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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
15
The market opened with some activity and firmness in the first hour, but faded as the day progressed. Mexican tensions hovered over private banking interests, while motor stocks and copper shares led losses. bonds were irregular with modest turnover and U.S. bond activity was largely unchanged on call.
Chicago reports wheat steady after late gains with July at 1.00 and September at 1.04 while December climbs to 1.07. corn up modestly, oats mixed, and provisions varied. Livestock prices soften for hogs and rise slightly for cattle, with receipts heavy and government buying anticipated for army use. Portland market also steady with weights and calves firm. Public Ledger notes dog collar honors in France for war dogs Pend VAir and Loustic.
Employment offices seek applicants and workers in Butte and Anaconda area. Listings include a female Parsonson hires, typography and telegraph school notes, upholsterer and tailor positions, housework and childcare roles, waitresses, a housekeeper, and a general girl for housework or cooking with contact addresses in Butte Anaconda and surrounding blocks.
Classified notices seek hotel staff and domestic help in Montana towns. Listings request a first class bartender, housekeepers for small families and rooming houses, and an elderly companion helper. Include responses to Box 12 Standard Butte and other Standard boxes. Also an unrelated sales ad for Snow White washing sample offered postpaid from Great Falls.
A fragmented copy notes a ceremony honoring war dogs with a 15-dog procession and talking of animals' fidelity in war. It mentions a deaf veteran, a front line bark that saved a station, and a hope for a book about animal courage. The piece also references Harriet Ford in Adonis Dixey at the Shubert Theatre in Conn on June 8.
The page lists numerous For Rent notices across Butte Anaconda and other towns. Entries describe furnished rooms bachelor apartments and modern flats with prices and locations such as 105 Walnut Anaconda 160-162 W Granite Butte 531 S Main Butte 609 E Park Anaconda and BO box ads. It also mentions sales listings including various houses and apartment buildings with prices and features plus services like stove repair and chimney cleaning. The dense classified page reflects a busy rental and sale market with many contact details and addresses.
Classified notices show rentals for furnished flats and houses in Butte and Anaconda, requests for rooms and furniture sales, sewing machine repair offers, dyeing services, and a request to recruit members to support a land grant。
An odd collage of classified items and notices from Butte, including a paper cleaners ad, a phone contact, a reward notice for lost papers, a bank or street money return request, and a beauty parlor promotion. The fragmentary text references addresses in Butte and Anaconda and various services from hairdressing to leather goods.
Fragments advertise Montana land sales at 8 to 10 per acre with small down payments and 10 year balance. References claim Beaverhead and Gallatin valley plots with terms 6 percent. Also listed are a seven room plastered house in Anaconda trade potential and a Ban 1 t Tow home near Anaconda priced around 150. Sullivan & Peterson promote property in Anaconda and Butte listings.
An old Bay Area advertisement promotes C P B Williams products with a focus on durable sash and doors. It touts nationwide shipments, a single price policy, and a free mailed catalog for galvanized two-by-two window components and related carpentry hardware. The piece emphasizes prompt service and bulk building bargains from 1948 First Ave Seattle.
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