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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1900
Page
3
Trading on May 29 saw a late selling wave that left many stocks with weak closes, though overall gains for most issues. Sugar shares sparked activity with refined sugar rising 5 cents, American Sugar refining leading a broad uplift as investors weighed trade war settlement prospects and stronger iron and steel issues.
Directory style notices list assayers lawyers engineers and professionals in Butte Montana. Entries include A B Rombauer McClure Bros Mayer and Buggy assay services. Hinkle Dolmas Donlan lawyers. Dr F H Bimrose dentist. James Hollinshead engineer. Baker Potter civil engineers. Portland Cement Co of Utah agent M L Todd. Unique Tailoring Co cleaning and pressing. multiple job ads for cooks waitresses and housemaids. Dr George H Wells and Dr O Neil osteopath.
Market steady with cattle receipts 4400 heads and hogs 1200. Native beef steers 4.40, cows 4.00 to 5.60, stockers and feeders 3.50 to 6.50. Hogs 5c lower, heavy 4.40 to 4.90, bulk at 4.00. Sheep receipts 3200 steady to fair, natives 5.15 to 5.40, westerns 4.80 to 5.20, lambs 5.20 to 6.00. Also notes on wool markets and mining stock listings.
Wanted men learn barber trade in two months with tools provided and board paid. Free college ticket and $15 weekly pay upon competence, extended to June 1. Apply by mail to Moter Barber College Minneapolis Minnesota. Also seeking managing agent and two salesmen for Salt Lake City property with liberal inducements. Address James Hughes Salt Lake City Utah. First-class barber wanted at Anaconda Commercial area earning $18 per week.
Classified notices list for sale farms ranches with 160 acres near Bonita six stock horses and buggies in Sheridan and Butte listings include 5 room brick cottage 10 room brick 4 room frame homes in Butte Missoula valley homes with water rights a small stamp mill and used goods dealers.
The Commercial Advertiser notes general cheer in London markets on Lord Roberts approaching Johannesburg. Consols rise but speculative activity remains subdued as Americans resist early bets. U.S. banks and rail stocks show varied demand while London firms report modest trading and a small loss in gold from South America.
The American Wool and Cotton Reporter notes no improvement in Wool market conditions in Boston and territories. Buyers pursue hand to mouth purchases due to weak goods trade and uncertain demand for next lightweight season. Weekly sales totaled 1,075,000 pounds domestic and 2,400 pounds foreign in Boston with year to date figures showing declines.
Dp CC Smits Meat Market formerly at 119 BE Park Butte has moved to 1 and 1m KE Park and will be renamed Bil ver Bow Market. Smith & Saville props vaults cleaned general scavenger work machinery moved and general transfer by M Tarmon 29 W Broadway phone 206.
Chicago wheat on May 2 opened firm with July futures slightly above the previous day amid strong cables from Liverpool and Paris. Reports of drought and cold in France and gloomy Indian and Ohio crops support buying, while widespread rain in the Northwest tempers gains. Corn strengthens with a robust cash market and modest turnout in trade. Provisions hold steady as demand remains steady. No Board of Trade session tomorrow.
Prices remain unchanged as demand remains weak for territory wools and fleece wools stay lifeless. Buyers focus on quarter-blood grades with limited interest in Montana Dakota Utah Wyoming staples and imported superfine wools at nominal spot levels.
An amalgam of classifieds solicits disposing of furniture and household goods with high cash offers from McRae & Rolve son at 53 W Park Butte. It also lists Royal Exchange mail orders, National Undertaking Co Quartz Street and Bilver Bow Office, and veterinary services by Dr W A Kee at Reed's livery stable Butte with 24 hour calls.
A partially garbled but readable item advertises refurnished rooms for rent at 107 W Quartz in Butte. Also notes sale of a well established saloon in Butte with potential first-close wet ness. respond to Standard in Butte for details.
The cruiser New York, after leaving the navy yard and anchoring off Tompkinsville, sailed this morning for Newport to attend the opening of the National college on June 1.
A dense scanned block lists ad rates and offerings including fortune telling by Mme Geyser, a Montana correspondence matrimonial note, a graduate midwife in Butte, second hand items, an accordion service, union barber ad, personal notes, Madame Eliza healing claims, divorses offered, hypnosis instruction, and a home confinement midwife. The text preserves names such as Mme Geyser, Mrs. Maud Lyons, 214 Erie Street Chicago, and Box 1,125 Butte, with locations Butte Anaconda Chicago and addresses.
May 2 market report shows cattle receipts 2106 with steady to slightly lower values for natives and feeders, Texas steers and balls mixed. Hogs opened strong but closed easier with range 4.99 to 5.25 for heavy and lighter grades, while sheep and lambs volume 5.4% noted.
Multiple notices advertise lost animals and belongings with rewards. A black cow with horns sawed off is to be returned to 97 Broadway Butte for a reward to Thomas Wieley. A red brindle cow with right rib marking and horn tip missing offers reward to Mrs. Mary A Dolan at 71 Fort Summit Butte. A brown horse with a left shoulder brand and bell harness offers reward to Thomas Gautier in Missoula. A lapis gold watch is to be returned to Standard, Butte grounds near cemetery and West Park.
Anaconda employment office lists six dining staff positions including four house girls two cooks with women and girls applicants invited for roles at the dining facilities.
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