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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1903
Page
13
A compact review of commercial and financial activities across major markets with updates on stocks bonds and commodities. It highlights notable price movements and market sentiments as reported from exchanges and financial hubs.
The New York market showed yesterday’s improved speculative sentiment continuing but with very low trading activity. Traders hedged amid Venezuelan tensions. prices for dividend stocks were steady as fears of trouble faded and earnings rumors influenced certain issues. Local quotes remained nominal with No. 3 northern foundry at 72. No. 1 southern foundry and No. 1 southern foundry quoted. soft warrants nominal.
New York trading opened weak for wheat on reports of higher US and Canada supplies and a general increase in bushels. Prices later turned due to broker activity and bearish sentiment, with May futures slipping and hedging pressure rising. Provisions moved dull as hog receipts rose and pork values declined, while oats and corn showed uneven trades amid a broad market softness.
The market tone for wool remains unsettled with some sections reporting steady demand while others show weakness. Prices vary by region and type with strong selling in certain categories and softer bids for stockers and heavy wooled items. Reading suggests higher futures in specific territory lots, while California and Wyoming offerings display mixed averages and notable regional shifts.
Fragmentary text mentions San Francisco and nearby locales with scattered terms like available cash and charity. No cohesive events or identifiable persons emerge from the readable portion.
The Detroit Free Press recounts a charity tale where a secretary recalls helping a shiftless family. Mr Jones, presumed wealthy, offered a cake of soap kept pristine. He cut it open, revealed a $10 gold piece, pocketed it, and walked away, a sharp lesson on value but no lasting change for the family. The note adds a 20 year old incident involving Rev. T. E. Phillips of Pennsylvania.
Advertisers are urged to use Want Ads for small game like bargains and opportunities. The copy promotes the Want Ad as the cheapest and most effective option, noting one cent per word rates and year round usability.
Advertise your wants in The Standard. Real and cheap For Sale listing for a room story and a half brick on the west side with hot and cold water, electricity and modern improvements. Address A.B. Standard, Butte. Your eye on Hamilton for bargains in chests of all kinds. Write us for list and particulars. Raval-HU Abstract Co., Hamilton.
Classified note listing sale of a grain and stock ranch in southern Montana with water rights, government title, and good improvements. Also seeks buyers for various businesses and real estate, with replies directed to Beaver/Butte area addresses and agencies in Montana.
Butte Mortgage Co and several lenders advertise loans at low rates. Offers include real estate security loans, furniture loans, and general security loans. Agencies list locations in Butte such as 2 N Main St, 48 East Broadway, and 115 Hamilton St.
A fragment shows multiple classified items: secondhand furniture buys and sells at 28 E Park, East McNamara contact, West Broadway stores exchanging for new ranges, high cash prices for household goods, freight offered to nearby towns, and a daily bargain. Also mentions manicurist and hairdresser services, mining ads, and several lost items with rewards including keys and a dog.
Transcribed classified want ads list letters awaiting claimants at the Anaconda bazaar or delivery office. Fragments mention mail, payments, and general requests for readers to claim items. Names, dates, and specific offices are obscured in the damaged OCR text.
Fragmentary notes describe free transportation and sundry assistance for a girl, with unclear names and destinations. The incomplete text mentions a bridge per day and aid for general purposes, suggesting a local charity or public service item.
A fragmented classified page listing FOR SALE items including steel rails and granite, mortgage notice, fresh milch cows at Elliott's milk ranch, and multiple FOR RENT rooms and furnished suites in Butte, Anaconda, West Walkerville, and nearby areas. Includes housekeeping rooms, furnished rooms with bath, and room and board offers.
Wanted male learn barber trade with Maler Barber College Minneapolis Minnesota. College promises swift results, diplomas, and a mailed catalogue. Also seeks experienced timber contracts, travel sales, and reliable women for goods travel with inducements and mail-in requests. Lock Box notices include Boreman Missouri and Ann Arbor Work ads.
Situations wanted notes include a lady stenographer seeking a position with several years’ experience and willingness to travel, and a pastry cook or baker with four years’ experience. a housekeeper with good references. a hay and stock ranch job near Butte. a want to buy for cash item and a stenographer Miss Mah Thorne at 47 Broadway, Butte. The scattered ads indicate varied domestic, clerical, and agricultural employment needs in Butte.
ANS FERS MONTANA TRANSFER CO GENERAL transfer van and storage cant and wood hay and gran ten dollar reward for any ton of our coal not weighing two hundred ten pounds W. J. Christie Mana way Butte Tel 2 ser 15 W Broads.
In Sterling Illinois Dr T A Grigg officiated a funeral for a man who had reportedly come to life during a service twenty years earlier. The scene repeats as the same individual is laid to rest after a recent visit.
A brief note discusses rising subscription costs and consumer impact. It references a call for prudence in spending and hints at industry's pricing pressures. The piece emphasizes readers consider value and seek alternatives amid higher rates.
Classified rent notices list furnished two room house at 310 E Third St Anaconda and a three room cottage with inquiries at 11 Dakota Butte. Other entries advertise one room brick flat near center, three room flat on E Mercury Butte, office room and desk space on 47 E Broadway, and ground floor offices at Mall Bros Butte with water and sewer included.
Classified notice seeking a room to rent in a bed house owned by W. R. Stan. Includes no contact details or location. Public notice style brief and factual with limited information.
Local mining firms advertise trusted assay services in Butte. Mayer and Wapty emphasize prompt, careful attention to gold and silver bullion samples by mail or express, with reliable return policies. Additional notices cite Johnson and Thos Buggy as chemists and assayers at Main Street locations.
An old ad listing clairvoyants and mentalists in Butte with daily sittings and recurring meetings. Mrs Dr Calder Rutledge offers sittings at 720 Colorado St and spiritualist meetings at 182 W Park St. Also advertised are Mazie the palm reader at Idaho and Butte, Mme L Dube the French cleaner, and Scots Stove Man at 12 E Park with carpet cleaning services and contact numbers.
Fragmentary timetable shows arrivals and departures for Anaconda and Butte with times like 7:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 pm 5:05 pm and 11:45 pm. Also notes lines about leaving Anaconda at 5 am and 8:30 am and an entry 1240.4 unclear.
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