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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1908
Page
7
Striking copy promotes Tribune Want Ads as a route for housewives to gain outside work and earnings. It urges readers to identify skills and find paid opportunities through the paper, promising new purpose and financial rewards.
Classified notices list multiple job ads and sale offers. Porter needed at Hefle man 327 Main St. 25 experienced workers for coats overalls pants and shirts at Martin Bros. Medical ad for Dr A E Erling. Various items for sale including wheel, car, corner lot, furnace and stove, piano, engineering books. Contact Tribune Office for details.
An advertisement notes loans for salaried people on furniture planes horses wagons with no publicity through La Crosse Mortgage & Loan Co at 323 Main Street. It also promotes H W Barkers Cough Remedy from Runckel's Drug Store and lists two lost items a white waist with black embroidery, and a black and brown beagle with white breast and leather collar, offering rewards.
Stenography service notes updated contact details. Old phone 5885 remains listed for reference while new phone 452 A is the current line.
Classified notices include a night watchman ad by a middle aged man and a young married typist, plus a formal bid invitation from the Agricultural School Building at Onalaska Wisconsin. The county school board invites sealed proposals by August 24 1908 with plan access through architects Parkinson and Dorkendorff and several exchanges.
Rome reports Cardinal Caramar Gibbons making a cordial visit to the Vatican. He appears nearly recovered from illness and notes the public concern was excessive while insisting he will complete his planned trip without changes.
Robert Turnbull a prominent suburban real estate operator and former boxer shot himself at his Borough Park Brooklyn home. Authorities suggest extreme heat may have contributed to his act.
In Bloomington Illinois on August 10 Joseph Landis a socialist congressional candidate tried to shoot Acting Prosecuting Attorney William Bach. Landis was arrested the incident stemmed from a heated newspaper controversy.
LaCrosse defeats Oshkosh to extend their season run to seven wins. Du chien hit a three-base hit, Eberly Do lan Becker Tracey Safford Ank lam collected two-base hits. Jones allowed four runs in three innings, Baillies four in six, Converse eleven in seven, Bubser one in one. Left on base totals were ten for each side. Umpire List. Time of game two seven minutes.
The report highlights a double header against the Indians followed by a series led by Bobby Lynch and his ball-tossing crew. La Crosse eyes another pennant as Eberly, Nichols, and Dolan spark key plays while Watson Flynn and Warren earn crowd support amid steady attendance gains.
In Rockford Illinois Green Bay rallied in the ninth with four extra batsmen but Rorabaugh delivered a two-base hit in the eighth to seal Rockford’s 2-0 win. Strong pitching from Palmer and Roach held the visitors to a pair of early runs as Green Bay was shut out after the sixth.
In Madison RHE games featured Reinhart and Watson for Fond du Lac and Miller and Johnson for Rockford. Freeport hosted a Wausau match with Dunbar Erickson Rouse Scott and Stark as batteries.
The Wisconsin-Illinois baseball league race is open with Wausau Madison and Freeport as contenders. Green Bay shows strength, Oshkosh and Rockford may decide the title by beating others, and luck will influence the outcome as teams jockey for position toward a hot finish. Ferguson’s pitching and Wausau’s pace keep the Lumberjacks favored though not secure.
In a 4 to 2 defeat at Caledonia the La Crosse Athletes lost to Aiken of Caledonia while Kohn kept Caledonia hitless until the eighth. Caledonia broke open with four runs in the eighth. the Athletes threatened in the final frame but fell short. The fast contest lasted 55 minutes.
Lexington, Ky Aug 10 Bar ney Oldfield famed automobile racer nearly ended his career on the trotting track here after a tire explosion on a Stearns car left he tossed through a fence though he escaped with bruises and the incident was kept quiet until Sunday Oldfield was to race today for the world record with new tires on the left front wheel.
The Noxalls of this city defeated the La Crescent team 9 to 5 in a slugging match yesterday. Errors by La Crescent aided the victory. Battery for Noxalls Swatz and Nelson. for La Crescent Smith Ritter and Rilley. Um pire Neman.
In New York August 10 after a strong opening traders staged a vigorous demonstration. National Lead fell from 90 to 87. Rumors circulated about Smelting stock being sold by Rockefeller interests, but price action did not confirm. Copper shares showed lazy but metal-backed strength. government bonds were unchanged while others were irregular.
Chicago livestock totals show cattle 19 000 steady to strong with beef prices 5.50 to 7.50 and stockers 2.45 to 4.40. Hogs 30 000 rise 10 to 15 cents with light hogs 6.10 to 6.75 and heavy 6.45 to 6.85. Sheep 25 000 ease 10 to 25 cents with natives 2.25 to 4.15 and lambs 3.50 to 6.00.
Kansas City cattle totals 18 000 with steady calves and steers from 4 1 2 to 7 1 2 dollars, stockers 3 1 2 to 5 1 2. Hogs 6 000 up five cents with bulk 6 40 to 6 70 and heavies 6 70 to 6 80. pigs 4 50 to 5 50. Sheep 6 000 steady to 10 cents lower with muttons 3 80 to 4 40 and lambs 4 40 to 6 60.
In New York on August 10, poultry remained quiet while dairy prices moved: butter at 22 to 22 1/2 cents a pound, eggs 26 to 27 cents a dozen, and cheese 12 1/2 to 13 1/2 cents per pound.
Broomhall W heat opens 5 cents lower with short covering lifting midday. Market eases on weak demand and Sept liquidation. Prices sit 5 to 6 cents under Saturday as trading quiets. Corn remains steady as traders fret over rapid advances. St Paul purchases described as high order.
Otto Schwartz of South Ridge marketed three hogs in town to local butchers on Saturday. Several farmers including Ben Ticken Pine Creek A J Cameron near La Crescent Louis Williams Pine Creek Otto Nickolai Mormon Coulee Herman Roessler Mormon Coulee William Berg Mormon Coulee W Gorde South Ridge M E McDonald Brownsville James Kerrigan Pine Creek and Joe Marco French Island each brought hay or oats to market on Saturday with multiple loads sold locally.
Threshing is in full blast in Pine Creek and Dakota valleys with crops described as very good this year. Oats are about ten percent higher than last year and barley exceeds average. Timothy hay price expectations rise, while hay in flooded low lands along the Root River valley suffered heavy losses.
Milwaukee has been chosen as the site for the next bennial conclave of the Knights of Pythias and the encampment of the Uniform Rank. Nearly 100000 visitors were brought to Boston last week by the convention. over 8000 Uniform rank members were in camp.
Local markets show few changes as bananas and peaches advance. Farmers harvest hay oats and barley dominate selling with occasional livestock. Crops are excellent this year and the harvest outlook appears large though corn is lighter here than elsewhere.
Pricing details for grains vegetables dairy and fruit items quoted by Listman Milling Co and A B Moll with multiple per sack per pound per bunch offers. Historical catalog entry includes eggs butter cabbage potatoes peppers tomatoes pineapples and more with assorted unit prices. Mentions British East India Company stance on Japan trade dating to 1813.
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