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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
7
The notice lists prices for poultry eggs dairy butter and cheese, fruits including lemons oranges peaches berries and pears, vegetables cucumbers tomatoes and apples, grains and mill feeds, various meats and hams, and flour. It also promotes Lake Shetek as a summer and fall resort with hotel and livery accommodations and notes lake access from the point with a map of reachable lakes.
Fresh dairy and produce items with unit prices listed. Butter 22c, creamery 25c. citrus and berries priced per dozen or quart. Vegetables include cucumbers 7c, tomatoes 7c per pound, wax and green beans 7c per pound, lettuce bundles, cabbage 5c each, potatoes 5c peck new, and mixed items. Fish shows varied prices by species. City Market Hall units quoted for new and wild hay and hog weights with price ranges.
Reduced rate excursion tickets from La Crosse Wisconsin to La Shetek Tracy Minnesota will be sold by the North Western Line during the summer season.
Shoshoni Reservation to be opened for settlement with registration dates July 16 to 31 at Shoshoni and Lander. Chicago and North-Western Railway advertises low round trip excursion rates from all points July 12 to 29 to reach the reservation border. Pamphlets and maps available free from W. B. Kniskern. Also offers reduced excursion rates to Ashland Wisconsin August 21 to 24 and to Chattanooga Tennessee September 15 to 17 for regional events.
Very low excursion rates apply from all stations to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo from Sept 19 to 22 with favorable return limits for Pike's Peak centennial celebration. For full information apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway.
Excursion tickets to Devils Lake Wisconsin are on sale Fridays and Saturdays via the North Western Line. Return is limited to the following Monday, allowing a convenient summer outing. Apply to Chicago & agents.
Excursion tickets to the National En campment of the Sons of Veterans in Peoria Illinois will be sold August nineteenth and twentieth with favorable return limits. Applies to agents Chicago and North Western Railway. Special rates to San Francisco and Los Angeles via the North Western Line. Three fast trains to California daily The Overland Limited and The Los Angeles Limited with electric lighting. The China and Japan Fast Mail offers drawing room and tourist sleeping cars. For itineraries contact Western Bay.
Round trip fares to Mexico City from August 15 to September 1 are offered at a single fare with favorable return limits to coincide with the International Geological Congress. Apply through Chicago and North Western Railway agents. Time changes: trains 6 east depart 12:35 PM and 5 north depart 5:35 PM starting July 22.
Special excursion rates via the North Western Line start June 1 with daily tickets to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Hot Springs Deadwood Lead and Custer South Dakota. Tickets are good to return until October 31 with favorable return limits.
A splendid opportunity is offered for an enjoyable vacation trip with several trains via the North-Western Line daily. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western Ry. First and third Tuesday meetings held monthly until September 18, inclusive.
The C M and St P railroad offers excursion tickets at very low rates for several routes. Sale periods vary by destination including Pacific coast and intermediate points June 1 to Sept 15, Denver and Ogden June 1 to Sept, Canadian and New England in July August September. Roanoke Virginia special tickets Aug 11 to 13 with favorable return limits for the National Firemen's association annual convention. Apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
Official publication from La Crosse City Public Works inviting sealed proposals for laboratory desks case work telephone system program clock lighting and black boards with plans on file. Bids due August 24 1906 with 30 percent bid bond or 15 percent cash deposit and penalties for delay. Commissioners Beckwith Roberge Falk date August 11 1906.
Proposals due August 20 1906 at city hall for furnishing all materials and labor to fill and macadam the westerly bridge on the road toLa Cres cent in La Crosse. Work to commence immediately and finish by October 1 1906 with delays allowed for high water. Bidder must file a $150 bond with the board of public works.
Official notice solicits bids August 11 1906 to furnish all materials and perform work to complete filling and macadam on the first bridge west of West Channel Bridge toward La Crescent. Bids due with bonds and cash deposit. completion by November 15 1906. delays allowed for high water. penalty 5 per day.
Daily schedules show trains listed for Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul with daily and exception days noted including daily except Sunday and daily except Saturday hints of timetable variations for service.
A dated rail timetable entry references Chicago and Northwestern Railway services with notes on daily operation and exceptions for Sundays. The fragment indicates reference markings a and b and a daily service pattern.
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