Prairie du Chien Debates Sunday Closing Law and Sports Rule
Prairie du Chien weighs state law on Sunday closings and sports bans with a test case likely. A recent crowd at the McGregor vs Prairie du Chien game ended 5 to 4, raising questions on incarceration capacity and local enforcement.
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McGregor
Prairie du Chien
Prairie
J. S
W. R. Graves
James Harris, Sr
Bessie
Arthur Kieser
van S. Brokaw
Winona
Lee Ward
Bridgeport
Importers Rush to Save a Million Tariff Tally
New York reports Collector Loeb ordered the customs house to close at 4 30 as the Hamburg American steamship Pennsylvania docked after delays. Importers had rushed orders to Germany to beat a higher tariff, with nearly 1 000 000 in duties paid yesterday for bonded goods moved out to evade the new rates.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Taft
Loeb
Treasury Department
Custom House
The
Germany
Batterly
Schmidt
Markets Remain Steady as Weekend Trading Ends
Local markets show no changes with prices holding steady for vegetables fruit and dairy. Quoted figures from J Burns Lemons 60 per box oranges 3.50 Valencia 3.50 peaches 1.75 cherr ies 2.00 butter 28c eggs 23c and other pantry goods listed by regional firms.
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Burns
Valencia
California
Hallowell
Bivertas
St. Cathrine
Listman Milling Co
Australia Eyes Major Bid for Jeffris Johnson Fight
Australia plans a big bid for the Jeffris Johnson boxing match as promoter Hugh McIntosh arrives next Friday. He already offers $50,000 and may raise the purse to $70,900 to lure the fighters.
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New York
Australia
Jeffris-Johnson
Hugh McIntosh
Murns-Johnson
McIntosh
Livestock Receipts Report From Union Stock Yards
Cattle receipts 400 steady with prices 4.40 to 7.50 for beeves Texas steers 4.00 to 6.65 western 4 to 5. Hogs receipts 8000 fair to mixed 7.35 to 8.35 per cwt. Sheep receipts 3000 steady natives 3.00 to 5.19 western 3.00 to 5.10 lambs 4.50 to 7.70 western 4.00 to 7.60 per cwt.
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UNION
Ill
Texas
Livestock Prices From Union Stock Yards
Cattle receipts 200 unchanged as of July 31 at Union Stock Yards Ill. Hog receipts 3 000 strong with prices light 745 to 790 dollars. mixed 733 to 800. heavy 730 to 810. rough 730 to 750. Yorkers 750 to 785. pigs 600 to 760. Natives 300 to 525. western 300 to 535. Lambs 450 to 750. western 450 to 769.
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Union Stock Yards
Ill
Western
New York Stocks Open With Mixed Moves in Early Trading
The Aug 9 market opened softly with some fractional declines in active speculative issues but gains offset these losses. By 11 am Southern Pacific and Great Northern Ore hit new highs as American Smelting led industrials. Noon readings showed a strong market with Reading Union Pacific and St. Paul setting new records and attracting floor attention.
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New York
Southern Pacific
Great Northern
Reading
Union Pacific
St. Paul
Chicago Livestock at Union Stock Yards Cattle and Hogs Prices
Cattle receipts 22 000 steady with steer and heifer grades ranging 4 40 to 7 50 including Texas 4 00 to 5 60 and western 4 00 to 6 00. stockers 3 00 to 5 15. calves 5 80 to 8 00. Hogs 49 000 good to mixed, prices 7 20 to 8 10. Yorkers 7 90 to 8 00. pigs 7 00 to 8 00. Sheep 20 000 steady with natives 3 00 to 5 00. lambs 4 50 to 7 75.
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Chicago Livestock Union Stock Yards
Texas
Chicago Market Prices For Dairy Poultry And Produce
Chicago market report lists cheese twins 14 1 2 to 14 3 4 cents per pound butter creamery extras 25 firsts 23 seconds 22 dairy extract 23 fres firsts 20 1 2 seconds 18 1 2 new potatoes 5 to 45 cents per quart market steady live poultry turkeys 14 to 14 1 2 cents per pound ducks 11 to 11 1 2 geese 8 to 9 fowls 14 1 2 cents per pound.
