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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1905
Page
7
For sale a half acre? farm with fifty acres broken and modern improvements. Includes telephone and school on farm with free rural delivery. Located at Mound Prairie one mile from the station. Respond to C. C. Eberhardt Caledonia Mina.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society and the state of New York seek a full court investigation into the society's directors and officers. Forty-nine directors admit some improper acts, disclose loans to Depew Improvement and Mercantile Trust, deny collective knowledge of excess salaries, and place blame on individual officers rather than the board.
The document states the Broadway premises were let to Mercantile Safe Deposit Co at inadequate rent but denies that listed individuals were stockholders or directors at the time. It notes Equitable Society bought Missouri Safe Deposit shares at 250 per share of par 100, admits loans to agents, and assigns possible officer misjudgment without proof of willful wrongdoing. It also covers the Western National Bank consolidation loss and ongoing Depew company investigation.
In Cincinnati George Wolfel, a discharged machinist, shot Richard C. Stewart of Stewart Ironworks Covington. Stewart survived. Wolfel was deemed insane, released, then cut his throat after renewed mental disturbance following a quarrel with his wife.
G Dun and Company reports in New York that autumn merchandise distribution is early and forward business is heavy. Retail trade remains steady as jobbers note depleted stocks and few payment disputes. Manufacturing centers show near full capacity, with contracts exceeding those of 1904 and crop prospects boosting optimism. weekly failures rise to 190 in the United States, 27 in Canada.
Mrs. Laura Oxford, 32, escaped from her niece and leaped from a Burlington train on the Hads bridge near St. Louis after claiming to want water. The train halted and she vanished into the river. authorities have not recovered her body. Nervous trouble is listed as the cause.
Excur sion tickets will be sold August 28 to 31 inclusive with favorable return limits on account of the Annual Convention National Firemen s Association. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
Tickets via the North Western Line offered at reduced rates from August 21 to 25 with return by August 26. Agents of Chicago and North Western Ry. handle sales.
A witty note suggests turning every difficulty into a chance for a small advertising venture. The idea invites readers to list their challenges and test if a modest ads effort could convert them into opportunities.
A cautious saver with a few hundred dollars is advised to monitor real estate ads closely, as a wary buyer watches for favorable listings and potential bargains.
Cole Younger led the Quantrell gorillas reunion in Independence Missouri with Jim Cummins and other survivors in attendance. In Lewistown Montana Samuel Studzinski a fur buyer was found beaten to death with K C 17 marked on a card. in Washington Clara Hay seeks probate of John Hay will valued over 250000.
The forecast covers Illinois Indiana Lower Michigan and Wisconsin with fair and warmer conditions and southeast winds. Iowa is also fair and warmer with fresh southeast to south winds expected tonight.
Chicago prices show wheat corn oats and pork and lard futures with mixed highs lows and closes. Hogs cattle and sheep futures and cash ranges noted. East Buffalo market reports steady hogs and varied cattle and sheep quotations with calf values listed.
Reduced fare excursion tickets to the county fair in Galesville Wisconsin via the North Western Line are on sale August 28 29 30 31 with return travel allowed through September 1. Tickets available from Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
San Francisco officials refute a Honolulu dispatch claiming attempts were made to influence Mrs. Stanford death autopsy witnesses. Attorney Wilson says Wood & Day sought 150 dollars, paid, and all physicians involved have been compensated. He calls the alleged effort to alter statements ridiculously absurd.
A Hastings telegraph reports eighteen found dead or missing after the Berwind and Tabasco flood. Six bodies recovered include a woman and a six month old child. miners Harry O Neal and Charles Rieboldt are among the dead. Miss Fannie Floyd witnessed the flood and said residents had no warning as twenty five to thirty families lost all belongings in the arroyo. Wreckage lines the arroyo for miles.
The passage argues time and money should be valued equally, suggesting one could offer money freely to obtain a capable servant, clerk, or desirable house, or to fulfill a present need. It questions how much time one is willing to trade, perhaps just enough to read and respond to a few want ads.
La Crosse Wisconsin August 8 1905 20 cents A De Peaver Serkley Californiais notified under a contract dated September 6 1904 that 1710 principal and interest are due. If not paid by October 6 1995 certificates numbering 11974 to 11085 inclusive and 12480 12490 12504 transferred on September 9 1904 will be forfeited and become the property of the undersigned.
Excursion tickets available from all stations to Portland, Tacoma and Seattle daily and to California points on specified August, September dates with favorable return limits. Two fast trains to the Pacific Coast daily The Overland Limited and The California Express offer drawing room and tourist sleeping cars. For rates and tickets contact Chicago & North-Western agents.
The C. M. & St. P. Railway offers round trip excursion tickets to Dubuque for the Tri-State Fair from August 21 to 26 at 3.65 dollars. Sale dates are August 21 through 26 with return valid until August 28, 1905.
A frugal reminder counsels selling unused possessions to raise quick cash rather than borrowing from friends. It advises placing a simple For Sale ad to quickly turn forgotten belongings into money and preserve personal relationships.
An 1870s style ad promotes a patenteed Rocky Mountain Tea product from Homster Cave Company Madison Wis. The tablet claims to aid constipation indigestion liver and kidney issues pimples eczema impure blood bad breath sluggish bowels headaches and backaches for 35 cents a box targeting busy people.
A June timetable details La Crosse to Green Bay service with connections at Marshland Amherst Junction and Stevens Point. Westbound trains depart Green Bay at 7:00 am with intermediate stops. eastbound service from Merrillan reaches Green Bay around 6:15 pm. Daily Merrillan departures at 7:40 am and Winona returns at 5:00 pm provide additional links.
A dramatic notice frames a flood of human claims amid the Want Ads, asserting a surge of necessities shaping daily commerce and social life. The piece sketches a populous scene where needs drive listings, exchanges, and mutual obligation.
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