Classified ads excerpt from a Southern Minnesota town
A series of local for sale notices including a drug store for sale due to owner aging, a barber shop with pool tables, a six room house with barn at 1230 Denton Street, and a factory building in demand. Also listed are a small national cash register for sale, reduced rate freight offers, room rentals sought, and two lost dogs with contact details.
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Minnesota
Care la Crosse Tribune
Henry Pierce
Chaseburg
Wis
Denton Street
North Tenth
Otto Lee
Geo. B. Marvin
Clinton Street
Small National Cash Register
South Third
For Rent Two Heated Rooms at 618 Modern City
Two heated rooms available for rent at 618 Modern City. Contact for details and terms.
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Tribune
Gasoline Wood Sawing Services Ad
Local ad lists gasoline powered wood sawing at 1507 South Tenth Street with contact numbers 3868 and 1421 A for service inquiries and bookings.
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South Tenth Street
Lost purse reported by bank patron with reward
A small lost purse containing $7 and a gent’s vest job and a letter with an owner’s name. Return to Katie Zarwell at Exchange State Bank or 821 King for a liberal reward.
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Katie Zarwell
Exchange State Bank
King
Money to Loan on Furniture and Diamonds
La Crosse Léon Co. offers loans secured by furniture pianos and diamonds at 320 Main Street. Short-term advances with flexible terms available through the local lender.
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la Crosse Léon Co
Main Street
Livestock prices slip at Union Stock Yards IL
Hogs receipts 36 000 market slow weak mixed and butchers 7 25 to 7 70 good heavy 7 45 to 7 72 rough heavy 7 25 to 7 45 light 7 20 to 7 65 pigs 5 25 to 7 25. Cattle receipts 7 000 market quiet and weak bevels 5 70 to 11 00 cows and heifers 4 35 to 7 65 stockers and feeders 4 35 to 17 65 Texan 4 40 to 5 75 calves 6 50 to 10 50. Sheep receipts 45 000 market weak native 3 75 to 4 65 western 4 00 to 4 65 lambs 5 75 to 7 75 western 5 75 to 7 75.
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Union Stock Yards
Western
Ill
Livestock Prices at Union Stock Yards Illinois
Hogs receipts 28 000 market slow with mixed bids and butcher prices from 7 40 to 7 87 heavy hogs. Cattle receipts 5 300 market strong with beeves 5 35 to 11 00 and cows and heifers 2 70 to 7 10. Sheep receipts 50 000 market steady native 3 30 to 4 35 western 3 50 to 4 30 lambs 0 20 to 7 25 western 5 30 to 7 25.
Daily Markets Butter Eggs and Groceries
Wholesale quotes show Creamery butter 37 to 38c, dairy butter 33 to 34c, eggs fresh 20c, seconds 23.6c. Fruit and vegetables include bananas 1.60 to 3.00 per bunch, lemons up to 7.00 per box, pears and apples priced by barrel or basket, and cranberries 7.25 per barrel. Livestock lists hogs 6.75 to 7.16, steers 3.00 to 5.50, cows 2.00 to 4.45, lambs 4.50 to 5.00, poultry 9 to 14c, lard 13 to 13 1 2c, hams 15 to 16 2c, bacon 18c to 22c, and dried beef 18c to 20c. Cheese prices include various full cream brick and Swiss varieties from 17c to 22c.
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John C. Burns
Cape Cod
Wis
Jonathans
Ben Davies
Langdon & Boyd Packing Co
Hawley Com. Co
Sarah Mi Uoman
Gramm Thomas-Phalon Co
Hy. Anderegg
English Stump Speech From Old Briney Satire
A London Globe correspondent records a frenzied stump speech filled with brash borrowing from government relief terms. The speaker mocks diminishing wages and a small loaf while urging action against “devil-ution” and “local anatomy” with fervent crowd approval.
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London Globe
Suffolk village crisis over woman teacher appointment
Earl Stonham in Suffolk faces an education dispute as villagers demand a male schoolmistress. The appointed woman has been told she is de trop, though she may teach temporarily pending a conference with the educational committee in London Globe report.
