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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
9
Newsprint classified items list several help wanted notices in La Crosse Wisconsin including barber college in Chicago apprenticeship and shop setup. Also US Navy recruitment blandly urges enlistment with booklet offer and recruiting station details.
The advertisement page lists numerous help wanted notices for cooks, maids, and saleswomen. Nearly all seek female applicants with varying duties at homes, hotels, and stores including Eagle Hotel, Rei man and Tordt, and La Crosse Hospital, with addresses on Market Main King and 11th streets.
Multiple classified notices advertise real estate farms and personal items for sale. Listings include nine and eight room houses, a corner lot, two cottages, a bay horse, household furniture, a six and five room residence on one lot, a 160 acre improved farm near Bangor, and a 119 acre West Salem creamery estate. Also offered are engineering books, a set of law volumes, ice cream and confections, and a stockholder note on a trust.
Tornado insurance at four dollars per thousand for three years and six dollars per thousand for five years are advertised by S. Van Auken of 328 Pearl. Boyd Transfer Co. of Minneapolis lists reduced rates for household goods to the Pacific Coast and other points with superior service. Dr A E Erling advertises treatment for chronic ailments with up-to-date methods and stated office hours from ten to twelve in the morning and two to four in the afternoon at the Old phone office, 717 Vine St.
La Crosse Mortgage & Loan Co shows loans on furniture planes horses wagons with no removal or publicity. Also advertisements for cough remedy Runckel's Drug Store sewing by the day 423 Cass and real estate notices renting and selling property. Tornado season warns insurance services and notary public Money to loan through Co F Kleln 208 McMillan Bldg La Crosse Wis.
Several short want ads offer a nurse position request, a central modern house with 6 to 8 rooms, nickel plating services at reasonable prices, a political notice from The Vote Berger Company, and a night watchman seeking reliable, middle aged, with references, care 839 in the Tribune.
The West Salem Co-operative Creamery Association will accept sealed bids for the erection and completion of a creamery building in West Salem Wisconsin until 3 p m August 8 1908. Plans and specifications are at J H Moran West Salem and Schick Roth architects La Crosse Wisconsin. The association may reject any and all bids.
A Brooklyn Life snippet shows a hostess expressing delight at a visit but regret that the storm kept all the best people away, reflecting a light social scene.
A quip from Lippincott's notes that the physician has lost confidence in Smith while Smith remains trusting, highlighting ironic role reversal in a medical relationship.
A quotation attributed to Talleyrand notes society splits into two classes the fleecers and the fleeced. The remark reflects social and political critique of class dynamics.
In a quick game, Stolen bases were credited to Lynch, Boyle, and Hammond. Carroll, Stickney, and Saxe recorded sacrifice hits. Walks went to Reilly for two and Roach and Vance fanned several batters. Time was 2:00 with Umpire O Rourke calling the plate.
Saratoga, N Y August 1 Hopes of a glittering revival of past racing glories at the old Saratoga track were dashed when the bugle blew for the first race with a corporal s guard of patrons in the big stand. About 2000 scattered about chairs and only 100 in the clubhouse by noon. A fair crowd by the feature run about 5000. Visiting army not from New York and other points as expected. Ring and field bookmakers numbered about one hundred with oral betting in use. Sheriff Bradely kept order with six deputies avoiding wagering hotspots.
The Wausau baseball squad is short handed after Ferguson’s alleged unresolved suspension and McAuley’s ankle injury. Papenfuss was used to reach nine players. Local officials demand Moll travel to Wausau or provide clear answer, not rely on outside information.
The Thomas automobile representing America crossed into Paris at 8 PM completing the New York to Paris race that began February 12. A road mishap near Berlin cost a day, but German Protos penalties likely favor the Yankee team. Spectators cheered as the car entered Paris from Meaux, twenty five miles east.
Freddie Walsh to have another tryout in the local ring plus Packie McFarland. Walsh meets Johnny Murphy of San Francisco, who drew with Eddie Hanlon, in the next staged bout after the McFarland-Black affair. The club aims for McFarland and Welsh to win to avoid any stigma of defeat. McFarland continues daily ten to twelve fast rounds of practice.
