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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
15
Classified notices seek local and traveling agents for insurance and real estate with training and strong references. Also listings for child care, housework, and experienced waitstaff. Multiple households in Butte and surrounding towns post job opportunities and requirements.
A flood of early 20th century help wanted notices from Butte Montana list male tradesmen and general laborers. Items include plumbing and heating work, hotel housekeeping, cleaning, bed making, ranch and household keeper needs, and a couple seeking positions. Several entries provide box numbers for Standard newspaper responses and names such as Mrs Corelli and Mrs Moyle along with addresses.
Wanted furnished bedroom preferably with breakfast by employed man in smelter town. Also sought to borrow items for several years. Call Montana St Butte No 98.
Stockholders are notified a special meeting will be held at the principal office near Washoe Smetter Anaconda Mont on May 22 1918 at 1 o'clock p m to consider reducing capital stock from 60 000 000 shares par 25 to 2 000 000 shares par 100 and for other business The transfer books close April 2 1918 and reopen May 20 1915.
Indictments against 34 men in New York linked to garment workers strikes open a wave of charges from rioting and assault to first degree murder. District Attorney and detectives describe a crime clearing house run by gangsters, with nine defendants arraigned on warrants for assault extortion and murder.
York reports that since May 7, fifty five vessels departed from American and Canadian ports bound for Europe or returning, crossing the German submarine zone. Only three are American: the passenger ships Philadelphia and St. Paul, and the merchant Ruby. The St. Paul should be well past the war zone today.
Portland Oregon livestock prices show cattle and hogs steady while lambs decline. Receipts hogs 2, sheep 45. Lambs priced from 7.25 for choice shearling to 6.76 for medium.
In Minneapolis grain trading on May 12, May wheat held at ISLOAK while July posted 81.48, with No 1 hard around 1.61 and 1.64 for other northern grades. Market notes show slight shifts in bids and nearby positions amid thin demand.
The Standard runs notices seeking donations of clothing shoes hats and furniture and offering a reward for a lost lady's gold watch monogram M. A listed delivery age item and a large number of scattered names and contact numbers appear, with claims of found money and a reward for return. William Johnson and Jack Reid are named amid miscellaneous classifieds from Butte and Anaconda.
Classified fragment describes land sale promising vegetables from one dollar's worth of land, plus advertisements for rental rooms, a modern bungalow, and seven lots near Harrison and Cobban. Offers include trade for automobile, terms, and two room houses near car lines in Butte and Tacoma area.
Two to five year old stock stock. Three calves included and two thoroughbred bulls. Price right with terms. Sylvan and Peterson advertise. contact 7155 for inquiries in Anaconda area.
Classifieds note Awilian Dyehouse French dyeing and cleaning in Butte, with contact near W. Galena. Listings include wanted unfurnished room, storage, and various trades. Miller's greenhouse in Helena and Schuh in Philipsburg appear among scattered ads. Several sale items and equipment notes from Butte and surrounding towns.
Diverse classified items include motorcycles for sale with contact Sam E McCallum in Butte, lumber company ads, chimney cleaning services, farm land listings in Beaverhead and Madison counties, ranch offers near West Central Montana, and lodging house rental opportunities. Also seeks a partner for a business, store space in Lewistown, and various farm implements and real estate notes.
Real estate and loan bulletins appear from Butte and nearby towns listing money to loan on improved real estate, real estate and stocks, and various security terms. Multiple firms including Goodwin Investment, Wises & Smith Co, and Bailey Le RL Cole advertise low interest loans, plus livestock and poultry listings from Copper City Boultry and others. The patchwork ad sheet also notes assayers and chemists and contact details for local businesses and households.
Furnished single and two room suites listed for rent in Butte Montana. Numerous entries mention furnished rooms with steam heat and housekeeping options. Also notes unfurnished rooms and various addresses including Grat Gate Park and Main Street. Contact numbers provided for inquiries.
Various rental ads list 5 room brick flats 1. D. Guerkin 1 Pennsylvania block Butte 3 rooms furnished housekeeping 5 room flat The Princeton Main Butte 2 room flats 6th range 105 W Granite Butte 4 large plastered house with yard 28 S Montana Butte storage room 36 13 feet high 1122 S Arizona Butte plus cosmetic and beauty services advertisement
Fragmented ad items list garden supplies cabbage and cauliflower bedding ideas at Harrison avenue. umbrellas new and repair services at various addresses. mining notices and noodle parlor reference. painting and wallpaper offered with prices. Butte addresses and phone listing included.
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