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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1915
Page
13
Fragmentary quotes critique speedups and shifts away from horse car and motorman era. Article voice resembles a column noting modern transport threats and industry disruption. Readers see tension between traditional streetcar service and new automotive mobility.
Los Angeles May 24 The Northern Baptist convention cleared all debts of the Baptist missionary societies by raising the last 14000 in an hour, bringing total paid off in the last year to 205000 with John D Rockefeller contributing 100000. Officers chosen include Dean Matthews and delegates from Columbia SC and Sioux City IA. New presidents elected for allied societies and re-elected leaders named for publication and foreign missions. Women’s missionary groups re-elected A G Lester and W A Montgomery.
Paris May 24 An American field hospital, a exact duplicate of those used in the American army, is ready to leave for the front. The gift comes from three Americans who wish to remain anonymous. Each contributed ten thousand dollars for the project. The hospital, with twenty tents including six large ones, can shelter two hundred wounded at full capacity. An American ambulance volunteer staff from Columbia Harvard Willams Amherst and Washington state colleges has trained for tent pitching.
A large crowd of Teatlan reservists gathered in rain outside the Italian Consulate in New York seeking call to service. Extra police kept order as G Fara Forni, the consul general, said no call had been issued. About 4,000 names appear on the consul's list and roughly 125,000 Tearians of military age live in the city.
New York reports the arrival of nine identified Lusitania victims aboard the New York from Liverpool after the disaster. Names listed include Charles Frohman of New York and T. B. King of New York, with others from Boston Chicago Bridgeport Trenton Ontario and an unlisted Miss Bright.
Montana game and fish commission invites sealed bids for an addition to the state fish hatchery at Anaconda. Bids due by 6 p.m. May 31 at Helena office, with certified check for a percent of bid. Commission may reject any or all bids. Dated May 16, in Helena.
Notice from the Office of the City Clerk announces the Anaconda city council adjourned meeting on May 17 1915 adopting a resolution to create Special Improvement District No 63 for lighting Commercial Avenue with electricity. It outlines costs 4000 for posts and wiring and 1600 annual maintenance, and sets a public hearing on June 1 1915.
Old classified notice seeks a steady employed seller to represent a household necessities line in Anaconda and other Montana towns. Helps wanted for evenings with everything furnished, no canvassing or capital required. Address Boyd H. Brown Dept. 0-87 Omaha Nebraska.
Several want ads list positions for general housework in homes around Butte and Anaconda. Requests include references, temporary or steady work, and varying wages. Notable postings seek Scandinavian or strong experienced women, stenography not required, and specific addresses or box numbers for applications.
Employment ad seeking salesmen to join a grocery and paint wholesaler. The notice mentions steady monthly income, independence, and territory opportunities. References a Chicago area address and a Spokane, Washington firm as contacts.
Housekeeping rooms and furnished suites offered in Butte listings. Ads show new management at Lexington Apartments with single and suites, modern housekeeping rooms at 219 gutte, furnished rooms at 208 South Montana, and additional rentals at 38 W Granite and 34 W Park plus 228 Jackson Street. Prices range up to $2 per day.
Classified rent notices list furnished rooms and flats in Butte with details: one room with bath and furniture purchase option. modern furnished one room with references. five room flat at The Princeton on Main. plastered one room house in Anaconda. references required. say you saw it in The Standard.
WANTED SITUATIONS. BOOKKEEPER, CASHIER, OFFICE MANAGER, thoroughly experienced, rapid, accurate, good references. Address Box a Standard, Butte. SEAMSTRESS WISHES SEWING BY the day. Phone 3 Red, Anaconda.
Wanted agents and canvassers to sell Montana crested nursery stock on liberal commission. No experience required, instructions provided. Oregon Nursery Co. Orenco Oregon and Salem Nursery Co. Salem Oregon advertise steady reliable men can earn excellent commissions as demand grows.
A scrambled OCR list from Butte items notes an employment office, a furniture store on Broadway, umbrella repairs, an excavation plowing crew, a quartz and placer mining notice, a Pekin Noodle Parlor cafe, and a lawn moving service. It mentions addresses and vague services with erratic wording.
Classified brief noting needed items and services. Falons female employment, Mont. Emp. Co. furniture wanted, highest cash paid, two sided ad lines. Includes contact details in Butte Montana area. Reading indicates rental and miscellaneous wants.
Classified notices describe tract land for sale at $1 per month, a $10 rent concept, and land ready for cultivation near Ely United. Additional items offer Montana land near Segur on the international boundary, relinquishment of a 68 1 2 acre Madison County homestead with cultivation, and a first class bench land with water rights in Anaconda.
For sale or trade a property six miles from Boise alfalfa and trail land school nearby daily mail and telephone connections must be at a sacrifice address Box 1% standard offer For rent or sale 3 acres with barn chicken houses and hog or chicken ranch call 80 East Park Butt
Local listing for papering services by The Art Paper Cleaners in Butte offering rooms papered from $1 and up. Vphone 48x available for inquiries.
Furnished rental accommodates up to eight. large living room fireplace piano and screened porch. Contact H. B. Cannon in Kalispell Montana for details.
Trade for Lor bale or cash purchase offered for seven lots near Harrison and Cobban. Also advertised is a modern four room dwelling for sale due to illness. Inquiries to Ben Moyle, Brophy.
Second hand Underwood art models offered with varied prices and full guarantee. Try an Underwood for speed and accuracy, leaders in the field for nine years. See the Underwood Palace exhibit in San Francisco at the Liberal Arts building, listing 14 ton weight and $10,000 typewriter line. Also mentions employment bureau and related sewing and harness items.
Fine modern furniture of 5 rooms including Steinway piano and mahogany china closet. Also other listings for complete 4 to 3 room sets with rent options. Located in Butte and nearby areas with inquiries welcomed.
Variety of financial notices list money to loan on real estate and stocks in Butte and Helena, with terms around 8 to 10 percent and assorted security. Several firms named include Bailey L and RCo Granite Butte, Goodwin Investment Butte, Wilson & Smith Co Butte, and others. Also includes assayers and chemists listings and a brief live stock sale note. A chiropractor ad references chiropractic adjustments.
Classified notices offering real estate and business opportunities. Items include a hotel property with three lots on Park Ave Anaconda priced cash 8400, partner wanted to share half interest, and an old rooming house for sale on Main Street Anaconda. Also four restaurants for sale in Butte and an active teachers agency and supply boat business opportunity.
An eclectic local ad listing a fully equipped Excelsi or motorcycle for sale from Butte Blesting Supply Co 44 East Broadway plus listings for used motorcycles ladies clothing dressmaking and various services in Butte including Turkish bath parlors dry cleaning dyeing and stove repair with multiple contact points and rewards offered for lost or stray livestock and jewelry items, all appearing from a single newspaper page fragment.
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