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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
7
Weather floods caused major damage to hay crops while dairy and grain prices rose. Butter, eggs, and cheese prices are listed with per pound and per dozen figures from multiple suppliers, along with bean, potato, and vegetable prices. Livestock values include hogs, heifers, sheep, and lambs, with cash summaries and wood costs.
Chicago markets opened firm as favorable northwest weather and higher Minneapolis cash values supported wheat, with shipments and receipts detailed for Chicago, Minneapolis, and Duluth. Corn and oats showed mixed shifts amid thin outside trade, while Liverpool and continental markets slid. Hogs and cattle prices held but activity remained steady, with livestock volumes listed.
Sports column notes ongoing page two with league results listing Springfield Bloomington Rock Island Decatur Cedar Rapids Peoria Clinton Ottumwa Waterloo Keokuk Jacksonville Marshalltown Oskaloosa and Freeport with scores and play details. Stolen bases credited to Miller Whitmore F Smith Ives. home run by Barlow. double plays Cook Lang Whitmore Schoonhaven Fiske. Pitchers Darrah Evans Disch Smith cited with innings and strikeouts. Time 1 35. Umpire Anderson.
Detroit News describes a bitter London scene where a crawling throng of shabbily dressed families presses past market stalls on a cold winter Saturday. Naphtha lamps flicker as butchers, pawnbrokers, and gin shops teem with desperate buyers and drinkers while children endure hunger and fear.
Wanted ten cents for a copy of The Tribune dated April 19 1907. Also notice seeking men to learn barber trade with Moler Barber College Chicago offering quick completion, licensed instructors, tools, diplomas, weekly wages, and strong demand for graduates.
Miscellaneous notices seek buyers for tracts of hardwood land near Ladysmith Wisconsin including an 80 acre and a 126 acre parcel with timber and good soil and a note of a bright future for the area. Also offerings for day work by Florence Sleeper and boarding horses at the Palace Boarding Stable with good references at 816 Gass Street.
Classified rental notice listing multiple properties including a six room house at 502 Johnson Street with inquiry at 1100 South Sixth Street signed J E Jackel. Also a modern eight room house with hot water heat at Corner Eleventh and Jackson. Furnished rooms at 809 South Ninth Street. Nice office room for rent in a good location attributed to Dr Lawrence.
Rain in the last two weeks hurts hay yields, pushing prices higher. Tame hay now brings 11 to 12 dollars per ton while wild hay sells for 9 dollars.
The article traces coffee from Mocha origins to its transport to Holland in 1616 and notes early cultivation in Suriname by the Dutch in 1718. It mentions Persian usage in ancient times, the first recorded coffee house in Constantinople in 1511, and coffee arriving in France in 1662 via Thevenet the traveler.
A humor piece describes a prank where a confederate with a bag of tinware deceives a wife into exchanging her husband’s trousers for tinware. The routine involves a staged advertisement tale, rattling tinware, and a final swap on the kitchen table. It advises not to perform while the husband is in bed if he lacks an extra pair of trousers.
The groom, anxious yet compliant, says yes and signs the register with a few blots as Mendelssohn plays. Rain at the church door triggers a sigh from him, laughter from onlookers, a bridling mother-in-law, and a tense wife who stays silent.
A thin anxious family member frets over a fat unwrinkled child, depicting delicate worries about welfare in a terse domestic vignette. The line emphasizes concern and fragile health within a small household.
A solicitor driving to the fourth green at Newark golf course sent his ball into the river Devon. A two pound fish was found killed, with the ball and fish recovered together bearing marks of the injury.
The Detroit Free Press quotes neighbors arguing over rival opinions on clothing costs. One woman says she detests Mrs. Jones for revealing prices, another counters that Mrs. Brown never reveals prices. The exchange highlights social expectations about privacy and propriety in dress.
The note discusses the mistranslation to To the lamppost from a la lanterne phrase used in London lore. It clarifies there was no lamppost in the ordeal. a lamp hung over a street cord and pulleys carried a hanging substitute, with the ends of the cord pulsing as a visual cue.
A short quotation from Holmes notes that knowledge and timber should wait to be used until properly seasoned, implying patience before applying resources. The line links practical use to preparation and time.
The advertisement claims Foley’s Honey and Tar eases hay fever and summer cold symptoms by stopping difficult breathing and healing inflamed air passages. It asserts instant relief even if it does not fully cure and notes the genuine product in a yellow package from O. T. Erhart.
A quip notes how a father's wish for sleep meets resistance from his wakeful offspring, who seem born to be alarm blocks in the morning.
Daily and b daily except Sunday and Sunday only services listed, all trains arrive and depart from the B and Q depot.
Wisconsin probate notice from La Crosse County Court regarding the estate of Barbara Gerard late of La Crosse. Letters testamentary to Lena Cronk of Montfort. Creditors have six months from July 24, 1907 to file claims for examination and allowance. Hearing and claim adjudication on February 4, 1968 at 10 AM in La Crosse Court House. John Brindley, County Judge. Dated July 24, 1907.
Ellen Terry left the stage at twenty to live in the country for six years and returned after a chance encounter with Charles Reade in Hertfordshire. He urged her back with a pledge of 200 dollars a week, leading to her role as Phillippa Chester in The Wandering Heir. Their collaboration in touring plays followed, despite financial troubles. Reade defended his blunt stance to a companion, while an older woman living with Terry brokered tension between star and manager.
A brief, stark line contrasts women who gossip with those described as deaf and dumb. The remark frames social expectations of women and the handling of silence and speech in a concise, provocative way.
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