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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1919
Page
12
New York stock exchange opened with unusual energy as the local money committee removed most credit restrictions. Leading shares rose briefly before profit taking pulled them back, leaving an unsettled session with 425,000 shares traded and loans down nearly 31.5 million dollars. Bonds steady with 6.15 million dollar total sales.
Chicago markets see heavy liquidation press corn prices lower amid food relief measures. May corn at 1.15, July 1.13, oats down, provisions weak. bears take profits after brief rally. Cash grain mixed with No. 2 yellow corn at 1.22, oats 56–60c, rye 1.59–1.60, barley 0.80–1.02, pork and lard steady to nominal. Butter higher creamery 47–53c. eggs lower 51–61c depending on grade.
U S Bureau of Markets Chicago reports hogs receipts 13000 market slow about steady with yesterday’s average many light unsold. Bulk sales 17.50 17.65. butchers 17.50 17.70. light 16.75 17.45. packing 16.50 17.30. throwouts 15.75 16.50. good to choice 11.75 14.50. Cattle receipts 1000 vs week ago choice prime fed steers steady others 25c to lower. fat cows and heifers 50c to 1 lower. canners bulls 50c lower. beef calves 1.50 lower. strong weight feeders 25c lower. light stock slow 25c lower. Sheep receipts 3000 vs week ago fat lambs yearlings mostly 65c lower. fat sheep 25c lower.
Cattle receipts none and hog and sheep activity listed with price ranges. Steers top at 12 13.25 dollars, cows and heifers 9.25 to 10.25 for prime, lambs 13.75 to 14.25, yearlings 10 to 11.50, hogs prime mixed 16.80 to 17, bulk sales around 16.80. Market described as steady in Portland, Oregon.
Seattle on January 25 reports receipts of thirty cattle with no hogs or sheep. Market holds steady from yesterday’s quotes. Best hogs fetch 17 dollars 17.40 cents, reflecting steady demand and firm pricing in the region.
Omaha Nebraska reports hog receipts at 5 500 with market steady heavy hogs priced 16 90 to 17 35 per hundredweight mixed hogs 16 90 to 17 10 light hogs 16 50 to 17 20 pigs 10 to 15 50 and bulk sales 16 90 to 17 10. Cattle receipts 200 with market noted as steady.
A fragment shows classified rates for daily and Sunday insertion, with unclear terms and typos. Mentions minimums for one time and multiple insertions, line contracts, and per line charges. Likely from a historic newspaper advertising section outlining price structure.
An ad filled page fragment touts Aladdin kerosene lamps, claiming five times brighter than electric and half oil cost, promising $6,000 yearly income for sellers with no capital. It lists territories, free outfits, and overnight trials, alongside other aggressive commission offers for history books, raincoats, hosiery, and portraits.
London money markets opened the day with steady rates as money and discount remained unchanged. Bankers reported stable demand and no new liquidity shifts, keeping borrowing costs flat across short and call money segments.
In pursuance of a Montana district court order the administrator of James O Keefe deceased will sell at public auction on January 30 1919 at 2 pm at the Deer Lodge county courthouse the lot six in block seventy seven in Anaconda Montana for cash ten percent due at sale with balance on confirmation The sale follows the estate order dated December 21 1918 signed by R Db Croswhite administrator.
Notice under 1915 laws that registry books for the March 24 1919 municipal election will close February 21 1919 at 5 p.m. Electors may register before the county clerk at the courthouse in Anaconda or before a justice of the peace or notary public as provided by law. E. E. Bailey, Ex-Officio County Registrar, Deer Lodge County Montana.
Notice that all grazing permit applications for cattle horses and sheep in the Deior Lodge National Forest for 1919 must be filed at the supervisor's Anaconda Montana office by February 1 1919. L C Stockdale Supervisor.
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