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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1908

Page

7

Wanted and For Sale Classified Notices from Tribune

A collage of advertisements lists jobs at Eagle Hotel and Modern Steam Laundry, cashiers and house help positions, plus multiple real estate and goods sales including houses, land, furniture, stove, and a National cash register. Contains contact details and addresses across Scranton area.

Pine St City Denton Scranton Tribune C. K Care Tribune N. 3Rd G. R. Hodge Adams County Green Bay St Cassville Wis National Cash Register Badger St

Tornado Insurance Rates and Local Medical Adverts

Tornado insurance offered at 4.00 per thousand for three years and 6.00 per thousand for five years. Also an ad for Dr. A E Erling, specializing in chronic ailments with up to date treatment methods. Office hours 10 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Old phone, 717 Vine St.

A. E. Erling Vine St

Batavian Bank Building Sale Notice

Schick and Roth announce a bank building at Batavian with telephone 290 for contact. The short notice provides a location and a point of contact without further details.

Schick & & Roth—Batavian ‘Bank

Lost items and puppy notices in city ad

Lost pieces of auto with rear lamp and number 2405. Suitable reward for return to C. H. Holway, 5th and State St. Lost small black puppy with three black paws. Return to 903 So. 5th and receive reward.

C. H. Holway State St

Wanted Positions and Rooms Noticeboard

A nurse position ad addressed to A L appears in the Tribune. A traveler seeks a comfortable room with optional board in a modern house, addressed to O. WANTED six solicitors, middle aged women preferred with pleasant work and good wages for address Y General Delivery. Nicholson Scott Company seeks two modern houses with seven or eight rooms by Sept 1. A trustworthy middle aged man seeks night watchman work with references. care 839 Tribune.

O.” Tribune Nicholson Scott Company Tribune

West Salem Creamery Seeks Bids for New Building

The West Salem Co operative Creamery Association will accept sealed proposals for erecting and completing a creamery building in West Salem Wisconsin until 3 p m on August 8 1908. Plans and specifications are on file with J H Moran West Salem and Schick Roth architects La Crosse Wisconsin. The association may reject any or all bids. Dated July 29 1908.

West Salem Co-operative Creamery Association West Salem la Crosse County Wis J. H. Moran Schick & Roth la Cross

Interment Made at Neshonoc

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Willey was held Monday afternoon from the home of Mrs. John Torrance at 1513 West Avenue South. The remains were taken to West Salem for interment in Neshonoc cemetery. It can be told whether a man is talking to a woman over the telephone by the number of times he says goodbye and tries to quit.

Elizabeth Willey John Torrance West Avenue South West Salem Neshnoc Cemetery

Lemmon Land Office Opens Interstate District in Northwest

The Lemmon land office in South Dakota opened for business under an act of May 29, 1908. Edwin Coleman is receiver and Cyrus C. Carpenter is register for a four year term. The district, spanning parts of South and North Dakota, includes 9,072 square miles and 5,026,560 acres of public land.

Lemmon S&s. D Lemmon Land Office Roosevelt Edwin Coleman Flandreau Cyrus C. Carpenter Register Sisseton Bismarck Dickinson N. D Rapid City S. D Morton County Hettinger Bowman Butte Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Missouri River Aberdeen St. Paul Minneapolis Milwaukee Miles City Dickenson Standing Rock Reservation Schaasse County Bozeman County Lemmonland

Hero rescuer in Waterloo saved drowning man

William Weld risked his life to pull Charles E. Harbaugh from the Cedar River after repeated drownings. Harbaugh held Weld in a death grip underwater, and only his heartbeat signaled life upon extraction. The rescue is reported to the Andrew Carnegie hero commission.

Waterloo William Weld Charles E. Harbaugh Harbaugh Weld Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie Hero Commission Ossian List List of Waverly Cedar River F. J. Evans List

North Dakota spring wheat harvest milestone reported

Northwestern briefs note Hannes ny Bros harvests twenty five acres of spring wheat near Reynolds North Dakota. First spring wheat harvested in the state with heads well filled and grain of good grade averaging about sixteen bushels per acre. In South Dakota the Gazette at Burke is purchased by F L Bollen former Bonesteel principal taking control August 1 as editor.

Grand Forks N. D Hannessy Bros Reynolds North Dakota Sioux Falls Gazette Burke Rosebud Gregory County

Standing Rock Lands Allocation Still Incomplete

Domain of less than half has yet been appropriated by homestead entries with 194,560 acres of state lands and 456,960 acres of Indian lands in the Standing Rock reservation awaiting disposition.

Standing Rock Reservation

Bravest Man in Sweden Nils Lindberg Decorated

King Gustav of Sweden honors Nils August Lindberg naming him bravest in the realm after he rescued a chimneysweep’s boy from a furnace. Lindberg, 22, saved the child at the cost of severe burns to hands feet and hair. He will join the royal service once recovered.

