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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1902
Page
13
A compact daily review of global markets detailing stock, bond, currency, and commodity moves. Notable price shifts, trading volumes, and key corporate actions inform readers on liquidity, volatility, and investment climate.
Market slipped into a dull finish after a tentative rally, with most issues retreating as wheat and corn outlooks weighed on sentiment. The focus shifted to sugar, reciprocity debates, and a possible dividend on Missouri Pacific, while bond activity remained uneven and rates held steady.
New York on June 12 reports tin prices softening in both London and New York spots and futures. Copper, lead, spelter, and iron show limited movement with quotes across standard and lake copper, and warrants for foundry iron remain nominal. London prices for tin and copper ease, while bar silver settles around 52 4/c.
The Commercial Advertiser reports a quiet session with settlement and forced liquidation in Kaffirs early, but a stronger close aided by continental support. Consols rose to 7 dollars on Paris buying as Americana stayed steady. Notable weakness in Atchison and Union Pacific as New York markets cooled amid £3,000,000 borrowed on stock exchange loans.
Chicago markets opened bullish on wheat amid small receipts and wet weather in the West. July wheat rose to around 72 to 72 1/2 cents before closing near 72 1/2 with gains limited by profit-taking. Corn was steady to firm, oats advanced briefly as shorts covered, and provisions fell as packers pushed prices down with hogs and pork components.
Classified notices offer waitresses cooks and laborers near Great Falls and Butte as well as real estate bargains. Listings include Jackman Armitage Co. houses in Butte and ranches in Dickinson Cannon Stevensville and Missoula with prices and contact pointers.
Early morning Classified notice in the Standard seeks a stationary engineer. One man secured before 6 AM and by 8 AM four more applicants had called, showing how a simple ad can mobilize readers.
Product figures show corn at 226000 bushels, oats 149008 bushels, barley 15000 bushels with prices 52.00 and 760008 1100 noted in the snippet. Names and places are not clearly provided in the fragment.
Cattle receipts total 100 Texans among 3 000 to 5 400 head with mixed demand. Prices show prime steers around 7 30 to 7 50 per cwt. stockers 2 00 to 5 25. cows 1 40 to 6 0. bulls 2 75. calves 2 06 to 5 0. Sheep and lambs slow with good to choice wethers 8 5 to 10. native lambs clipped 6 46 75. western lambs and spring lambs around 7 25.
Classified ads show help wanted listings for cloak and suit saleswomen and house help, plus posts seeking a nanny and general houseworker in Butte. The clipping also includes a moral anecdote about a man who lent a friend money for a theater outing, hoping to be repaid.
Cattle receipts 4 000 with Texans steady native steers 2.25 to 7.60 Texas and Indian steers 7.70 to 45.25 Texas cows 3 to 4 native cows and heifers 2.79 to 5.50 stockers and feeders 8.40 to 9.20 bulls 3.20 to 5.25 calves 2.75 to 5.50. Hogs receipts 8 000 market lower bulk 5.25 to 7.25 packers 7.25 to 7.50 medium 7.15 to 7.40 light 6.70 to 7.30 Yorkers 7.20 to 7.30 pigs 4.07 to 5.50. Sheep receipts 3 000 market steady muttons 4.5 to 5.5 lambs 4.60 to 7.10 range wethers 4.05 to 5.65 ewes 4.25 to 5.20.
Advertisements for furnished rooms and housekeeping suites in Butte venues including Rice House 168 W Quartz St under W E Langdon with steam heat and dining in connection. Foster block 55 East Park by Mrs Dodge. Stevens Block rooms. May Claybour rooms. Hotel Oxford near Silver and Main. Barnard Building rooms. Harriett House remodels. various "for rent" listings in Butte and Anaconda. iron metal buys. Montana Transfer Co. clairvoyants and palmists offering services. mentions addresses and contact details.
Diverse local listings including eggs for hatching stock hats and flats at Festery Prices from Hat Box in 10 N Wyoming Butte. Also selling fixtures for outlet remodels from Montann Liquor Co and a Spring Wagon for sale or rent. Includes pianos sewing machines horses buggy and harness.
The Butte Exchange Furniture Co. and others announce relocations and services for buying selling storing and shipping household goods. New Kennedy location at 26 W Broadway will host storage two floors and full service including repair and packing. Additional notices seek bids for a two-story flat building and list several lost items including a branded cow watch and keys.
South Omaha Neb June 12 cattle receipts 1600 market steady native steers 7.0 cow and heifers 3.75 6 western steers 4 754.90 Texas steers 4.40 45.60 canners 1.75 3.25 stockers and feeders 3.75 5 calves 3.50 7 bulls stags 2.75 5.75 hogs receipts 8500 market lower heavies 7.35 7.50 mixed 7.25 7.35 lights 7.10 4 7. % 5 pigs 6 4 7 bulk 6.25 sow sheep receipts 3000 market 10c lower fed muttons 4.75 5.50 westerns 4 4.73 wethers 8.75 4.75 commons and stockers 3.25 4.50 lambs 5.77
London prices show consols 977 percent for money and 97c for account. Anaconda 835. Atchison 835. Baltimore & Ohio 108. Canadian Pacific 134. Southern Pacific 6640. Union Pacific 107. Union Pacific preferred 4. United States Steel 4014. United States Steel preferred 91. bar silver 244d per ounce. Prices and percent figures reflect active trading.
Washington on June 12 reports available cash balance of 199,710,223 dollars and gold holdings totaling 10,214,455 dollars in today’s treasury statement.
Cash quotations list flour and grain prices for No 2 spring wheat and other commodities with bids for No 2 red and yellow corn, oats, white and rye, barley, flaxseed, timothy, and meat prices. Receipts show flour barrels and wheat bushels while shipments note higher totals for wheat and flour.
An officer of the District of Columbia National Guard laments rising theater costs and foregoes Ben Hur tickets. He recalls a recent loan request for $10 from a friend in a cash crunch, illustrating tight personal finances amid public expense pressures.
Susquehanna report recounts Tom Carter's encounter with a wildcat in the Churchill house. After a struggle through the yard and a fall into an old well, Carter killed the animal with a brick and was later rescued and treated for injuries. a $2 government bounty paid for the scalp.
Parisian Dye House promises dyeing and cleaning services with satisfaction guaranteed at 60 W Galena Butte. Also features a dyspepsia and constipation remedy from C HH Rowan Milwaukee Wis. Petty fragment mentions Mt Moriah cemetery plots and orders to the sexton by cemetery trustees.
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