Tribune Wants Classified Across Multiple Trades
WANTED boys and girl in Crosse Can company. WANTED men to work on the brick yard with good wages and board. Apply at Menr's brick yard five miles east of the city. WANTED men bottling at John Gund Brewing. WANTED men to learn barber trade. few weeks, sixty chairs busy. licensed instructors, tools given, diplomas granted, wages Saturdays, positions waiting. Moler Barber College Chicago catalog. WANTED boy must be 16 years or over. Call Singer's store 108 North Third street.
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Menr
John Gund Brewing
Moler Barber College
Chicago
Ill
Call Singer's Store
North Third Street
Tribune
THE
Inland Printing Company
la Crosse
For Rent Notices From a La Crosse Classified List
Nine room house at 130 North Seventh street with contact G. Van Steenwyk. Store building at corner Fifth and Mississippi inquire 1003 South Fifth street. Flat six rooms at 316 Pearl street Empire 816A. Rooms for rent upstairs at 118 120 South Front street apply La Crosse Paper Box Co. Seven room cottage at 411 North Eleventh street with electric lights and gas. Contact C. M. Hawley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Seventh Street
Inquire
G. van Steenwyk
North Seventh
Corner Fifth
Mississippi
South Fifth Street
Pearl Street
Empire
Front Street
la Crosse Paper Box Co
North Eleventh Street
C. M. Hawley
Local Market Reports Mixed Harvest Conditions
In a mid summer crop report Secretary True of the state board of agriculture notes grains are fine and pastures satisfactory. Hay is average but much damaged by rain while oats are poor and corn is growing rapidly. Potatoes sugar beets and cabbage are good with tobacco uneven and apples expected to be a short crop. Late fruits look promising and prices remain good.
Sports roundup from page two highlight minors and league scores
Chicago markets detail hog receipts and price ranges as mixed and heavy lots trade while cattle and sheep activity slows. Three-I League results show Rock Island 2, Peoria 3 in 13 innings, Cedar Rapids 1, Decatur 2, Dubuque 2, Springfield 11, Clinton 2, Bloomington 7. Iowa League scores include Jacksonville 2-9, Oskaloosa 1-0, Ottumwa 5, Quincy 3, Marshalltown 7, Burlington 0, Waterloo 4, Keokuk 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Peoria
Cedar Rapids
Decatur
Dubuque
Springeld
Clinton
Bloomington
Jacksonville
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Quincy
Marshaltown
Burlington
Waterloo
Keokuk
Pet
Eee
Springfield
Decatur Eee
Ewes
Clinton A
Riocomington
Chicago Delivery Wheat
Waterloo Eeerreeet
Burlington Eeereene
Ee Bats
Eee Eee
Marshalltown
Se Ee
Dairy and grain prices from Creamery and other suppliers
A dense list of livestock feed grains and dairy items with per unit pricing. Entries from A. Grams & Sons and Langdon-Boyd Packing Co. cover flour, patent and straight barrels, white middlings, brown feed, and various grains. Also listed are eggs, Butter, cheese, produce, poultry, and fruit prices from multiple quoter sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Grams & Sons
Speak Little, Say Much Motto for Memory Wall
A pithy maxim urges restraint in speech as a guide to memory. It contrasts empty talk with value in few words and notes how crime temptations are often touted as great temptations. The piece frames prudent speech as a moral principle.
The Freezing Process Explained by Ice Expansion
A detailed description explains how ice forms on water, thickens with cold, and causes pressure that bulges the center until the surface layer bursts. It notes that if the vessel can be tapped below or the water drawn off, freezing alone cannot crack the surface ice.
Gweed Neebors Fair Folk Legend Told by Spectator
A Scottish folk belief endures that the fair folk haunt the hills and may snatch away a nursing child during early convalescence. A North Country fisher’s infant is supposedly bewitched by a beggar woman until an old man performs a hen-singe rite to restore the child’s health.
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Scotland
Twain Lampoons Local Hellhole With Deadpan Joke
Mark Twain tour stop pauses as townsfolk gather at a station. A narrator shares a gruesome town tale and Twain retorts with a deadpan quip about not dying during his two years there. The crowd falls silent as he jokes no witnesses can testify against him since everyone else is dead.
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Mark Twain
Twain
Burroughs Loan Comment Sparks Lifelong Obligation Claim
The exchange prompts the creditor to recall Burroughs saying he would be under obligations for life after a loan. The remark hints at lingering financial ties and possible social tension arising from the agreement.
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Burroughs
Not So Wonderful Autos On Two Wheels
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes skepticism about autos on two wheels and cites Willie Chuggers as an example of a risky twist on cornering. The playful line hints at novelty vehicle ideas and urban humor from the era.
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Willie Chuggers
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dogfish Cutlet Tales From Coastal Fishermen
A reminiscence on dogfish as food and its place in old seaside life. It notes fishermen’s tales of dogfish fights aboard boats, seasonal abundance or scarcity, and references historic accounts of sea dog predation on lines and fish, including a Pall Mall Gazette quotation about whitefish scarcity and a 1642 Aberdeen town clerk journal.
