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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1912
Page
16
A promotional note encourages opening a bank account at State Savings bank to learn banking customs and manage finances. It promises easy process and assistance from officers, plus a four percent savings rate and remaining booklets.
The Daly Bank and Trust Co of Butte announces directors I J Kelly John D Ryan Marcus G Swinborne and R A Kunkel with J Kelly as asset holder and cashiers listed. It states the bank transacts banking business including letters of credit and drafts for both United States and foreign customers and aims to extend accommodation consistent with conservative banking.
The New York market paused after yesterday's reactionary drift with inertia tied to disturbances in the American coal sector. Banks report steadier conditions in Chicago and Wisconsin, while February iron and steel output edges up slightly. copper remains unchanged and bond irregularity persists.
Portland Oregon March 6 cattle receipts 20 market easy with choice steers 6 46 to 6 75 good to choice steers 6 75 belted cows 5 50 to 4 76 good to choice cows 4 76 to 4 59 choice spayed heifers 4 59 to 5 70 good to choice heifers 5 40 to 5 70 choice bulls 4 25 to 4 50 good to choice bulls 4 00 to 4 40 choice calves 87 60 to 96 75 good to choice calves 67 50 to 78 60 hogs receipts 9 market firm choice light 6 50 to 6 75 smooth heavy 6 or 6 75 rough heavy 5 50 to 6 75 sheep receipts 900 market steady choice yearlings 4 75 to 6 choice seconds and thirds 4 15 to 4 50 choice killing ewes 4 25 to 4 65 choice grain fed lambs 5 60 to 6 00 choice spring lambs 4 76 to 5 good to choice lambs 4 00 to 4 76 4 75 to mood lambs 4 25 to 4 75
Money on call holds at 2% with steady ruling and closing bids. Time loans firm at 60 days 2% and six months 3 3/4%. Prime mercantile paper at 4%. Sterling exchange steady with day bills at 4 4/25 and demand at 4 8/7. Commercial bills 4 8/3. Government bonds strong while railroad bonds show irregular activity.
New York copper prices hold steady with spot at 14.87 cents and March at 14.22. Futures range around 14.20, London quotes ease with spot around £4 0s 6d. Custom house exports reach 6,084 tons this month as electrolytic and casting copper hold within narrow bands. Lead stays near 4.10 cents, spelter trading quietly around 6.9 cents in New York and 26 10s in London.
Wheat May 1.07 to 1.08 wrap. July 1.02. Cash prices show No 1 hard 1.00 to 1.01. No 1 northern 1.09. No 2 northern 1.07. No 3 wheat 1.00. Flax 2. Barley 0.70 to 1.25. Corn No 3 yellow 0.65 to 0.66. Oats No 3 white 0.59 to 0.60. Rye No 2 pennies, bran price omitted.
Chicago markets report sharp wheat gains driven by flour export demand and a revival in cash demand. Kansas City signals 700000 bushels to milling centers. St Louis confirms 65000 barrels of flour for export. May wheat around 1.04, corn and oats mixed as hog prices slip from larger longs.
Classified ads for the Standard left at branch agencies receive as careful attention as at the main office in Butte or Anaconda. Branch listings include O'Leary's drug store 1017 Talbot Ave Butte East Side, Wilson's drug store 1660 Harrison Ave, South Butte area stores Aluminum and Utah Family Drug Store 549 South Main St.
A flood of advertisements offers men and women training in bartering, automotive work, surveying, and general employment via Montana and California schools. They tout guaranteed positions, free catalogues, room and board, and flexible pay while learning, with offices in Butte and Spokane.
Chicago stockyards report March 6 shows cattle receipts 19 000 steady. cattle prices range 2.25 to 7.10 with calves to 8. Hogs receipts 4 000 curbed trading with boars to 6 55. Sheep receipts 22 000 strong, natives 3 50 to 5 10, westerns 4 to 5 25, yearlings 5 10 to 6 85, lambs native 4 75 to 5 10, western 5 25 to 7 20.
The New York Sun notes Max Reinhardt uses a two foot wide flowery bridge across the audience in Sam urun to lessen the barrier between actors and spectators. The device echoes Japanese theater and Greek spectatorship practices seen in his other works at Munich and in Oedipus Rex.
Cedar Rapids retailer Frank C. Harvey ran a two-tier sale with about 1000 pairs of women’s shoes. One woman bought 232 pairs fitted at $1 each plus a set of satin sample shoes, starting with eight pairs tried on at the opening.
Wanted to buy a set of double harness and a 38 percent inch wagon, contact Hugh Fraser at 66 East Broad way, Butte. Also furniture wanted with top prices paid in cash or exchange by Butte Fur Exchange at 7 E. Park. Ind. 1629. WANTED 600 muskrat skins at Creig's in Anaconda.
The notice promotes loans on short notice with easy terms offered by Wilson and Smith Co. located at 104 Clark Block in Butte, opening evenings. It mentions furniture and pianos as collateral and offers 1 percent per cent terms with no delay.
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