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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
7
Classified notices from The Tribune list numerous help wanted ads for bottling, canning, and factory work, plus rooms for rent and household services in La Crosse. It includes positions at Wiscon Pearl Button Co and La Crosse Clothing Co, along with boarding offers and loan ads. I saw it in The Tribune.
Various for sale ads including gas store at 329 North Ninth and a second hand wood furnace at 821 State Street. Also cement well curbing, building blocks, a Victor phonograph, and a Star Walking Beam Well Drilling Machine at 824 Market Street. Also home for sale or trade at corner Fourteenth and King streets with detailed amenities. 64 govs. Improved farms in La Crosse Jackson Monroe counties offered by E. E. Gilbertson Melrose Wis. Old phone 2201.
Local classified notices promote paper hanging and painting services by Debold Bros. The ad lists 1601 Denton Street as the business location and provides a contact phone 433 M for inquiries and estimates.
C F Kleins Corner Real Estate lists a $1,000 business property suitable for hotel use with good sheds and stables offered at $3,500. A brick store and barn with a double tenant frame dwelling is priced at $7.00.
Heavy receipts push hog prices down to 4.75 to 5.60 per hundredweight. Heifers drop to 2 to 3, cows slide 50 cents to 1.50 to 2.25. Egg plant arrives on local market selling at 10 cents each. Local retail prices show Butter and Eggs, flour, bran, and ground feed with various standard market figures for August 22, 1907.
Chicago markets opened sharply lower amid conflicting frost damage rumors from the northwest. Wheat fell as traders dumped long positions while cash markets remained in demand and futures later rallied to steady levels. Reports show varied northwest stocks and larger weekly visible supply, with Argentina noting heavy rains and Liverpool futures opening higher before easing.
A London Ladies Realm piece notes the ladies gallery in the Commons with iron grating. It describes flirtation as a motive, the five minute rule for conversations, and the gallery attendant’s ceremonious reminders when time expires.
A La Crosse editorial urges citizens to support city government and booster activities, arguing local governance costs rival national expenses and shape daily life. It praises departments, parks, and schools, calls for constructive criticism, and emphasizes civic organizations like the Board of Trade to inform and mobilize residents.
A neighbor asks if a move is underway as a furniture van stops before Ker lect's house. He explains a friend wishes to borrow their collection of souvenir postcards, highlighting a casual request amid a pictorial deluge.
Results show Dubuque 3 Springfield 8 Cedar Rapids 5 Decatur 0 Clinton 3 Bloomington 1 Red Island 11 Peoria 4 in a spread out slate.
In the Iowa League results Waterloo beat Jacksonville 9 to 1 while Ottumwa defeated Keokuk 10 inings. Burlington topped Oskaloosa 6 to 1 and Marshalltown tied Quincy as no game was played.
The piece explains oyster aging by shell growth. It compares age indicators to teeth and tree rings, noting six months equals a dime size, one year a silver half dollar, and two years a silver dollar circumference. It says oysters age best at four to five years and planters protect beds to that age.
A speaker urges residents to take pride in La Crosse and revive river commerce on the Mississippi. He compares the river to the Rhine in beauty but insists on homegrown praise and continuous cultivation of natural advantages to grow the city and personal prosperity.
The article explains glue is not a fixed substance but a product of transformations from hides, bones, sinews, and other animal parts. It discusses processes from liming and drying to boiling, the role of bone stock and hoof glues, rabbit glue, pig stock glue, isinglass, and the influence of animal age, plus cautions about mislabeling and quality in the industry.
Comic dialogue caption from Optical Review showing a couple's doubt about disruption. The man notes uncertainty may arise in a pinch, while the woman fears distance between them. A brief period-piece exchange captures cautions about love integrity under pressure.
Daily operations run except Sunday with Sunday only trains at C B Q depot. All trains arrive and depart from the same depot per schedule. Local riders advised to check updated timing and platform info for disruptions.
Appleton's essay argues soil is a tiny, humanly significant film of earth's crust. It compares mineral wealth to soil and explains oceans and air dwarf the soil in planetary scale, noting soil supports plants and human life.
Opinion lines celebrate free expression and political engagement. The text highlights phrases about the coming man, bright versus right, and the republic’s endurance through dissent.
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