listings seek modern or near furnished flats, rental of small housekeeping rooms, and even a boating house option with reasonable prices, plus unrelated notices about hairdressing and beauty products.
For sale or rent advertise furniture items. Inquire after 7 pm at 6 West Granite.
Fragmentary OCR yields a garbled note referencing W H Pipes Cesina Texas seeking employment or a war claim. It mentions J N Pipes and parson’s female employment line and names Rhony W Sraake Bulls Ollee along with Butte. The readable parts are scattered and unclear.
An assortment of classified notices from the Standard lists businesses such as Stove Repair Co at 123 E Park St Butte and Goopall Bros Assayers and Chemists at 38 S Main St Helena. Side entries mention lost items including a hot steel cow and a Lady's wrist watch, with rewards offered for information or return.
New York January 19 Mrs Dora Know ton Rancous a noted authoress and translator of French and Italian literature died today from gas inhalation at her home. Suffering two paralytic strokes and poor health friends say drove her to take her own life. Born in Ashfield Massachusetts she translated D Annunzios The Flame and Maupassants works. She left money for funeral expenses and a final note stating weariness with life.
Contracts approved by Secretary Daniels authorize the Federal Wireless Company to erect high powered naval wireless stations at San Diego Cavite and Pearl Harbor. The units will serve navy communications across the Pacific and be open to public use under a single plan. Pearl Harbor station will be the most powerful at 470 miles range. Upon completion island possessions will be in immediate wireless contact with the mainland. The article also notes gas from locomotive smoke box waste used to drive generators at two stations.
Redding California January 19. Half a ton of wheat moved north to be scattered along the track from Pit River to Lima for the relief of quail and other birds starving after heavy snowfalls. The program also plans feeding for deer in affected areas and asks individuals to assist temporarily under the Commissioner’s guidance.
Dr Simon Baruch recalls Civil War era injuries and compares them to modern battlefield dangers. He notes six fatal tetanus cases and many gangrene cases after Gettysburg, blaming gunshot ball design for higher casualties. He argues modern ammunition, though smaller, causes different, equally deadly injuries.
A playful mystery invites readers to join a puzzle quest, printing chapters and arranging pictures in order. Each numbered step prompts cutting and pasting scraps to reveal the full story, promising a thrilling ending as readers assemble the tale.
A New York Sun item recalls how a Atlanta man circulated vast Confederate currency after the Civil War. He exchanged paper money with commercial fleets for a price, then sold it to Elson Electric for lamp carbon from sea grass. With sea grass scarce, bamboo replaces it though not perfectly.
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