Tribune Classified: Wanted and For Rent Advertisements
A dense block of classified notices lists job openings in La Crosse including tire repair porter barber trades and solicitors. Also entries for hotel and restaurant staff, paper box plant help, and a range of rooms and houses for rent with dates and street addresses.
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la Crosse Rubber
Cop
Stoddard Hotel
Allen Hotel
Mill Street
Moser Barber College
Chicago
ILI
la Crosse Cornice & Ceiling Co
South Second
R. T. Davis
Tacoma
Wash
Enquire
Tribune
Grand Crossing
South Front Street
la Crosse Paper Box Co
Inland Printing Co
Main Street
la Crosse
Wis
Piano certificate sale at Victor-Edison store
A certificate worth 100 dollars usable on any piano is offered for sale cheaply by Victor-Edison store. Prospective buyers can send inquiries to Box 99 in Tri bune.
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Victor-Edison
Tribune
Cut Rate Shipping Rates for Household Goods to Coast
Cut Rate Shipping offers reduced rates on household goods to the Pacific Coast and other points with superior service. The Boyd Transfer Co of Minneapolis advertises architects and superintendents Schick and Roth for the Batavian Bank Building. Money to loan and valuables bought at Stevens of 209 McMillan.
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Pacific Coast
The
Boyd Transfer Co
Minneapolis
Schick & Roth—Batavian Bank
Stevens
McMillan
FOR SALE Hounds House and Household Goods Featured
Full blooded beagle hound cheap. Apply 813 South Fifteenth Street. Horse for sale call 122 South Tenth Street. Six full blood American Fox hounds for $7 each. C Wilson Dakota Minn. Cement well curbing and building blocks Redfuss 18th and Madison. Old phone 2201. Seven room house and lot 318 Pine Street. C F Halstead 4506 Main second floor. Household goods including piano davenport hard coal heater 1334 Vine Street call 3 to 7 p m. Very pretty old black walnut parlor chairs 418 So Fourth. Southeast corner Eighth and Mississippi two lots 120x140 and two cottages all for 2500. Southeast corner Sixth and Mississippi one modern house and one cottage 3300 Frank G Roth Fourth and Pear. Good second hand plate camera pictures 4x5 price 5. New phone 465M.
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South Fifteenth Street
South Tenth Street
C. Wilson
Dakota
Minn
Redfuss
18Th
Madison
Pine Street
C. F. Halstead
Davenport
Vine Street
Eighth
Mississippi Streets
Sixth
Mississippi
Frank G. Roth
Fourth
Pear Streets
Steady markets on Chicago hay harvest and grains
The Daily Markets report shows no change in Chicago market prices with haying nearly finished and harvest begun. Oats are poor due to rust while butter eggs flour and meat markets display varied quotes from major dealers with detailed farm and produce prices and September wheat and corn futures.
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Price
Wis
WAL
Chicago
Northwestern
Minneapolia
Great Scheme Host Why Did You Warn Guests About Informal Affair
A witty exchange sketches a hostess aiming for elegance at a casual gathering. The host clarifies the plan to keep guests comfortable while she ensures she stands out as the best dressed attendee.
Very Plain The Six Seasons Girl Marriage Question
Extracted note quotes a dialogue about engagement with the line Very plain. The Hon. Bertie absent replies Yes. The snippet includes a London Tatler remark and a Johnson reference about employment and hardship preventing melancholy.
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Bertie
London Tatler
Superstitious Leaders and Their Beliefs in Luck
The article lists historical figures from various nations who reportedly relied on dreams, signs, or astrologers for guidance. It cites General Grant, Nelson, von Moltke, Bismarck, President Davis, James G. Blaine, the Nicholas II adviser, Admiral Farragut, and rulers like the ameer of Afghanistan, Sultans of Morocco and Zanzibar, and the khedive of Egypt, noting a shared belief in luck or mystic counsel.
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von Moltke
Prince Bismarck
Germany
President Davis
Confederacy
James G. Blaine
Nicholas II
Russia
Farragut
Ameer
Afghanistan
Morocco
Zanzibar
Egypt
A Timely Present Salutes and Refuses Dictionary
A New York Times anecdote recounts a colored gentleman saluting a large colored Amazonian woman with a playful compliment. She strikes him, demands the meaning of the word fascinating, and he later sends Webster’s Dictionary to look up terms. She refuses the gift to avoid needing the word’s meaning.
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Sal
New York Times
Gowns From the Undertaker's Trade Report
A New York Sun remark notes dressmakers once swapped to undertakers for urgent gowns. It highlights luxury lines called Ladies' fine burial dresses, using fabrics such as henrietta pongee faille and chiffon taffeta, reflecting shifts in fashion and service.
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Henrietta
Pongee
Faille
New York Sun
Stranger in a Small Town Sparks Ethical Showman Quarrel
A dime museum manager seeks a local boy born without limbs, sparking a debate as a citizen condemns the hunt while noting the boy’s family would not display him. The exchange in the Kansas City Independent captures attitudes toward exploitation and dignity.
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Kansas City Independent
Parnell Apology for Expression in Parliament
On April 16, 1878, Mr. Parnell called Henry James's statement a legal quibble and withdrew the remark. He apologized stating the expression was unwarrantable and beneath the ability of the honorable and learned gentleman, contrasting with a petty sessions attorney’s ingenuity.
