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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1916
Page
31
The item mixes a tentative foreign notes lead with dense but unreadable employment classifieds. It mentions Spanson's Female Office and several job notices for itinerant sales and domestic workers, all appearing in a newspaper column style with dates such as May 30 and references to Portland and Butte.
In Shanghai on May 20, Hunan province declared its independence, following a year when eighteen foods rose in price while three fell. The notice appears amid broader regional tensions as nationalist trends unfold in early 1915 reporting.
For sale at various Montana spots including Forks and Anaconda are a garage on the main street with a gasoline pump and accessories, a dairy route standing Rawson for sale, and a cafe in Anaconda. Listings direct inquiries to McIntire in McIntire Montana, or Standard in Anaconda and Butte locations.
Multiple livestock listings across Montana and surrounding towns. A Thoroughbred mare, three thoroughbred colts, and a work horse are offered by Kate M. Jackson at 228 Dakota Tutt. Also available are a work horse, two-year-old cattle, five two-year-old heifers all registered Shorthorn from Thomas Barry Whitehall, 100 yearling steer purchases by McFarland Bros Two Dot. A driving mare is advertised at 420 Jones Avenue Butte.
Advertisements list several seven passenger and five passenger cars for sale in Butte. Listings include Pope Toledo with repairs, partly readable contact at Big Four Bian Co corner Galena and Wyoming, Sherman Reed garage, a nearly new Ford near 1258 Main, and other vehicles with boxed contact options.
Wanted energetic reliable men to represent Ibany Nurseries Albany Oregon full line of fruit trees small fruits and ornamentals commissions cash advances on orders also notices of lost items and trades appear in The Standard.
Couple seeks unfurnished 2 or 4 room house by June 16. Ad requests address and box number Standard Anaconda E25. Also note housekeeping helper needed east of Arizona Street.
Butte readers report a brief sighting in a park stand with a sewing machine repair bill of one dollar. The ad references Brownfield Canty Company and Park Service in Butte Anaconda area, with phone listing and Pekin Noodle Parlors at 1178 Main Butte.
Sundry notices and classified items include wholesale prices and prompt shipments, furniture and fixtures, a 191 Mozue catalog offer mailed free, veneer panels and trim, windows, doors, and basement mash. Also listed are used phonographs, bar fixtures, plant sales, and mining notices with locations in Seattle, Anaconda, Helena, and surrounding areas.
Several farm land and ranch notices advertise loans and sales in Montana. Sullivan & Peterson in Anaconda offer land with water access and low terms. other listings include half interest in dairy cows, a large ranch near Butte, and irrigated farm parcels in Judith Basin and Bitter Root region. Contact names include George Le Gas, Donald Arthur, James Tuckin, and Brock Ponte.
Real estate ads detail multiple properties in Butte including 6 room houses with furnaces, modern homes with steam heat and hot water, brick and frame structures, and plots for sale with city water access. Listings show prices from 4 800 to 17 000 plus terms, with rental incomes and annual rents. Also notes on loans, insurance, and home furnishings for sale in Butte locales.
Washington May 30 An amendment to the naval bill proposing six battle cruisers instead of five was defeated in the House by 108 to 83. Transport reported sunk A large transport steamer torpedoed and sunk by an Italian warship in the Austrian harbor of Trieste on the night of May 30.
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