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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1908

Page

11

Various Classifieds For Sale and Wanted Items

Wanted salesman honest and industrious. Good pay and opportunity to fight parties. Call 1120 South 5th Street. For sale second hand baby carriage price 4 dollars address 25 this office. For sale a cozy cottage two lots easy terms inquire 1702 Charles Street. For sale buggies and farm machinery Gateway City Transit Co. For sale touring car seats five double cylinder 18 horsepower with top and gas lamps in good order price 475 no trade. Address S A this office. Sale 350 dollars cash and a fine corner lot 50 by 150 to an alley in a desirable location address 37 Tribune. For sale 28 ft gasoline launch with canopy top everything in first class shape act quick if you want a bargain news care Tribune. For sale cheap if taken at once W B U scholarship address M D S Tribune. For sale household goods 507 South 5th. For sale but Wyandottes best layers in cold climates setting eggs for sale 1.75 per 15 A Ivey 315 South 9th. For sale second hand timbers planks Gateway City Transfer Co. For sale workhorse 1019 Denton.

Gateway City Trans. Co S. A Tribune Ews Care Tribune M. D Gateway City Transer Co

For Sale and Rent Items in Local Ads

Multiple short notices list items for sale including a horse at 1341 Caledonia St a oak dining extension table at 427 Vine a No 8 Summit cook stove at 1309 Jackson a mandolin at 313 Caledonia St and rooms for rent in the Tribune Building with contact. Also a lost spectacles report at 811 One St and a note on money to loan with diamonds and valuables bought by Stevens at 209 McMillan.

Caledonia St Summit L. H. Prahl Jackson Stevens McMillan

Wanted gas range letter and local ads blend

Classified notices show a gas range wanted with P O Box 706 La Crosse. Private lessons listed in reading arithmetic spelling geography stenography typing and penmanship. Real estate ads include several properties for sale a fine modern residence one lot with two dwellings and a store with dwelling plus land and various prices and locations near La Crosse.

P. O la Crosse Newphone

Destructive Stillwater Fire Destroys Saloon Row

Stillwater Minnesota April 18 A disastrous early morning fire in South Stillwater destroyed six buildings including the William Seacrest saloon rink Peter Stenlund saloon and Johnson and Thompson saloon plus medical and barber properties. Firemen arrived after flames spread amid strong winds causing about 20000 in losses largely insured.

Stillwater Minn South Stillwater William Seacrest Peter Stenlund Johnson & Thompson W. R. Humphrey Charles E. Regentine

Strong witted banter echoes in street scene

A humorous exchange unfolds with quips about a "strong-minded" woman. A furniture-polish peddler visits and, in minutes, proves the wit's own polish she crafted. The vignette highlights streetwise quickness and social banter.

Littlejohn

Follows Wife to Her Other Husband on Trail

Spokane dispatch details a Brady- Enock Arden style case. Richard Evane of Prosser Valley and Florence Maxham once of St Paul face Bruce Burt who claims he is her husband. Burt followed Mrs Evans to Prosser and learned of a supposed prior divorce. Mrs Evans says the former marriage was annulled and that her father in St Paul holds the documents. She plans Seattle travel for proof. The Evanses have one child and Burt was jailed for drunkenness prior to the meeting.

Spokane Wash Enoch Arden Richard Evane Prosser Valley Florence Maxham St. Paul Bruce Burt Burt Evans Prosser Marshal Shelby

Northwest road plan links Crookston to resorts in valley

In Crookston Minnesota the 25 000 club proposes a 29 mile high class road from Crookston to Mentor and Maple Lake for autos and car riages with seasonal road repair crews. In Marshalltown Iowa a man posing as Crew the Detective and deputy marshal was bound over to the grand jury after a horse and buggy theft arrest. In Yankton South Dakota Alvin Hanson won the annual oratorical contest to represent Yankton college next May with The Tragedy of Lost Childhood. In Fort Dodge Iowa seventy gypsum miners struck as wage demands were unmet threatening mine closures. In Watertown South Dakota Mr and Mrs Judson A Pratt of Reville remarried after divorce. In Winona Minnesota Malcolm Kennedy of Wabasha filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition with $5 455.82 liabilities and $7 200 assets including $2 700 exempt.