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Earl Stonham
Suffolk
de Trop
London Globe
Elderly Isle of Wight family records 387 years
A family of five on the Isle of Wight lives on the old age pension. Three brothers and two sisters total 387 years, with Mrs Ann Harris of Cowes aged 84 as the veteran and Mr Robert Butt of Niton at 72 as the youngest. A refrigerator is praised for cold storage yet criticized as inspiration.
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Isle of Wight
Ann Harris
Cowes
Robert Butt
Niton
Stock Market Opens Moderately Active With Mixed Early Gains
New York stocks opened with small advances led by Southern Pacific at 108 and 109½. American Can fell to 33⅓ after dividend news as market weakened by late morning and afternoon, closing weak with minor gains in select commodities including eggs cheese potatoes and poultry.
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New York
Southern Pacific
New York Money Rates on Dec 4
Money on call 6 44 percent. Time money 5 percent for six months. Bar silver London 24 3 4d. New York 63 5 1 4 cents. Demand sterling 4 84 55.
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New York
London
Kansas City Stock Market Report Prices by Commodity
Cattle receipts 7,000, market slow to weaker with steers 7.00 to 9.50, cows and heifers 3.50 to 8.00, stockers and feeders 3.50 to 8.00, calves 4.00 to 9.50. Hogs receipts 15,000, market steady with bulk 7.50 to 7.70, heavies 7.65 to 7.75, mediums 7.65 to 7.70, lights 7.00 to 7.60. Sheep receipts 8,000, market steady to strong with lambs 7.00 to 7.65, ewes 6.00 to 6.50, wethers and yearlings 4.00 to 4.75.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock Prices at Union Stock Yards
Hogs receipts 38,000 market slow with butchers 7.25 to 7.65, heavy 7.45 to 7.67, light 7.20 to 7.60, pigs 5.25 to 7.15. Cattle receipts 19,000 market slow beeves 5.60 to 10.90, cows 2.70 to 7.45, stockers 4.35 to 7.65, calves 6.50 to 10.25. Sheep receipts 25,000 market strong natives 3.65 to 4.65, western 3.90 to 4.60, lambs 5.75 to 7.65, western 5.75 to 7.60.
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Chicago Livestock Union Stock Yards
Chicago Produce Prices Reported
Chicago markets report butter extras at 36 and firsts at 34 cents per pound with dairy exchanges active. Prices reflect early December trading and indicate steady demand for dairy products in the Chicago area.
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Chicago
Grain quotes from Chicago and Minneapolis markets
Minneapolis barley trades 40 to 58 cents and flax around 1.26 to 1.27 dollars per bushel as arrivals are noted. Chicago cash grain lists wheat and corn prices with No 2 red at 1.00 to 1.03 dollars and various corn types around 46 to 56 cents, oats from 31 to 34 cents, and May quotes at about 9.87 to 9.95.
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Minneapolis
Chicago
Duluth
Atlantic City
St Paul
Boston
la Crosse
Boise
Madison Charleston
Denver
New York
Memphis
Kansas City
Wheat and Corn Prices Firm Amid Mixed North Atlantic News
In Chicago trading, wheat for current delivery edged higher as stable demand countered bearish Liverpool cables and Argentina crop talk. December corn shorts showed strong activity with firm prices. oats held firm after a slight dip. provisions firmed, closing near or above yesterday.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Argentina
Hadden Co Promotes Grain and Financial Services
E G Hadden Co advertises grain and prov, puts and calls services with Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce ties and a La Crosse office at 417 McMillan Building. N E Wheaton is manager, contact via Old 345 and New 982 phones.
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E. G. Hadden CO
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
la Crosse
McMillan Building
N. E. Wheaton
Quotable Verse on Human Potential by Phillips Brooks
A reflective quotation notes that each high achievement signals the broader nature’s possibility and urges the individual to remain devoted to the shining movement and duty. It emphasizes personal contribution as part of a larger moral progress.
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Phillips Brooks
Child tests divine power with dead cat
A mother recalls her son Little Fred repeating a plea to God to mend a dead cat. Frustrated after three attempts, he declares he will not speak to God again, illustrating a child's blunt grasp of prayer and obedience.
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Little Fred
L Nathenson & Co buys furs and hides at Pearl Street
L Nathenson and Co offers payment for raw furs and hides by quality. Prices range from No 1 cowhides and calf hides to horsehides and various fur species including grey and red foxes Minks muskrats and bees wax with per unit and per pound rates listed.
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