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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1915
Page
13
Chicago markets show bullish crop prospects with gains in corn oats and provisions amid varied demand and weather factors. Includes grain prices and receipts along with a separate note on a WWI era mine capture incident near Cape Flattery and a reward offer.
In New York on May 21 opposing counsel in Harry Thaw's case agreed to defer on a jury hearing for Thaw's mental condition pending the state court of appeals decision. A stipulation was filed in the appellate division. In Seattle Was May 21 Hindle, a barber, was convicted of manslaughter for choking his 11 month old baby to death, claiming intoxication.
Bids for an addition to the state fish hatchery at Anaconda must be received by 6 PM May 31, 1915, in Helena. Plans are available at the hatchery office. Bids require a 5 percent certified check. The commission may reject all bids. P Mathewson and J L De Hart announce. Restoration notice covers lands in national forest near Helena with homestead rights and pref erence claims, affecting 1508 acres.
The item features a stout woman's afternoon gown with a bine crepe meteor skirt and matching embroidered chiffon waist, showcasing good lines and refined tailoring as described in the fashion note.
Classified note seeks a hustler to earn and set up a lasting business. Address Clark Advertising Building Urges qualifications for a wanted position at 47 West Park Street in Anaconda.
Classified snippets show multiple help wanted notices including general housework and lodging near Broadway, restaurant work at McGee's Lunch, and a position for a chambermaid on West Park. Wording reflects terse, early 20th century ad language with location references in Butte and tar Anaconda area.
Advertisements seek agents for Montana nursery stock on commission with no experience required. Also positions for a bookkeeper cashier and office work, box ad in Standard. Workers desired include two Swedish girls for housework and a woman for stand work. Locations include Salem Butte Anaconda.
The page lists mixed classifieds from Butte including wanted purchases for furniture and a two room furnished apartment. Entries note highest prices paid for used furniture, calls for two bedroom and one two room suites for housekeeping, and multiple rental listings across streets like West Copper East Granite N Main and W Galena.
An old classified ad promotes papered rooms starting at $1 per room with the Art Paper Cleaners offering service in Bay area markets. The short stamp ahead notes, likely from a business directory, emphasize economical wallpaper services and room pricing.
Advertises a low-price furnished bunga on Flathead available for a family of eight. Describes a large living room and screened-in porch. Gannon handles inquiries by phone with further details.
Classified notice listing various furnished rentals on the ground and upper floors in Crystal, Butte. Mentions 1 room, 2 room, and 3 room flats with baths, west side proximity, and contact inquiries. Includes vague phone reference and partial addresses.
Classified listings show rooms for rent Furnished and unfurnished suites at 208 W Park Butte. Also several homes for sale two and three room houses with corner lots. Additional trade offers include seven lots near Harrison Cobban and a modern bungalow sacrifice sale due to illness. Includes addresses and contact hints.
One dollar's worth of land will yield more vegetables than an orchard for a year. A tract east of Sweet Grass offers running water, title. Write John W. Stanton, Great Falls, Mont. Also first class poultry and hens for sale by Sullivan & Peterson, Anaconda.
Poultry dealers advertise single comb White Leghorn hens and chicks for laying and hatching. I R Casey Sons Wattsburg Washington and Oprah Greenfield advertise hatching eggs and 1 year old laying hens priced at ten dollars per dozen. Standards and Turkish bath parlors noted.
Advertisement notes a female employment service in Butte located at N Main and connected to Reliable Help Montana and a Montana company in Utah. The ad urges readers to say they saw it in the Standard and provides a phone line.
Numerous small ads: pansies and large plants for sale, sewing machine, cash register, office fixtures, fireproof safes, horse gear, wagon, goods and plants across Butte and Anaconda. Listings include delivery offers and inquiries at East Front Street and by Wellcome & Durston Co.
A terse ad offers sale or rent of a cheap house and rooms at 3135 Lowell Ave. The notice is brief and appears to imply flexible payment options including cash terms.
The notice compiles varied classified items including for sale properties in Anaconda and Dillon, a partnership and investment opportunity with salary and annual percentage details, a rooming house listing on Main Street, and an estrayed red and white heifer reported near Maud and Brookside.
Seconash and Underwood typewriting at the pavilion display all make wide carriage models at reasonable prices. The Water weight 14 tons and the huge machine costs 000000. Underwood Typewriter Co. advertises on Broadway Butte Mont offering stenographers and a free employment bureau for stenographers, claiming world speed and nine years’ superiority.
Fragmented notice offers real estate backed loans with negotiable rates. Mentions Blemon's and Godwin investments, aiming at substantial sums and standard terms. Includes vague references to percentages and security, last in a storefront style ad.
Say You Saw It in the Standard notes several assayers and chemists with addresses in Butte and Helena, including Lewis Walker and Goodall Bros at Main Street Butte, G0 N Main, and E Granite. Also mentions dressmaking Wanted by Mrs Nelile Carlisle at Cobban and Robe in Butte with phone contact.
A fragmented listing mentions a Sax Tax warning, hairdresser services, and an Indian buyer trading for top prices on umbrellas with factory cost details. It also notes lawn excavation, mowing teams, and a telephone reference. Additional lines cite quarry work on Broadway and local eateries in Butte.
An old Butte advertisement notes Butte Stove Repair Co offering stove repair and chimney cleaning. It lists contact details for Linda Murray at 12 1 Park, Butte, with phone LX, and mentions various repairs and tent workmen.
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