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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1907
Page
7
Classified item seeks a fireman for Reliable Steam Laundry located at 117 North Sixth street. Also placing a notice that copies of The Tribune from April 16 17 and 19 and May 28 1907 are wanted and will be paid ten cents each by K Tribune.
A cluster of rental notices lists properties in La Crosse visiting 130 North Seventh street 105 North Seventh 411 North Eleventh 502 Johnson 1100 South 6th 118 120 South Front and a corner Eleventh and Jackson. Details include nine room and seven room cottages six room houses and rooms for storage with utilities noted and contact inquiries.
Widespread appeal sought for printed advertising materials. Promises originality and high execution quality from Inland Printing Co at 124 126 128 130 Main Street La Crosse Wisconsin. Also notices seeking housing for married couple and for housekeeping space with price inquiry.
A small lost purse containing money and an old phone 5292 possibly on Fourth or Fifth street. A gold bracelet engraved with the name Elna Chaplin was lost on King street between Ninth and Tenth. Liberal reward at the Tribune office.
An 18th century account recounts Benjamin Franklin’s proposal to prove lightning via a high tower experiment with a man on a platform and a electrified rod. It notes later successful replications by D Alibard Canton and Wilson, plus Franklin’s kite observations and the 1753 death of G W Richman by an electrical discharge drawn from clouds.
A lighthearted scene features a child addressing a grandparent with playful slang as they attempt a new activity together. The phrase suggests a family moment filled with curiosity and bonding across generations.
Dairy butter rose to 25 cents and creamery to 28 cents per pound. Vegetables declined with wax beans green beans and cucumbers at 5 cents. New potatoes 25 cents a peck while old potatoes left the market. Carrots and beets three bunches for 5 cents.
Lord Archibald Campbell seeks approval of engagement to Miss Janet Callender. Duke of Argyll and Marquis of Lorne favor the match, princess approves, queen consents, German emperor is consulted. Bismarck dismisses the question with casual indifference.
A quote on difficulty notes it as a measure of required strength and a stimulus to action. The text suggests a tennis suit should be tried in open court, arguing that vocal talent does not define a player’s skill in passing.
Miner & Co reports Chicago markets opening easy with selling pressure on wheat and improved coarse grains before fading. Wheat receipts up, domestic and world supplies show gains, but overall tone turns bearish. Corn and oats start strong then retreat amid plentiful offerings. oats rise briefly. Provisions firming only slightly as trading remains muted.
A fragment shows baseball scoring with team names Bloomington Cedar Rapids Springfield Rock Island Decatur Clinton Peoria and Dubuque. It lists varied inning by inning tallies and final scores including Rock Island 90 over Dubuage 3 and other city matchups with small point totals.
Keokuk remains at 2 2 after a 0-0 tie with Quincy. Oskaloosa leads 9 to 5 over Waterloo. Ottumwa trails 0-1 to Marshalltown, 3-2. Burlington downed by Jacksonville 5 to 3 in ten innings.
A New York waiter tells a fashionable patron he will take a month off due to leg weariness. He explains the condition mirrors writers cramp, with numb legs from too much leg work. He plans to rest at home with papers and a pipe until his legs tone up.
A Manchester meeting heard a speaker urge tunneling to the North Pole to employ the unemployed, arguing Britain could fund a long tunnel with hundreds of millions. Others suggested a central England shaft, walls to stop rain, or canals in the Sahara. The piece mentions Jules Braile in 1848 and warns of failed Paris workshops, citing riots and losses.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat excerpt describes a young bride distressed by her husband’s loud snoring. The doctor explains three options: endure the noise, sleep in another room, or cure the snorer. The piece notes snoring affects both sexes and that wives often learn to sleep through the torment.
The term bushranger evolved from a neutral word for an experienced bush man to its current brigandous meaning. A swagman is a real traveling worker, while a sundowner is a professional tramp who moves among squatters, arriving at sunset to seek food and shelter for the night.
A daily schedule states trains arrive and depart from OC daily except Sunday while Sunday only trains operate. B and Q depots noted.
La Crosse Wisconsin August 1 1907 the Committee on Buildings and Grounds will receive sealed bids at 3 30 p m August 10 1907 at the County Clerk office for repairing heating and plumbing at the La Crosse County Jail and heating at the La Crosse County Court House Specifications on file at the County Clerk's office include a 30 percent certified check payable to the County Clerk bid security The committee reserves the right to reject any or all bids signed W F Baker J E Swan and Wm G Garber on behalf of the committee
Building and Grounds will receive sealed bids at 2:30 p m Aug 10 1907 at the County Clerk's Office for a coal bunker at the La Crosse County Jail. Bids require a certified check for 50 percent of the bid payable to the County Clerk. The winning bid’s check is kept until work is completed. others are returned to unsuccessful bidders.
County endorsed remedy praised by Wm. M. Dietz editor of the Otsego Journal Gilbertsville N Y as the most popular cure for coughs and colds. He calls it an infallible cure for lung and throat diseases and says his family keeps a bottle. O T Erhart’s drug store guarantees satisfaction with prices 50c and 1.00 and a trial bottle offered free.
The speaker asserts that a dag wound contains more than sixteen ounces, indicating a unit misstatement or a figurative expression. The remark centers on measurement and possible exaggeration rather than a factual report or event.
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