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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1903
Page
13
A censored look at global markets notes declines in New York trading as investors react to mixed signals. Reports mention weak demand, price declines, and lingering weakness in Amalgamated and Northern securities amid a cautious London market.
A garbled OCR style article describes Chicago markets with scattered references to copper, coal, and railways. It mentions Northwestern, Manhattan, and Southern lines, plus various companies and coupon details. Weather notes, crop outlook, and market shifts are touched with uncertain figures.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a price and receipt listing with various items such as flour, wheat, cattle, and lambs. Mentions Chicago, shipments, receipts, and wholesale terms, interspersed with unclear names and numbers reflecting a mid century market ledger.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a livestock sale. mentions cattle and sheep, receipts, prices around 7.00, and items labeled markers. Lacks clear event or participants but indicates a sale or auction context with livestock figures and notes.
United States prepares for possible war with Germany. Dr J W Fewkes reports Porto Ricans will surrender their ancient thunder bolt stone axes to be ground into powder for use by the army and navy. Officials seek the finest specimens for presentation in Washington.
The wan page acts as a marketplace for small business deals with buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants gathering there. Advertisers claim the Standard Want Page is the best in Montana newspapers, charging one cent per word.
Fragmentary early 20th century style advertisement notes word rates of one cent per word with a minimum charge of 13 cents and a contact request to respond via claimant or attacher office. The text is garbled but indicates a standard advertisement pricing scheme.
Mixed short notices show job wants for an upholsterer barber bartender and baritone, two men for farm work, bicycle shop, two first class salesmen, a gardener, dressmaking at home, and other trades. Lost items include a black horse with a C brand, a lady’s gold watch, and a gray striped cat. Also notices for a milch cow for sale and various business and service ads in Butte Helena and Anaconda areas.
A fragmented account describes an explorer who entered the interior after crossing the Marne and later mapped shorelines from Worth to Adelaide. It notes a 20 mile overland trek between Adelaide and Port Dare using horses, without camels, during early expeditions.
A flood of real estate notices and classifieds from Montana towns announces for sale or exchange ranches farms ranches with water rights improved properties and stock ranges near towns and stations. Listings cover Missoula Butte Stevensville Anaconda and surrounding areas with prices terms and contact references to brokers and owners.
Classified notices show several furnished room and flat rentals in Butte Anaconda and nearby areas. Listings include modern furnished rooms for light housekeeping at Granite and Utah avenues, a four room furnished house on West Galena, and a room or flat available with bath or housekeeping amenities. Contact details indicate evening inquiries after oclock.
FOR RENT NOUSES STOR ES ETC. STORE POR RENT THE STOREROOM ME Gran Henneasy's market no 3 With basement Inquire at Standard office BF Broadway Butte. FIVE-ROOM BRICK MODERN WEST IDE close im $25 Curtis Majors T-STOREROOM Mxw WITH two barns in rear centrally locate Inquire Btandard Butte. eNT- I-ROOM HOUSE WATER 4.99 month Inquire oF Righth st Anaconda FOR RENT A 5-ROOM BRICK TIOUBE with stab 36 W Por Colorala Butte 3 ROOM 1208 Jacke rm so HOUSE Birch st Anaconda Mor FOR TRENT-2 om 2 UNPURNISIED modern ouaekerping rooms eT wesnineton 'hart mean ING AND MOOMEN BOARD AND ROOM IN in family Mrs Lucy Leboeuf 48 Chest nutst Anaconda PUNET-CLARS house tae W MAYER ASSAYER SAMPLES by mail OF express receive promptant careful attention geld and siiver Dullion a specialty ON Montana Butte Box ze GEORGE H SEE ASSAYER 19 HAM ton et Carney Hand old stand Prompt returns Box ait Tutte FIOZ buoy ABSAYER AND CHEM ON Main at Butte DUBE eA CLEANER as hone Fs PARISAN BY MOUSE PRENCH dycine cleaning aneed OW Gate WEEE PHOTO VIEW 0 Linus thie kadai work epee all work guaranteed WW lm Samage TURE OF Ib ROOMS tm heart of city Standard Butte
Rail ticket notice lists connections between Butte Anaconda and Western end lines with NP Ty and Great Northern services. Mentions times 9:20 p.m., 6:25 p.m., 8:35 p.m., and 18:00 a.m. connections. Tickets on sale at City Ticket Office and passenger stations in Butte and Anaconda. May 3, 1905.
Classified sales and requests for horses buggies and wagons, pianos sewing machines and milch cows, plus loans on furniture chattels and livestock. Listings include Butte addresses and agents such as Sherman Ree Broadway Allen, Tom Haren, Davenport Company, Bailey Mink, and Slesons Booth offering loans and sale items.
Numerous small ads and notices including second hand furniture wanted and sold, rent and sale of ranch and capes, restaurant for sale, employment prompts, auction-like listings, and railroad line information with references to Butte Montana and Kalispell. Names and addresses include Daiaressing, Chauncey Spence, Booth & Morrin, Slemons & Booth, 38 E. Park Ave Butte, 128 Wynning St, McNamara, Vita Co, Mer Cury, Peter ReBk, and Silverhow Block. Also mentions storage, freight terms, and local services with multiple scattered notes.
Fragmentary notice lists a ticket office location at 105 North Main Street Butte Montana and a person named Wilson with the title General. The readable bits suggest an official notice or service related to entry or admission.
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