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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1916
Page
15
A terse column by Goldberg titled It’s All Wrong examines missteps and misjudgments in Wellington. The piece critiques local decisions, calling out errors and urging reconsideration of policy directions.
Multiple notices seek employment and sales roles across Montana Idaho and Oregon. Wages, ages, and duties vary from general housework and bookkeeping to door to door sales and office positions. Applicants should respond via Standard box numbers or local addresses in Butte Anaconda and Anacortes.
A jumble of classified ads seeks help and furnished rooms across Butte and Anaconda. Notices offer room rentals for gentlemen, mostly in private homes or hotels, with phone numbers and addresses like 1258 Butte, 33684 Butte, 701 W Broadway, 5448 Main, 410 Oak Anaconda, 511 W Fourth Anaconda, and 952 E Sixth Anaconda.
Real estate ads show a 3 room bungalow with porch, pantry, bathroom, two closets and finished basement on a flat 45x100 lot in Butte. Price 1650 with 200 down and 40 monthly. builder claims it equals pricier rivals. Also multiple flats and houses for sale nearby with prices and terms. Owner contact box 8 care Standard Butte.
Various advertisements offer loans on real estate and chattel in Butte. Listings mention first class security, high interest options, and terms from 8 to 12 percent. Firms include The Bailey Loan and Realty Company, J H Heidronner & Co, Simon Bank, and The Bailey Land R Co with offices on Granite and Broadway streets.
Workmen at 209 E Park provide stove repair services under the Oaks title. Phone number listed as 5269X for inquiries and service requests.
A fragmented early 20th century classified list advertises services including upholstery repairs hairdressing and manicurist offerings at Broadway avenues in Butte and Anaconda. It also seeks boarders and advertises multiple real estate lots for sale or trade in Spokane and Butte areas.
Classified notices list multiple properties and land offers across Montana and neighboring states. Items include 220 to 206 acre irrigated tracts with water rights near Musselaheil county and Judith basin, a rent-to-own timbered tract, relinquishment notices, and a rooming house for sale. Contacts include Ivan Peterson in Anaconda, Bresnahan in Butte, and Donald Arthur in Spokane.
Classifieds note multiple requests to rent or furnish residences on the west side and nearby. Items include a 2 to 6 room house, furnished or unfurnished, a 3 or 4 room furnished house, and 2 room cabins or houses. Contacts: Standard in Anaconda, J H Heilbron Co in Butte, L in Anaconda, Say You saw it in the Standard.
A dense jumble of classified notices offers brand new and used autos, including a six cylinder oak sedan, a seven passenger Pope Toledo, a Dodge, and a Ford touring car, plus six other vehicles and multiple room and cottage furnishings. Also advertised are furniture sales and real estate listings with addresses in Butte and Anaconda, plus livestock offers including Shorthorn cattle and White-Face steers.
A fragmented miscellany of sale notes lists hardware items, doors, windows, and fixtures from Bay You Saw It in the Standard. Various entries advertise hardware, building supplies, furniture repair, phonographs, and horses with contact directions in Seattle and Butte, plus a few odds and ends like mantels and mahogany cases.
Finder reports a bracelet with initials and keepsake along the road near Warm Springs during a theater tour. White card and satiny pouch noted, valued at about $10. Police urged to contact local theater staff if the item is yours.
Classified notice lists saw poultry entries including Roy Silver Laced Wyandotte hens and standard care, with locations Centerville, Butte, Wyoming, and companies Goodall Bros Assayers and chemists, 108 N Wyoming and 388 Main St, urging readers to mention seeing the ad in the Standard. The fragment mentions Lewis & Walker and Wc ARTHOL8TE chemists in Granite Bu.
A Philadelphia area farmer, Harvey, grows cotton in Pennsylvania using artificial drying to combat early frost. He argues climate limits cotton in temperate zones and suggests operations could end sub tropical dependence. A separate note mentions a $5,000,000, 6,000 mile telegraph cable planned from Aden to Hong Kong.
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