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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1900
Page
3
New York markets show pervasive uncertainty with only minor movements in a few issues. Coal strikes depress sentiment while foreign exchange nerves rise as London cuts rates and Berlin eases. Bond activity stays light as investors await clearer signals from major financial centers.
Chicago markets showed wheat strong on export demand while corn dipped early but rallied on export business. Hog prices pressured provisions with pork and lard down, while oats and flour held steady. Livestock receipts in Omaha and Kansas City bureaux varied as cattle, hog, and sheep markets posted mixed results.
Stock listings show Chollar Crown Point Hale and Homestake and other mines such as Mexican Sulphur Quicksilver Sierra Nevada and Union Consolidated among active names. Money rates firm. mercantile paper 4 to 5 percent. sterling weak with bankers bills around 4.86 for demand and 4.80 for 60 days. Metal exchange trades described as hand to mouth with tin down, copper firm at 16.70 to 17, bar silver at 62.5, lead dull at 4.57, and spelter easy around 4.00 to 4.10.
The Commercial Advertiser’s London cable notes a weak New York market with low volume and fears of tighter money and tensions over China and railway labor. Analysts hedge that coal strike plans may fizzle while money markets firm up and Berlin discounts rise. the Bank of England received £5000 gold in bars and silver prices firmed on Calcutta demand.
Cattle receipts include heavies and natives with prices from 3.00 to 6.85 per unit, feeders and cows mixed, hogs show lower market with tops near 5.50, bulk sales around 5.19 to 5.35, lambs and sheep markets steady to higher with good to choice offerings and Texas and western origin noted.
The August statement shows total merchandise imports at 126 005 000 dollars, down about 5 million from 1899 August. Free of duty imports total 22 568 808 dollars. Domestic exports reach 101 338 Hod, down 1.5 million. Gold imports 3 094 Si, down 2.29 million. gold exports 18 068 872. Silver imports 4 20578 up 1.1 million. silver exports 6 186 899 up 2.5 million.
Classified columns advertise commission ads for waterproof campaign neckties Catholic magazine Benzi ger Brothers New York seeks references an engineering washer Cascade Steam Laundry in Great Falls seeks experienced man and solicitor wanted good tailor barber and clothing salesman with references in Butte Missoula Anaconda and Philadelphia address ads offer exclusive territories and steady work with liberal pay and travel allowances
McClure Bros Reliable Assay Office established 1889 successor to FE Sticht prompts and accurate returns at 316 N Main St Butte Mont. FE Mayer assays and mail or express samples for prompt attention gold and silver dullen specialty at 4 W Park St Butte P O Box 516 Dr T A Grigg OCULIST limited to eye far nose throat and chest office Broadway Butte Mont Vaults cleaned scavenger work machinery moved and general transfer M Harmon 2 W Broadway Phone 206
Classified ad notes numerous cheap homes and lots for sale near Butte including 4 room houses with bath and furnace, 3 houses with corner lot, and 70 by 100 foot parcels. Listings mention rents from 35 to 51 dollars monthly and include firms Conroy Morley Dudley Kenyon and Norvell Co with Broadway addresses. Also Bitter Root ranch and Schaeffer ranch opportunities in Missoula and Hamilton.
A collection of classified sale offers includes furniture for a three room house and other home goods, a four room lodging house, a diamond ring, a Smith-Premier typewriter, a saloon and property, hay and pasture land, a cigar and confectionery business, a young team wagon and camping gear, a restaurant, sewing machines, pianos, period furniture, a near new hay press, a pharton horse harness buggy, boilers, flowers, baby buggy, and other miscellaneous items offered for sale or rent across Butte Anaconda Missoula and Helena with contact references and prices.
Montana Chat tel Mortgage Co advertises lowest interest on securities and confidential transactions. WANTED. WORK BY THE DAY BY woman at 27 W Park Butte.
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