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Hawley Com. Co
A. B. Moll
Chicago
Twins
Young Americas
New York Money Rates Report
Money on call rests at 1 percent with time money at 3 percent for six months. Bar silver quotes at 23 and a half pence in London, 50.5 cents in New York. Demand for sterling runs 486.60 to 486.65.
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New York
London
Grain Prices in Chicago Markets August Reports
Chicago cash grain prices show wheat ranges from No. 2 red at 1.03 and up to No. 1 northern at 1.33 while No. 2 northern sits around 1.34 to 1.39. Corn and oats quote across several grades with No. 2 corn around 0.67 to 0.68 and oats in the mid 0.30s.
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Chicago
Wheat Opens Lower as Corn Stays Mixed in Chicago
Chicago grain markets show wheat opening 1 2 to 5 8 cent lower with wheat closing about one cent lower for the day. Corn and oats move mixed early and mostly steady to lower by midday, with May oats a touch higher at close.
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Tribune
Chicago
Capture of Black Hand Gang in Detroit
Detroit police unearth a Black Hand plot as victims confront suspects. Three men, including ringleader Vito Buono and his brother John, are arrested after a midnight money delivery set up ends with Vito bound to a tree by would be victims before police arrest.
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Detroit
Mich
Vito Buono
Vito
John
Tony Gentille
Packey McFarland and Ad Wolgast Cancel Fight Negotiations
In Chicago on August 9, Packey McFarland of Chicago and Ad Wolgast of Milwaukee failed to agree on a title bout. Managers met at the Chicago American offices after a long argument over weighing time, with Packey refusing a half hour concession and negotiations breaking off.
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Chicago
Packy McFarland
Ad. Wolgast
Milwaukee
Chicago American
Packey
American Blondes Mostly in Jail and Asylums
Dr. Charles E. Woodruff a surgeon and U S army major argues Americans are unsuited for blondes due to harsh climate and sunshine He claims jail and asylum records show blondes are unstable morally and physically and prone to disease Brunettes in his view will rule America.
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New York
America
Charles E. Woodruff
United States Army
Woodruff
Thinks His Wife Was Murdered
Fred Callahan identified the Hamtramck body as his wife 29 in the morgue and alleges murder by an ex convict who had once loved her. He cites threats since their marriage and says she ignored the man. The widow left at 8 AM Saturday for errands and their young son has since searched for her.
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Detroit
Mich
Fred Callahan
Sweden hopes rise as Stockholm strike shrinks papers
Stockholm lacks newspapers after printers join the strike yesterday. Small bulletins by independent cub printers fill the day as strikers push arbitration with employers under King Gustav’s mediation. Factories idle last week resume. streetcars run closer to normal amid talk of an early end.
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Stockholm
Stocckholm
Gustav
Wagner on First Base for Pirates a Possibility
Pitsburg August 9 Hans Wagner may switch from shortstop to first base upon his return to game action. Fred Clarke considers Wagner less prone to heart strain at first and weighs the move as a serious option for the Pirates lineup.
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Pitsburg
Hans Wagner
Fred Clarke
Wagner
Clarke
Bride Returns Fretful Over Carving Sets and Pickle Dishes
The June bride frets over household finery wishing to swap carving sets and pickle dishes, reflecting post wedding domestic concerns in a Cleveland Plain Dealer style note.
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Cleveland
Notice to Contractors for road repair bids
The Road and Bridge Committee of La Crosse invites sealed bids for repairing macadam and improving the highway from Onalaska north to Holmen per county plans. A $300 certified check and a $1,500 bond are required. Bids due August 10 at 2 PM. committee may reject any bid. Dated July 26, 1909.
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City of
la Crosse
Onalaska
Midway
Holmen
Road & Bridge Committee
Foreclosure sale set on La Crosse mortgage default
Notice warns of a foreclosure sale by sheriff of La Crosse County for the mortgage on Lot 12, Block 3, Spier’s Addition to La Crosse. Hel en M. Nichols seeks to satisfy $732.27 including principal 665, interest 46, taxes 42.27, and $25 attorney fees, with sale scheduled August 25, 1909 at 10 a.m. at the east front door of the La Crosse County Courthouse.
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Hagbarth Dittlefsen
Dina Dittlefsen
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Helen M. Nichols
County of
Spier
City of
Office of the Register of Deeds
la Crosse County
McConnell & Schweizer
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