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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1908
Page
16
New York trading ends with dull, slow moves as investors favor a period of rest after last week’s feverish activity. Hill Harriman and St Paul readings hold market leadership while copper and steel show declines abroad and locally. Bond movements are irregular with modest par value turnover.
The notice details word per insertion rules for ads, minimum six words per line, ten lines per inch, and replies handled via the Standard office with a presented card. It explains light-faced display type on the Want Page and that ads are billed at regular rates.
Classified ad fragment list shows jobs and sales offers including in person applications in Anaconda and Butte Montana. It lists positions for cooks coat makers canvassers electricians plumbers barbers and other sales and trade training opportunities with addresses in Butte Anaconda Spokane and San Francisco. Some entries mention rewards lost items and hardware services.
Multiple rental notices from Butte and Anaconda appear, detailing furnished and unfurnished homes, six and eight room houses, cottages, flats, and a corner storefront. Contact names include Hall Bros Welch Harrington and 21 W Copper, with addresses in Butte and Anaconda. Maintenance and cleaning services are advertised by City Cleaning and Dyeing Co Sylvain Bros, and upholstery and carpet cleaning firms with contacts at Main Street and Broadway.
Classified style notices seek housemaids, a nurse for baby care, general employment, and lodging in Butte and Anaconda. Also includes requests for restaurant or lunch counter purchase, room and board, and multiple listings for assayers and chemists with addresses, plus private hospital midwife services and a real estate investment pitch offering high returns.
Chicago markets closed weak across grains with wheat easing to near bottom after an initial rise spurred by weekly statistics. Corn fell amid a cold wave reaching Texas, while oats trading remained quiet and product prices fluctuated within narrow ranges.
New York, Sept. 28 close shows money on call steady at 1 percent with a bid at 1 and offered 1. Time loans dull but steady with rates at 2 1/2 to 3 percent for 60 to 90 days and six months. Prime mercantile paper quoted around 4 1/4 percent. Sterling exchange steady with bankers' bills at 485.10 to 485.15 for 60 days and 485.45 for demand. Commercial bills 484.50 to 484.75. Silver at 58 cents, Mexican dollars 45 cents. Government and railroad bonds irregular.
New York reports copper fell to £ 59 pounds per hundredweight for spot and £ 60 for futures in London. Locally trading was quiet with limited activity and subdued demand, leaving markets broadly dull amid cautious buyers and sellers.
Mrs A Birthright offers hairdressing manicure and chiropody services at 114 W Broadway with Ada Lade Skin Food and Franklyn Price toilet articles. Market closed steady with prices a shade lower to 10 cents higher.
Chicago stockyards report shows cattle receipts around 23 000 with a steady market and prices from 1.75 to 7.60 for cows, calves, and various classes. hogs receipts near 23 000 with a lower market and prices from 4.25 to 7.20. sheep receipts about 32 000 with steady market and native lambs and yearlings priced between 2.25 and 5.50.
A. N. Yoder secretary of state certifies the act submitting to qualified electors an amendment to article 12 of Montana’s constitution relating to revenue and taxation. Enacted by the tenth legislative assembly and approved March 7, 1907. Done at Helena on July 18, 1908 with the state seal.
Administrator Nils Pearson announces to creditors and all claimants the need to present vouchers within four months of first publication. Claims must be filed at J H Duffy law office in Durstan block Anaconda Montana, Deer Lodge County. Dated September 5 1908.
Rev 2 a rreree Prof A Masery of Egypt, famed astrologist and palmist, offers life advice with no charge. Rooms 5 and 4 Baltimore block, 71 W Park, Butte. Phones Ind 5,044, Bell 1, ASLY. Rev Mrs Calder Rutledge, spiritual medium, readings daily, circles Thursdays. 739 Colorado, Butte. S Main cars pass door. Phone 5,271.
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