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Parnell
Henry James
God rights the man that keeps in silence from the Persian
A terse adage from Persian origin asserts that true rights accrue to those who maintain silence. The quotation emphasizes restraint over outspoken claim, illustrating wisdom literature’s focus on measured speech and virtue.
Magic of the Maori powers and the tohunga in old rites
A Pall Mall Gazette correspondent describes Maori priests or tohunga mastering powers now explainable by hypnotism and telepathy. Tests included shattering stones by will, killing birds, and forcing a relative to die. The account follows Tohoto, last tohunga of the Arawa, whose death came after desecration of his sacred head.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Rotorua
Tohoto
New Zealand
Makola
Lake Rotura
Hinemon
Wairoa
CARE OF THE VIOLIN TIPS FOR LONG LIFE AND BETTER TONES
Practical guidance from Anna B. Foley on violin care. Keep the instrument clean after playing, avoid resin coats, wipe dust, store a soft cloth in the case, and never polish with oil. Clean the inside every half year with warm barley poured through f holes. Invest in good Italian strings and rub them with olive or almond oil, then wipe off excess before bowing. Store spare strings in oil paper to protect from heat and damp.
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J. A. Otto
Anna B. Foley
Lord Whitworth A Wit Of Diplomatic Grace And Sharp Puns
Lord Whitworth, a gracious English diplomat and wit, once faced Napoleon at the Tuileries over Egypt and Malta and kept his cool with a warning to retaliation. At the Russian court a pun about M. Adair’s father, a surgeon, showed his quick wit and linguistic flair.
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Lord Whitworth
Napoleon
Tuileries
England
Egypt
Malta
Adaire
Daily routine to stay fresh from Dutch advice
A concise old note suggests fifteen minutes of regular effort each day to prevent a worn look. It emphasizes consistent, quick actions and implies steady meeting of daily habits drawn from Dutch wisdom.
Railroad Time Tables Daily Except Sundays and Saturdays
Daily railroad time tables appear in this notice with daily service patterns. It states schedules run daily except Sunday and Saturday variations.
La Crosse Daily Train Schedule Note
La Crosse La Crosse A daily and b daily except Sunday. Sunday only all trains arrive and depart from Co. B and Q depot.
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la'Crosse
la Crosse
Arcadia
Blair
Independence
Whitehall
Merrillan
Grand Rapids
Stevens Point
New London
Green Bay
Kewauneen
Co. B &Q
Pointed Paragraphs From The Atchison Globe
A collection of parental and youth guidance moral musings on self care forgiveness and pride. It urges diligence in personal affairs avoids envy, and notes that youths gain respect by equality with older peers. The piece contrasts pleasing others with self reliance and dignified restraint.
Tobacco Smoke Germicidal Claims Examined
A New York Herald article summarizes tobacco smoke as a complex mix with oils of tar, nicotine as a minor germicide, poisonous tar residues rich in pyridine, and notable amounts of carbon monoxide and formaldehyde, all contributing to germicidal properties.
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New York
Bargain Theater Owner Cuts Mammoth Losses
A thrifty buyer acquired a long unprofitable theater and quickly moved it to profit with strict cost control. The first month listed meat for cats to deter rats, $2, was crossed out with a margin note doubting the animal's necessity: If the cats eat the rats, wherefore the meat. If they don't, wherefore the cats?
Motivational proverb on trying and disguises
A concise quotation from Lysander about failing to achieve aims in the lion's skin then resorting to a fox's disguise, highlighting caution in bold pretenses.
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Lysander
Hindoo bride anointed from head to toe with grease and saffron
A Hindoo bride receives an elaborate prep as saffron and grease are applied from head to foot, reflecting traditional ceremonial grooming practices. The detail highlights customary cleansing and beautification rituals observed in arranging the wedding.
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Crosse
Pear Street
South Fifth Street
Henry & Frank’s
Box Tribune
la Crosse Street
Pine
Oakland Street
State St
Fred Dittman
John A. Daniels
Linker
Wisconsin Audit CO
Co. S. van Auken
Pearl Street
Carpenters
Thompson's New Carpenter Shop
Corner Ninth
Adams
la Crosse Mortgage & Loan Co
Attorneys At Law
Hariwell
the Royal
South Fourteenth Street
West Ave. South
Robbie
CHI
Chica
Hawiey Com. Co
Seevensyngpet
A. Gramz & Sons
SeMares
W. W. Cargill Co
Langdon-Boyd Packing So
Nee
Wales
COUES
A. Brian
Ieee Ee
Dock
Blueberies
Ugart
California
Gozen
Corres Ak
Rockford
Fism
H. M. Sieger
Pickerel
Poung
Cccvccvese Vc Lsc Wik
Cisciens
Tromt
Pouna
Henry Andregg
America
Cscs Iinet
Miner & Co
Chicago Delivery Wheat
Mary Scree
Liverpool
Johnson
General Grant
Nelson
Massinger
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Winona
Dubuque
Rock Island
Dam Omaha
West
Doom
Minnesota
Burlington & Quincy
Prairie du Chien
St. Louis
Alma
Prescott
Cam
Duluth
Winai
Northwest
Green Bay & Western RB
Stoddard Chaseburg, Coon Valley, Westby, Viroqua
Atchison Globe
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