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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
13
Dull session to start gives way to a broad late rally led by speculative buyers. Widespread gains lift stocks with improvements in sugar and banking notes and mixed signals on exports and foreign exchange.
New York spot copper 30740.1c while London copper slipped to £130. Futures unchanged. Copper prices varied by type with standard August at 12.2c and electrolytic around 12.27c. Lead steady at 4% driven by dull London bids. Iron market quiet with warrants listed for Northern and Southern foundries and English markets marginally firmer with Glasgow at 48 2d and Middlesboro at 48s. Silver at 5c.
In New York on June 13 money on call remained steady at 24 3 per cent with closing bids. Prime mercantile paper at 44% per cent. Sterling exchange stable with bankers' bills at 4.87 and 4.84 for demand and 60 days. Government bonds easy while state and railroad bonds show firm or active moves.
The Commercial Advertisers London cablegram reports a stagnant stock market with little movement. Consols closed at 9 15-16 after selling at 97%. Americans opened lower in New York, gold out to South America, and silver weakened by ¾d per ounce as New York sellers increased.
Chicago market report notes rainy weather pushing wheat prices higher as shorts cover and demand firms. July wheat up to 72% to 73% cents, December in good demand. Reports from Oklahoma Kansas and Northwest indicate heavy rains delaying harvests and boosting bullish sentiment. Provisions dull with July pork and lard steady.
Flour prices steady while No 3 spring wheat stands at 69 72 cents. No 2 red at 80 82 cents, No 2 oats 43 0 4 cents, No 2 white 47 cents, No 3 white 46 13 47 4 cents, No 2 rye at 60 cents, barley 66 70 cents, No 1 flaxseed 1 56 dollars, Northwestern 1 56 dollars. Mess pork 17.70 per barrel, lard 10.72 per 100 pounds, short ribs 10.42 to 10.52, dry salted shoulders 8 4 7. Receipts and shipments listed for flour, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley.
Chicago on June 13 reports cattle receipts around 2 500 with 250 Texans. Demand described as slow and steady. Good to prime steers priced near 7.50 dollars, poor to medium cattle around 5 to 7.25 dollars, stockers and other classes noted.
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Feeder prices listed with various categories including cows calves and bulls. Hogs receipts today 25 000 tomorrow 19 000 left over 4500 with mixed and butcher prices and hogs range between 7.00 and 7.65. Sheep receipts 6000 with spring lambs and western lambs values noted.
Classified ads offer 1 cent per word with a 15 cent minimum charge. The Anaconda Standard lists letters awaiting claimants at its Butte office. Also seeking experienced saleswomen for cloak and suit departments at M. J. Connell Co. Butte. permanent positions for suitable applicants.
A series of small ads offers a thorough press transcription clerk position in Great Falls, a barber job at Palace Barber Shop, plus multiple properties for sale in Montana including 1 acre near Four Mile district Bearmouth Missoula Ravalli Bitter Root and a 1 acre ranch with 140 cattle and two horses, with contact names and locations in Montana towns.
South Omaha markets on June 13 show cattle receipts near 2000 with steady prices across categories including native steers at 4.75, cows and heifers around 4.75, western and Texas steers with varied quotes, stockers and feeders at 275 and calves near 347. Hog receipts at 9100 with steady demand and mixed swine from 7.30 to 7.55, bulk sales around 7.2, sheep receipts around 100 with slow market and quotes for fed muttons at 75.40, westerns 94.75, ewes 8.50, lambs near 7.5.
Kansas City notices show cattle receipts totaling 1 00 including 30 Texans, with prices for native and Texan steers, cows, heifers, stockers, feeders, bulls and calves. Hog receipts reach 7 00 with market strength and price ranges from around 6.65 to 7.70. Sheep receipts 2 00 with strong market for muttons, lambs, and range ewes.
The piece reviews how Speaker Henderson built power in the House, controlled rules, and weathered insurgent opposition. It notes the push to add seven members to the Rules Committee, reducing the speaker’s grip, and suggests a Republican caucus may back changes if they win the next election.
Advertisements for furnished rooms in Butte and Anaconda from multiple providers. Listings include rates from $10 to $25 monthly, with steam heat and baths. Also notes on real estate, cleaning services, loans, and various small business offerings. Several named businesses and addresses appear in dense classifieds.
London price list shows consols 9 13 10 for money and 1 16 for account. Atchison 88 and Union Pacific 7 percent with preferred 4. United States Steel at 97 with preferred 1. Bar silver steady at 24 d per ounce.
Washington on June 13 released balances from the treasury. Available cash stands at 199 million 449 thousand 280 dollars while gold holdings total 100 million 132 thousand 151 dollars.
San Francisco reports in June a series of political jitters as spring wool market notes touch Nevada Oregon valley conditions. Stakeholders seek a new Speaker amid unsettled regional dynamics.
Notice from a beleaguered Speaker Henderson announcing resignation from czar duties amid Cuban reciprocity debate. He lists his symbolic "appurtenances" for sale and signals a future return to the old stand, while recounting political turmoil and insurgent Republican dissent in the House.
Advertisements list second hand furniture and household goods for sale and trade in Butte including bodies of items, sewing machines, and freight terms. Missing items cover livestock brands and rewards for lost cattle and household losses with multiple addresses and contact notes. A stray political note mentions a former czar figure returning to the old “Dave” persona.
A scheming nephew woos his rich great aunt who plans to leave her fortune to impoverished orphans. He pretends charity while confessing a hidden motive and the aunt muses on his troubling sincerity as she contemplates the will.
Local notices offer wants for hats at Fastery prices and remodeled hats from THE AAT BOX. Eggs for hatching from choice stock listed by KE O Smith. Spot bar fixtures for sale from Montana Liquor Co. One new platform spring wagon and several good second-hand wagons for sale or rent from R. Butter.
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