Crookston Minn Mentor Maple Lake Marshalltown T. M. Gerbrick Michigan City Ind Fort Dodge American Independent Gypsum Company Ward Watertown Judson A. Pratt Reville Winona Malcolm Kennedy Wabasha William Burns Kennedy

Evangelical Bazaar Proves a Success at Emanuel Church

The Ladies Aid Society bazaar held Wednesday and Thursday at Mrs. P. Wagner’s residence drew praise from visitors and members. Pastor Rev. H. Etzelmueller and wife received a parlor lamp and plant as a closing gift, with gifts and speeches from P. Wagner. Officers listed: President Sarah Schaefer, Vice president Bertha Swen, Treasurer Marie Wagner, Recording Secretary Dorothea Broth. It's a toss up which class of people a woman dislikes most.

Ladies’ Aid Society the Emanuel Church P. Wagner H. Etzelmueller Etzelmueller Sarah Schaefer Bertha Swen Marie Wagner Dorothea Broth

Daily Markets Read: Hogs Up Slightly but Price Momentum Lacks

Chicago and Kansas City live stock receipts were small today. Cattle numbers fell but prices held steady. Hog shipments light and near ten cents higher but closed weak. Sheep remained steady. In Chicago cattle and sheep offered steady pricing with varied ranges for beeves and natives. Kansas City cattle and hogs posted small gains while lambs and muttons showed range-bound values.

Chicago Baer Kansan City Kansas City

Rain Improves Wheat Prospects Across Kansas Areas

Great Bend Inch and half of rain over most of our territory improves wheat condition. Phillipsburg reports good rain easing danger for at least two weeks. Hill City and Graham County see moisture boosting potential to about 50 percent of full crop, though some damage remains. Ness City reports no rain and yellowing wheat under northeast wind. Wichita notes rain extended 150 miles west and north,Ellsworth reports heaviest rainfall, Chicago's Ware Leland crop expert cites Marquette Kansas wires good rains and optimistic outlook with potential additional showers.

Phillipsburg Hill City Graham County Kans Ness City Wichita Ellsworth Chicago Leland Marquette

Rusty Nail Proves Fatal in Lockjaw Case

Marshalltown Iowa April 15 After suffering agony Mrs Nancy J Dorias an aged woman of Laurel is dead of tetanus from a wound by a rusty nail Lockjaw set in after the wound had apparently healed and danger seemed past

Marshalltown Nancy J. Dorias Laurel

Tragic toddler struck by switch engine on railroad track

In Lead April 18 a two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Machon was struck by a switch engine moving backward. The brakeman warned the engineer but was unheard. the child was tossed fifteen feet and may die from internal injuries. The brakeman resigned and left town upon learning the accident was not his fault.

Albert Machon

Prairie blaze near Cogswell leaves Orian family missing

FORMAN, N. D. April 18. Louis Orian, his wife and five children are believed perished in a prairie fire 12 miles west of Cogswell. Their buildings burned, no clue to their whereabouts. Wind at 40 mph scattered flames across the countryside. Dozens of farms lost barns, granaries, hay. livestock burned on several farms. Sargent county endures its most destructive fire.

Forman N. D Louis Orian Cogswell Sargent County

Local Market Prices Rise on Mill Feed and Produce

Local markets report all mill feed up by one dollar per ton while apples gain one dollar per barrel. Strawberries climb to six dollars per quart case and three dollars per pint case. Oysters are removed from the market due to warm weather as activity resumes after a brief lull.

Washington Ben Davis John Burns N. Y California Listman Mill Co

Market Prices and Provisions in Local Ledger

Quoted by Hawley Cow Creamery Henry Andregg and Langdon BoTAs the list covers grains oats and barley, assorted livestock prices, poultry, dairy items, vegetables and fish with per pound or per unit rates. Notable entries include wheat spring oats barley rye and livestock figures alongside butter cheese eggs and seasonal produce from area vendors.

Hawley Cow Creamery H. M. S Oger

Wilkin County forms mining company to seek ore

Barns ville Minn April 18 Citizens of Wilkin county a few miles south of here have organized a mining company and plan to begin prospecting for ore as soon as frost is out of the ground The group aims to confirm prior predictions that ore exists in Wilkin county

Barnesville Minn Wilkin County Here

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