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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1916
Page
17
Fragmented classifieds describe an early Montana telegraphy program at Butte College and Lewistown area blocks. The notice promotes employment for solicitors, dairy workers, housemaids, and ranch help with addresses and contact hints amid garbled OCR.
Elderly men sought for employment selling nursery stock with furnishment. Pacific Nursery Company advertises a complete line of household goods on monthly payments. Address 122% Grand Avenue Portland Oregon. Agents wanted to sell full line for The New York Supply Co. 10 Fifth Street South Great Falls Montana.
An account describes Patrick Milligan nicknamed Pat, a miner who fell down a shaft during a rescue attempt. He clung to a beam about a third of the way down, shouted encouragement, then slipped and vanished deeper into the darkness as ropes were being lowered.
Classified notes show multiple help wanted items from Butte and Anaconda including ranch or mining camp work for a coloned woman, experienced salesman willing to travel, family cook position, a Chinese boy care, dressmaking for children, a man with good training seeking any work, and sewing by day or home sewing. Contact details appear as Box 12 Standard Butte, 15 W Mercury Butte, Wah Chong Co 125 telephone, and 715 Ash Anaconda.
In Butte several housekeeping rooms are available. Sunny front rooms for light housekeeping for a couple at 1011 West Woolman with cellar pantry and yard. Newly renovated three rooms at Barrenstein apartments inquire 516 S Montana. One housekeeping room for gentlemen only at 206 Colorado.
A jumble of classified ads from Anaconda and nearby towns. Listings include second hand showcases, cash registers, phonographs, pianos, tables, chairs, and other furniture. baby carriages. plants and flowers. rental notices for houses and furnished rooms. and various sale offers for mining gear and related equipment. Several entries provide addresses in Anaconda, Butte, and Helena regions, with contact notes and prices where stated.
Multiple real estate offers in Butte and Anaconda listed for sale or trade. Properties include a 4 room frame on Washington Street, a 16 West Granite storage sale, 26 room apartment house with lease options, and several modern bungalows and cottages on near in lots. Also listed are irrigation land, ranches, and trade offers in nearby towns with payment terms and interest rates.
Multiple notices offer loans on real estate with various rates and terms. Companies include Monte Investment Co at 60 E Broadway and Butte Land and Investment Co at 18 W Grand, and others in Butte detailing finance services and securities.
Rent notice for a four room modern flat in West Go Street Butte. Partly furnished option implied. No further details on rate or contact provided.
Two unnamed gentlemen discussed securing clues in a modern room at 12 Cedar Street, Anaconda. The fragment references a location and the word clues, but no dates or names are confirmed.
Various classified notices offer wanted items in Butte and Anaconda including misc goods second hand deliv wagon piano pupils lessons and model car sales. Advertisements list contacts and hours with multiple locations in Montana towns and a June horse sale in Dillon.
A fragmented classified page listing stove repair services and customers, sewing machine repair offers, parlor and cafe references, wanted to buy notes, furnished rental ads, housekeeping and cleaning services, a store for rent, and billiard hall reference. Names include Murray, Brownfield Canty Co, National Paper Cleaners, West Broadway, So Main, East Second. Addresses at 123 E Park St Butte and 209 E Park. Phone numbers partially shown.
Lost between S18 Cedar and depot or Hartley's and Georgetown. Finder please return to S18 Cedar, Anaconda, for reward. Lost gentleman's hunting cave Elgin gold watch on east side Saturday. Return Standard office, Butte. Reward.
A fragmented OCR notice from Butte outlines a beauty parlor named Beauty Bloom on Broadway and references services like manicure and chiropody. The readable text contains scattered terms including birthright and various salon names.
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