The spring wheat cutting started yesterday in South Dakota with barley two thirds harvested there and in southern Minnesota. Rye is a week into harvest, barley yields are satisfactory, corn looks promising after hot weather, and oats remain strong. Hay production will be variable but near normal overall. The paragraph closes with an unrelated line about youth slang.
The statement asserts that when a man uses stronger language, a woman perceives greater bravery and confidence. It frames linguistic intensity as a signal of boldness and self-assurance in social judgments.
The community mourns Rufus S. Dodge who died July 31 after a three week illness. Dodge, born October 2, 1840 in Parma New York, built a local mercantile business with family, later Dodge & Davis, and served in WWI era memory. He married twice and leaves a wife, two daughters, a brother, and several relatives.
The Dakota Minn report that the Ladies Guild gathered at Mrs J Wilkinson’s on Thursday with a good time and plenty to eat. A large number of Dakota people boarded the Rutledge and sailed for La Crosse Saturday the 25th. Dr C E Wilson traded his car in Winona for a smaller model during a business trip. J W Libby visited his Spring Grove farm on Wednesday. Mrs J M Smith and son Roy returned from La Crosse and Kickapoo. Paul and Rhine Walters left for North Dakota Thursday morning. E Pingree of La Crosse called on Thursday and left for St Paul that evening. Mrs Luck visits her mother Mrs Sweet. Mrs Outhouse and daughter visit Mrs Sweet and brother J M Whitlock.
Mrs F R Weston and daughter visit in Madison. Gail Warner buried after pertitonitis. Mrs James Russell Sr. travels to St Charles. First Norwegian Lutheran choir to Holman. Mrs A A Freeman and Eunice visit La Crosse. Local youths camp in Ontario cottage head of island. Joseph Larsen visits from St Paul. Irene and Loraine Berry visit grandparents in Warner. Grace Wilbur returns from Winona. Huldah Stolander and Ferne Aiken visit West Salem. Onalaska Pickle and Canning finishes first pea installment, will resume when next crop ready.
Chairman Mack arrives in New York for the first size-up of the enemies country. Efforts to recruit Judge Parker as adviser to the national committee intensify as Bryan Mack and Murphy push to enlist the former candidate. If possible, Parker would corral gold Democrats and assure Wall Street that Bryan is not a political boss.
New York August 1 Reading and Union Pacific reached new high records for the year with Reading crossing the 123 mark. Broad gains appeared across the list as heavy selling of Reading occurred but demand remained strong, causing liquidation to advance without a broad market reversal. Government bonds stayed steady while other bonds remained quiet.
Cattle numbers around 200 with steers from 3.90 to 8.00 and stockers from 3.75 to 3.90. Hogs tally 4,000 with weights steady and 5 cent rise. bulk trades 6.60 to 6.95 and pigs 4.50 to 5.75. Sheep listings scarce. muttons 4.00 to 4.60 and lambs 4.25 to 6.25.
In Chicago markets August 1, wheat opened steady and rose about five percent on moderate buying led by Bartlett and Co. Corn gains followed dry weather reports. May futures led while July closed around 77 percent. Hogs opened higher but rose-trended then weakened. cattle and sheep remained steady with light and heavy classes noted.
A parade of buyers and sellers moved hay lots through town yesterday and Friday. Names include William Sherer Brownsville Henry Koethe and J Shriver Brownsville Edward Stroeh St Josephs Ridge Louis Koch Shelby and many others with local buyers purchasing the supplies. Prices on farm produce and provisions appear alongside feed goods from RETRIX Flour and Listman Milling Co with varied quotes on fruit vegetables dairy meat and grain items.
Market notes show eggs down 2 cents wholesale with 20 cent retail. Hogs steady at 5.75 to 5.85. Fruit quotations show a few changes with minor shifts across varieties.
Stanley Ketchell defeated Hugo Kelley by decision after a slow unremarkable bout that lasted to the end of the third round in San Francisco.
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