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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1900
Page
3
The New York markets opened with selling pressure but strong support from manufacturers and investors prevented a price break. Short sellers covered as James Keene’s London remarks influenced traders, keeping most stocks near Saturday's close while coal rail stocks remained relatively firm and currency movements steadied.
Dr Bennett claims his wonderful Electric Belt is the best in the world and warns against imitations and verdigris poisoning. He says his belt better than old bare metal belts which burned blistered and cremate users. Thousands of physicians and scientists endorse his device as progress.
An advertisement touts Or Bennett's Electric Belt with soft sponge electrodes that avoid burning and offer high current. It claims to cure Lost Manhood, Varicocele, kidney and liver troubles, and general debility. Promises renewal after burnout and guarantees one year with free literature and literature in plain envelope.
The New York metal market opened dull with a lower tone. Tin in London fell £12, triggering a decline in local values and a weak finish at 2.50029. Pig iron warrants stood at $9.37,410.97, while Lake copper and lead prices were steady at minor shifts. Spelter and silver remained dull with small changes in brokers quotes.
The Commercial Advertiser's London cablegram reports a heavy tone and small volume in New York trading. Americans were sold in the morning amid the coal strike and money market concerns, with some orders placed over Sunday. A light late recovery, steady money, and a £6000 bank gold drain to South America are noted as silver falls in reaction to India and Tintos show uncertainty.
London market notes show silvers and wheat prices with seller inquiries for cargo values. The U S Treasury reports available cash balance of 135,328,226 dollars and a gold reserve of 73,737,029 dollars, excluding the 150 million in the redemption division.
The New York produce exchange lists Saturdays Sept 1 grain totals with wheat 9.4120 bushels and an increase of 3 191.00 bushels, corn 5 002 000 bushels with an increase of 145 000, and Ohio total 106 547 000 bushels up 1 232 bushels.
Rye yields drop to 784 009 bushels while barley rises to 658 000 bushels and total grain movement reflects a 37 000 bushel decrease in rye and a 5 900 bushel net change for barley.
Chicago traders opened with uneasy nerves over slow Liverpool gains but wheat rose on rain forecasts and broad demand. October futures fluctuated then closed higher. corn and oats showed weakness. provisions slid on short selling with lard and ribs improving while pork held steady.
Cash quotes show soybeans not listed. Wheat high and low ranges reported for No 2 red and No 3 spring, oats and rye mixed. Cattle receipts at Chicago total 22,000 with westerns steady and natives mixed. hogs at 21,000 tomorrow, strong demand for good to prime pork cuts. sheep receipts 20,000 with varying demand from strong to weak across grades.
Omaha and Kansas City market summaries show cattle receipts around 17 00 in KC with mixed cattle prices for Texas and native steers, cows, and stockers. Hogs and lambs saw steady to strong demand, with bulk sales around five dollars per hundredweight and notable activity in Western and frontier markets.
Wheat and flour in Paris markets show quiet trading with steady tones in the French countryside. Liverpool dispatch notes subdued activity among buying and selling fronts as price levels hold firm.
Chicago reports a $20,000 shortage at the First National Bank traced to teller George S Forbes who died by suicide. The note to his mother cites a trusted friend as the likely accomplice, named as Dunton. Former Union National and First National officials link the loss to internal embezzlement during account confirmations.
Readable classifieds offer 1 cent per word minimum 15 cents for small ads. Live agents sell novelty Campaign Water proof Neckties with exclusive territory. Moler Barber College advertises free mailed catalogue. Cascade Steam Laundry seeks experienced engineer. Solicitators and tailors sought with commissions and steady work. Parrot Mont seeks six wammers. Globe store Missoula seeks first class clothing salesman.
Multiple terse ads seek female help in Anaconda and Butte with tasks from companion duties to light housework. Listings request young, presentable applicants with a range of wages and local address details. Some ads specify hours after noon and street addresses like 647 Dakota Street.
WANTED SITUATIONS WANTED POSITON BY YOUNG MAN capable of taking full charge of any third or fourth class post office. Address L brown Great Falls. MOST WANTED MIDDLE AGED WOMAN Wants housework by invor monte. Butte WANTED BY COMPETENT DRESSmaker sewing by day in families Ad dress 2468 Idaho Butte
Bargain sale of a millinery and hardware goods business with established trade. Will offer instruction to new owner. Mrs. Young located at 406 East Park Street Anaconda.
Butte Montana business directory entries list McClure BROS Reliable Assay Office established 1889 and successors to E Sticht with address 316 N Main St P O Box 621. Mayer Assayer at No 4 W Park St P O Box 516. THOS BUGGY Assayer and Chemist 4% N Main St. DR T A GRIGG OCULIST eye ear nose throat chest with office at post office building 2% EF Broadway Butte Mont. vaults cleaning scavenger work machinery moving transfers M Harmon 2% W Broadway phone 20. Undertakers National Undertaking Co.
Classified notice listing multiple real estate offers from Conroy Morley Dudley Kenyon and other brokers in Butte. Includes sales of brick houses and lots, rental flats, loans, and acreage with water rights, plus Bitter Root and Missoula properties and a ranch for sale. Offers emphasize low prices, installments, and near-term occupancy.
A garbled classified list offers numerous lodging houses, furniture, and business fixtures for sale in Butte and nearby towns. Items include a 12 room lodging house, a well located cafe furniture package, a well established saloon, a 27 room hotel setup, and various single rooms and restaurant assets with addresses or contacts in Butte and surrounding Montana towns.
The steamship Herodot reports an uprising plot led by War Minister Castro to remove the president and install himself. Castro ordered the murder of a barracks commander, and after his arrest the scheme was uncovered. Castro was executed by presidential order at 5 p.m. on September 8 ending the insurrection threat. Chicago case opens as Lloyd Smith faces six counts for grain shipment fraud with $248,000 value alleged.
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