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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
9
A Tribune Want Ads appeal encourages housewives to seek outside work through the paper. It promises that taking a couple of hours daily for external business will restore zest to housework and bring fresh interest, returning with money in the purse.
Marian Standish finds a carved ivory elephant with a hidden ruby inside after a park misadventure. She keeps it fearing loss, meets J M Beckwith at a dance, and learns the charm conceals a jewel given by an Indian prince. They wed, and the mystery is resolved.
Help wanted male porter at Heile man 327 Main St. WANTED 25 experienced girls to make duck and sheepskin coats overalls pants and shirts at Martin Bros Co. WANTED Boys and girls at La Crosse Can company. SALE 8 room house with barn on large lot and two cottages large lot. Leaving city 1227 ipton. SALE 350 cash gets nice or lot about 50x150 near car line five blocks from new normal Address 777 Tribune. SALE Gilt edge hard coal or furnace good as new Also wood cook stove 41c 416 S 6th. SALE A set of 12 volumes of encyclopedia of Law A bargain B F care of Tribune. SALE Square piano and household goods Address B Tribune. SALE Set of engineering complete with all the School Models very cheap at once Apply at Tribune. ALE All kinds of lumber for barn or sidewalk repair s tire 418 So Sth gentlemen's wheel cheap at 329 So St. HOME Treatment for mothers and daughters 105 So 6th St Miss Cecelia Maloney Mer. LOST Black and brown beagle hound white breast four brown feet black leather collar Return to 607 No 9th Reward. LOST Long black lace gloves July 4th between fair grounds and cemetery Return to Tribune office Reward.
Mr and Mrs Truman Brice of Ridgefield Washington and Mrs Agnes Brice of Eau Claire visit relatives here. J Dandy of Greenville Illinois and Mrs Dandy stay a month with kin. Various locals announce visits arrivals and job changes including Ida Nelson starting work at Langdon Boyd's market.
The piece traces why sailors favor loose trousers for quick water landings and cold protection, noting the Navy’s uniform heritage dating to George III and the British pattern. It mentions breeches, the later tongs, and a 1734 portrait of pirate William Teach as evidence of evolving sea wear.
Browne recalls a line about Borum saying I told you so as Towne laughs at the remark. The exchange ends with an implied nod to Philadelphia Press.
Daily markets report quiet trading with Med Sweets off the market. Harvests progress well around La Crosse with yields up from last year, though corn draws mixed local opinions while Iowa Nebraska report excellent corn conditions. Retail market lists fruits vegetables and assorted price quotes. numerous locals bring in hay, loads of hay, and stock traders noting crop prospects.
Cattle 2 500 steady beeves 5.50 to 7.50 stockers 2.40 to 4.50. Hogs 24 000 down 10c light 6.00 to 6.55 heavy 6.30 to 6.60 pigs 4.60 to 5.90. Sheep 8 000 up 15 cents na arr 3.60 to 4.55 lambs 4.00 to 6.75.
New York August 14 Poultry steady unchanged Butter 23c Eggs 26 to 27c Cheese 12 1/2 to 13 4c Markets report steady poultry and dairy prices with butter at 23 cents per pound, eggs between 26 and 27 cents, and cheese around 12 1/2 to 13 4 cents per pound.
The Rock Island common fell 25 8 as the market turned downward with widespread selling. The preferred skidded 2 points while government bonds varied, and most issues dropped 1 to 2 points in the first hour, as traders flooded the pit with large orders.
Cattle saw 2000 head steady with steers 4.50 to 7.50 and stockers 2.85 to 4.50. Hogs total 50000 down 10 cents, bulk 6.20 to 6.45, heavy 6.45 to 6.55, pigs 3.75 to 5.25. Sheep 1000 strong with muttons 3.75 to 4.25 and lambs 4.50 to 6.00.
Since the YMCA summer camp opened on Monday there have been more than four hundred visitors at the grounds. Families of Corey Dow Dunham and Packman are present and bachelors plan to arrive next week. A new tent was erected and the boys are quartered at the pavilion. The bicycle road is in good shape and launches run to the camp for easy access.
Bumpus Jones and Duke Flynn will start the afternoon game as Green Bay faces Jones and Flynn in a doubleheader. Vance and Miller are likely the opposing pitchers and the match promises a warm affair.
The list shows hay prices for wild and tame hay per ton ranging from about 8.9 to 10.00 dollars, straw at 6.60, bottom and second growth woods around 4.50 to 6.00 per cord, and dry wood at 5.00 to 6.60.
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