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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1908
Page
7
Classified style notice listing jobs and services including barber college enrollment, army recruitment, nursing, cooks, housework, mangle girls, collectors, and general sales of real estate, lumber, farm, piano, books, and loans with addresses in La Crosse Wisconsin.
Multiple rental notices offer furnished rooms and rental options. Properties include 1012 So 6th St 609 So 6th St 611 Main 702 So 9th St 1220 So 4th St 107 Main St and 2013 5 So Front. Listings mention heat electric light bath and modern amenities with proprietors G Rhode and E E.
A collage of small ads and notices includes stenography service offer from Miss Car men Lambert, a home treatment ad for mothers and daughters, a night watchman seeking work, boarders and Toland's Business School lodging requests, a call for cut-rate household goods shipping to the Pacific Coast, and local drugstore promotions.
Classified notice lists rental options including a five room house at 1510 La Crosse for eight dollars and a six room cottage at 322 Cass St for fifteen dollars plus a four room light housekeeping option. Also advertises office suites, insurance services, notary public, loans, and a tornado season insurance reminder from Co F Klein at 208 McMillan Bldg La Crosse Wis.
C A Van Auken offers tornado insurance at 4.00 per thousand for three years and 6.00 per thousand for five years, located at 328 Pearl Street.
State of Wisconsin in Civil Court for La Crosse summoned Frank Woodard to answer Nellie Fay Woodard's complaint within twenty days after service. If he fails, judgment will be rendered as demanded. The summons and complaint are on file with the court clerk. Attorney A C Bleekman, La Crosse.
Notice from CHAS. L. WEIS in La Crosse County Wisconsin that P. P. Olson’s bicycle, left for repairs, will be sold at public auction on September 5, 1908 at 509 Main Street La Crosse to satisfy a $9 lien. Debt unpaid for three months. Dated August 5, 1908.
The speaker declares he is a protectionist, supports tariff revision to balance home and foreign production, and cites the Dingley law, labor protections, and nationwide unity. He urges adherence to Roosevelt policies, equality before law, and criticizes dynamic Democratic platforms while stressing Republican experience and results.
The Spanish American War Veterans Association of Minnesota will hold its annual convention in Winona on Wednesday. Delegations from Minneapolis and towns across the state join visitors from La Crosse Wisconsin. Activities include a welcome, a business session, a parade to Philharmonic Hall, music, a grand ball, and elaborate decorations.
Mrs. George Cochran aged seventy one was murdered last night in her Grand Rapids Minnesota yard. She was slashed with a knife and died in the arms of two passersby who found her at about 1 a.m. Neighbors and authorities report no clear motive or suspect yet as search for clues continues.
Barnesville Minnesota August 18 engineer Frank Goodrich in charge of a work train died when a switching engine crashed into his train three miles from Moorhead. Fireman Ed Murray, also from Barnesville, was severely injured with a smashed leg. the switching engine engineer escaped with minor injuries.
In Rochester Minnesota, developers outline a new $60,000 hotel on a lot likely owned by the Masonic temple near Main and Zumbro streets to meet rising transient business. Arlington South Dakota bank sale shifts control to E A Syverson of Bryant. Mankato Minnesota farmer T B Taylor reports 189 bushels of No 2 wheat from 15 acres and 610 bushels of oats from 28 acres as farmers shift from shock to stacking.
A man insists he has no issue with many parcels if a free finger rests on his nose. A woman objects to carrying bundles unless one hand is free to lift her skirts at crossings, illustrating a public ethics issue about propriety and mobility.
Daily markets show no quota changes today but traders expect an advance in all flour grades. Mill men forecast prices to rise above last year as wholesale and retail markets hold steady.
Retail flour and bread staples quoted by several mills and grocers. Prices cover vegetables like squash cucumbers lettuce peppers and melons, fruits including peaches and watermelons, dairy items butter eggs and canning goods. Livestock and poultry rates list hogs cows heifers chickens and turkeys with firm per hundredweight and per pound figures.
In New York on August 18 the market saw brisk selling by bears just before 11 o clock. Northern Pacific and Great Northern preferred were targeted with Great Northern preferred down 21 8 percent from the open. Union Pacific slid a point Reading fell 1 4 and then rallied 3 4. By 11 45 the market sat near its low point.
Chicago markets report cattle around 8000 head steady with beeves 5.50 to 7.60 and stalkers 2.56 to 4.40. Hogs 12000 opened steady then 5 to 10 cents lower with light 6.20 to 6.80 and heavy 6.50 to 6.90. pigs 5.25 to 6. Sheep 22000 steady but 15 cents lower natives 3.25 to 4.30 lambs 3.75 to 6.35.
Kansas City cattle sales total 16 000 head with steady to weak prices. Steers fetch 4.50 to 7.50, stockers 2.80 to 4.75. Hogs number 8 000 with bulk 6.50 to 6.80, heavies 6.80 to 6.85, pigs 4 to 5.50. Sheep 6 000 with muttons 3.80 to 4.35, lambs 4.50 to 6.40.
New York on August 18 reports poultry unchanged. Butter sells at 23 cents, eggs range from 27 to 28 cents, cheese prices from 12 1/4 to 13 1/4 cents.
Minneapolis market opens lower on fine weather with strong Sept wheat demand. Chicago firm Bartlett Patten & Co. buys about 250 000 bushels of corn as offerings stay light and buyers lead the session.
A string of farmers and neighbors delivered loads of hay oats barley and straw to the city market. Names include Frank Broksch Henry Koethe L Koch Ben Ticken Frank Nunemacher Fred Peters William Proksch H Stalder John Tschumper Peter Borger L Striegel Ed Roessler William Schams John Walters Lawrence Hafner and Tom Burns with shipments from Mormon Coulee Root River Bottoms Shel by Bush Valley South Ridge Pine Creek Dakota Valley and Needine. One note: four steers were purchased by Briebach from Hafner.
William Godnik died in a local hospital after an assault while asleep in Little Falls, Minnesota. Inspectors suspect three people but have not made arrests. Godnik, a German immigrant of about fifty, left a widow and six children. He could not reveal whether a demand for money preceded the attack.
Twenty guests at a Langford hotel were poisoned after eating canned vegetables. The hotel was turned into a hospital as doctors worked through the night to save lives. No fault is attributed to the hotel management.
Listing shows dry wood and old oak cord offerings with unclear quantities and pricing. Language is garbled but indicates available wood bundles and possibly measurements. No identifiable organizations or persons are present. Further details required for precise summary.
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