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North Kent
Couch
Robert Chalmers
Spalding
Aberdeen
Scotland
Pall Mall Gazette
Famous Duelist Marquis Beaumanoir in Quarrel and Honor
The Marquis de l Angle-Beaumanoir, once famed for dueling, learned from a quarrel with cousin Du Haliaus that they had never fought. They agreed to duel, resulting in Beaumanoir’s right hand wounded while his left hand held his cousin’s in friendship. In another case he spared a novice, apologizing to avoid fighting a mazette, bowing and turning away.
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Marquis de l’ Angle-Beaumanoir
Marquis du Hailays
Opera
du Haliaus
Mazette
Greenhorn
Weather Lore From Olden Times
A collection of old weather proverbs and folk beliefs on predicting rain or fair skies. It cites signs from animals, birds, insects, and celestial events, noting long range forecasts and a playful critique of modern predictions. The piece ends with a rhyming couplet about an approaching storm and aching teeth.
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Ira Hick
Moderin
Rainbows Said to Change Sex Across Cultures
A survey notes beliefs that rainbows can alter sex in diverse regions. Zulu folklore tells of a youth transformed to an elderly woman by rainbow contact, with similar tales among Scandinavian peasants and Greek, French, Indian beliefs about passing under or touching the arc.
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South Africa
Norway
China
Australia
Greece
France
India
Norwegian language rod case shocks Plymouth parish
Prof. Jacob Larson a teacher at a Norwegian Lutheran church summer school on the north side was arrested on assault and battery charges brought by Mrs. Rachel Fjelstad mother of boy Plymouth Fjelstad nine-year-old who was whipped with a rope rod for failing to learn Norwegian. The church school committee supplied the rod and the case was continued with possible out of court settlement as the church becomes involved.
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Jacob Larson
Plymouth
Fjelstad
Fijelstad
Prof
Larson
Haywood Heads to Denver with Wife and Family
Boise Idaho August 2 Haywood left on an early train for Denver with his family He will stop at Salt Lake City to visit his mother.
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Boise
Idaho
Haywood
Denver
Salt Lake City
Manville Phillips dies after ball hit to heart
COREY Pa Aug 2 Manville Phillips dies after being struck by a ball over the heart during a game. The New York Tribune quote about happiness features Henry E Dixey offering a worldly view while a cornfield scarecrow joke closes the fragment.
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Corey, Pa
Manville Phillips
New York
Henry E. Dixey
New York Tribune
Passage on self image and family contrasts in rural life
A girl prefers to believe she could become fat and dumpy like Ma rather than accept the notion that a refined caller in patent leather might share simple domestic comfort like Pa. The remark contrasts expectations of appearance and homely habit within a family setting.
Daily railway schedule fragment with Sunday service
A daily timetable notes trains run daily except Sunday. Sunday trains arrive and depart from OC station. Details show B depot operations and service timing.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
OC. B & Epot
Regular as the Sun Expression Promotes Dr King's Pills
An old time slogan touts the sun’s regular rise and set as the universe’s most steady act, then pivots to promote Dr. King's New Life Pills. The guarantee is attributed to O. T. Erhart, a local druggist, with a 25 cent price.
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Dr. King
O. T. Erhart
After marriage a man shares hammock with cigar and papers
A lighthearted note says a newly married man confines his hammock time to his cigar and newspapers, letting his wife share the space only through shared routines and quiet mornings.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Crosse Can Company
Themerican House
Pearl] Street
West Avenue South
Wis
Pearl Button Co
North 3Rd
Jay
Wm. Ewig
Germania Bldg
van Steenwyk
New Y. M. C. A
F. H. Scofield
C. Wilson
Dakota
Minn
Redfuss
Madison
I. A
Corner Ninth and
Adams
Attorneys At Law
Lworks & Hartweil
la Crosse Mortgage & Loan C.o
Main Street
the Royal
Wisconsin Audit CO
Co. S. van Auken
Pear Street
Pacific Coast
Boyd Transfer Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Schick & Roth—Batavian Bank
Stevens
McMillan
Elna Chaplin
King Street
Tribune Office
Pearl
Market
Uncle Sam
True
CHI
Miner & Co
Board of Trade
Cone
Kagerage
Hawkey Com. Co
Dor Tor
Mies Nee
W. W. Cargill Co
Langdon-Boyd Packing Go
A. B
Ugart
California
Rockford
Omar
H. M. Sieger
Henry Andregz
America
Lokatin Ave
Gweed
Rod
Mother
Prof. Larson
Wife
Josh Higgins
the State Bank
U.S
Necrat
Ead
Rossr
Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Winona
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ry Py Sn
Minnesota
Burlington & Quincy
Prairie du Chien
Louis
Interme
Alma
Prescott
St. Aul
Duluth
Winni
Dam Northwest
Northwestern
Green Bay & Western Rrb
la Crosse la Crosse
Arcadia
Blair
Independence
Whitehall
Merrillan
Grand Rapids
Stevens Point
New London
Green Bay
Kewaunee
R. O
Stoddard Chaseburg
Coon Valley
Ec Westby
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