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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
11
Chicago reports exceptionally good weather keeping wheat futures volatile with July options weak on new-crop receipts while corn and oats show mixed moves. Prices swing, heavy buying noted for Prance but not a full recovery, and hogs with provisions drag futures lower in overall market activity.
A cluttered classified listing from the Standard in Anaconda Butte includes numerous help wanted notices: ranch hand and wife for cooking, painter, heat or stove repair, agents to sell furniture, stenographer, nanny, housekeeper, and room to rent. It mentions various locations in Montana and contact hints such as P.O. boxes and local shops. The tone is brisk, job postings and service ads.\
Multiple listings show furnished rooms from $1 to $29 per month and weekly rates, five room flats, steam heated upper stories, housekeeping setups, and house for rent in Butte. Locations include 624 W, 19 W Granite, Atlantic St, Washington St, and nearby blocks. References indicate payment terms and contact hints.
A fragmentary note lists Went-Cabins for runt summer cabins with a reference to the second canyon east of Nine Mile and a partial phone listing 463 Tutte.
Classified notices echo a rental request and real estate ads in Butte Montana, including a wanted to rent for three or four rooms, care of the Standard, and several property listings across Jackson Idaho and Butte. Listings show multiple houses, flats, and a bungalow with terms, locations, and contact cues in mid 20th century newspaper style.
Old classified ad copies price listings for rooms and flats in Butte Mont. notes include rents from 63 to 123 dollars, several two year or 18 month terms, mentions South Main Park West Copper streets and Utah avenues with 10 to 18 rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, and heat. Also offers land exchanges and installment plans.
Real estate notice featuring Alfons J. Krause offering 10 acres tilable with water rights and meadow, one creek running through, eight miles from town in Kalispell area. Includes references to Sul livan Peterson of Anaconda and contact at 8 W Mercury St Butt Montana. Sale details indicate a price around 300 dollars and additional farm features.
A garbled page lists money to loan on real estate and securities with various firms in Butte and Helena. Advertised lenders include The Bailey Land and Investment Co, McHale & Solveson, Wilton & Smith Co, Goodwin Co, and others offering low interest real estate loans and stock-secured financing. Also notes assayers and chemists in Butte and Helena, with addresses on Granite and Main streets.
Ambitious notes advertise oil shale mining prospects in Rear Brldead County Montana with a 200 foot well to test oil yields. Offers include stock at 10 cents per share, canal rights, and potential petrolean production. plus a broad catalog of doors, typewriters, and secondhand goods and services from Dillon to Seattle.
Multiple listings advertise businesses for sale across Montana including blacksmith shops grocery stores restaurants and wagon and auto shops. Entries mention Judith Gap Butte Billings Anaconda Great Falls and other towns with reasons to sell and contact boxes for responses.
Death forces owner to sell a Ford touring car in first-class condition. Address communications to Box 4, Standard, Butte. Also listed: G passenger Studebaker in almost new condition, Hummer sale, and a W horsepower runabout offered around $1300. Also notes on mining notices and Pekin Noodle Parlors in Butte with piano lessons available.
A crowded clipping shows assorted business cards and lost and found notices. Listings include Johnson and Westberg contractors, The Art Paper Cleaners, dishwasher and cleaning services, telephones, and returns to various streets such as St Hyland and Commercial in Anaconda and Butte. Many entries are garbled but indicate requests to report sightings or claim items and advertise services.
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