Stockholm Gustav Nils Augustus Lindberg Sweden Lindberg Nils

Markets Strong on Opening as Stocks Scarcer

New York stock markets opened buoyant with buying in the first hour and new yearly stops noted in several leading issues. Government bonds held steady while others showed strength amid talk of scarcer stocks.

New York

Poultry and Dairy Prices Steady in New York

New York on August 5 reports poultry quiet and unchanged. Butter sells at 22 cents, eggs range 26 to 27 cents, cheese at 12% to 13% cents per pound.

New York Listman Milling Co A. B J. C. Burns H. M. Sieger Elberta Ai Ling Piel Nage Sa Wholesale Hawrey C Creamery City le Hay

Livestock Prices in Chicago and Kansas City Markets

Chicago and Kansas City reports show cattle and hog markets with mixed results. Chicago listings: cattle 17 000 steady to 10c lower, hogs 22 000 weak 5c lower, sheep 20 000 steady 10c lower. Kansas City: cattle 7 000 steady, hogs 9 000 strong 5c higher, sheep 5 000 steady with lambs at 5 to 6.50 dollars.

Chicago Kansas City Liverpool Cables Omaha

Grain Market Eyes Higher Prices Amid Strong Demand

The report notes robust support and growing upward potential in grain prices with favorable weather risk. It highlights specific stocks and commodities including Atchison, People's Gas, Southern Railway, Rock Island, and Minneapolis Duluth carlot figures, and lists extensive wholesale and retail prices for flour, vegetables, dairy, and livestock across markets in Omaha Kansas City and Liverpool.

New York Atchison People’s Gas Southern Railway Rock Island Northwest Cars Minneapolis Duluth

Market Personalities Bring In Hay and Oats to Local Market

A series of farm consignments arrive at the local market with loads of hay oats and straw. Names include Herman Hoeth Henry Koethe Herman Wolf Louis Nickolai George Shaffer John Bahr William Jacobus Pat Cain Jake Weimer Fred Peters James Farrel William Miller M. E. McDonald H LaFleur and others from Mormon Coulee Smith's Coulee Brownsville French Island Pine Creek and Brownsville road areas. The hay and oats are sold to local buyers.

Herman Hoeth Goose Island Henry Koethe Brownsville Herman Wolf Smith’s Coulee Louis Nickolai Mormon Coulee George Shaffer John Bahr M. E. McDonald Brownsville Road H. LaFleur French Island

Worker narrowly escapes death on Steel Dock fall

James Smith, employed on Steel Dock on August 6 in Two Harbors Minnesota, fell forty three feet but was saved by insulated wires twenty feet from the concrete. He suffered a broken arm and hip and is expected to recover.

Two Harbors Minn James Smith

Fire destroys warehouse at Warsaw in Faribault

A large warehouse belonging to the Sheffield-Xing Milling company in Warsaw and several box cars on the Chicago Great Western line burned. The grain stored inside the warehouse was destroyed and the total loss is about $4,000. The fire started from a spark from a passing freight engine.

Faribault, Minn Warsaw Sheffield-Xing Milling Company Chicago Great Western

Local Markets Quiet as Green Corn Holds at 12 Cents

No market changes expected tomorrow. Green corn remains at 12 and a half cents per dozen as supply stays tight. Local farmers report crops losing value daily due to continued dry weather.

Robbery on Highway Ends with Choking Escape

Joseph Lankas a carpenter was held up and robbed of 885 by two highwaymen as he walked home in East Grand Forks Minnesota. One robber choked him while the other took the cash. He crawled home and fainted at the doorstep as the robbers fled.

East Grand Forks Minn Joseph Lankas Lankas

Also Mentioned on This Page

Maler Barber College U. S. Army United States Hotel Grand la Crosse Badger Steel Roofing & Corre. Co Lax Fabric Implement Co Farnam St New Normal School Stoddard Eagle Hotel 8Th St la Crosse Hospital Park Store Brownville Good Spring Mississippi River Good Launch Landing W. F. McCan West Salem Creamery Association J. Moran Vis Jackson St Encyclopedia of Law B. F Care of 3Rd St Mississippi Viavi Cecelia Maloney Mer C. S. van Auken Pacific Coast Yd Transfer Co McMillan H. W. Barker Runckel A. L Neshonoc Minnesota Northwest NEW Land Office Lemmon, S. D U. S North and South Dakota Interstate Public Land Office The WM. Weld Carnegie Oeeee Thrilling Rescue Northwestern Briefs Chicago Livestock Carlot California Oregon Henry Andregg Limburger A. Gran Langdon-Boyd DUCES Ing Co Gs. c Om. Co Cineias Ovens Sons Market Personals
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