Calls for Reform in Government Departments and Health Bureau
The speaker urges reorganization of the Lighthouse Board under a civil bureau, consolidation of bureaus of manufactures and statistics, and creation of a national public health bureau with a dedicated hospital service. He also presses antiprostitution funding, stronger federal action against the white slave trade, and regulations on political campaign contributions. The address covers civil service needs, Freedman’s Savings claims, and plans for a semicentennial Negro freedom exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce and Labor
Lighthouse Board
Department and Labor
Army
Navy
Bureau
Milanal
Med
U of Public Health
Abu- Tam
Erul
Congress
Freedman's Savings and Trust Company
South
High Cost of Living in Taft Address
William Howard Taft discusses rising living costs as the nation enjoys prosperity and farm harvests. He cites gold’s role, population growth, and living standards, noting price increases occur despite tariffs and reflect factory and farm goods with little or reduced tariff protection. The White House remarks date December 7, 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Taft
Privateering roots in Edwardian era naval practice
Privateering began under King Edward I as a wartime method, with commissions enabling privately owned vessels to wage sea hostilities. As navies were weak, nations relied on merchant ships to fight, and England set a pattern soon adopted across Europe turning licensed merchantmen into practical pirates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward I
England
Europe
Help Wanted and For Rent notices from La Crosse area
Classified tidbits list multiple help wanted posts and rental offers. Include male help for molders, pattern makers, and electrical line workers, plus horse shoer. several for rent including furnished rooms, a manufacturing site, a house with modern amenities, and offices. Various company names and addresses appear, such as Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Minneapolis and Oscillating Sleigh Co Menominee along with Tribune office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Achitectural Iron Works
Flour City Ornamental Iron Works
Minneapolis
Minn
Taxpayers warned as 1909 La Crosse taxes due
Notice from City Treasurer George W Young sets tax due date before January 30 1910 with December 20 1909 deadline for personal taxes. Taxpayers asked to bring lot and land descriptions. Also sheriff William Duncan cites a January 25 1910 property sale following a November 1909 judgment in a partition and sale case involving Jane Roberts and multiple defendants in La Crosse Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Tribune
The
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
State of
P. S
Geo. W. Young
State OF Wisconsin
Iin Circuit Court
Jane Roberts
Emanuel Roberts
R. M. Roberts
John Roberts
E. Frank Roberts
Reuben Jones
Deborah James
Harry Jones
E. N. Jones
Robert Davis
Chicago and North Western R. R. Co
Burns
William Duncan
Local Markets Inactive Today With Wide Price Listings
Local market notes show no changes this morning with prices firm across categories. Commodities include lemons 5.50, oranges 3.50, cabbage 1.50 per crate, potatoes 0.40 per bushel, celery 0.25 per dozen, onions 0.80 per bushel, grapes as listed, and meats/eggs with bread and flour quotations from regional suppliers. Chicago livestock figures recap steady cattle hogs sheep with price ranges from major markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Burns
Valencia
Hallowell
Col
Elbertas
Concord
Malaga
Virginias
Patel
Adno
Listman Milling Co
Ice Cream & Butter Co
Americas
Thoma & Phalon
Langdon & Boyd Packing Co
Shouiggrook
Hay
Tame
Perton
Hawley Com. Co
Comparative Markets These Quotations Show the Geni al Trend
Chicago market report of December 6 shows cattle receipts at 25 000 with strong values for beef cattle and heavy range as Texas and west feeders command high prices. Hogs receipts 23 000 up 10 cents with ranges from 7.85 to 8.55 for lighter and mixed hogs. Sheep receipts 20 000 up ten cents with natives lambs and western offerings priced from 3 to 7.85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Texas
Western
General Commission
Iran
Livestock prices and grain market activity across Chicago
Cattle and hog totals show large slaughter volumes with steady to varied prices across categories. Wheat futures rise on Argentina data and Northwest strike news, with corn and oats following a mixed early strength and late softening amid profit taking and larger hog receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Argentina
Northwest
Foreign Markets Stocks Open With Small Trading
New York stocks opened with little activity and uneven moves. Reading, Western Union and steel common gained about a point as the market firmed through the morning. Government bonds held steady while traders waited for the president’s message and noon trading noted dullness before a modest rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Union
Kansas City Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Kansas City Mo December market results show cattle receipts 13000 with steady prices native steers 4.75 to 7.50 southern steers 4.60 to 5.75 cows range 2.50 to 6.50 stockers 3.15 to 5.50 western cows 2.75 to 4.50. Hogs receipts 10000 steady with bulk 8.00 to 8.30 heavy 8.20 to 8.35 packers 8.10 to 8.35 light 7.75 to 8.20 pigs 6.75 to 7.50. Sheep receipts 8000 steady muttons 4.25 to 5.75 lambs 6 to 8 range wethers 4 to 6.85 yearlings 4 to 6.85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Texas
Western
Kansas City
Chicago Produce Market Report Prices Dec 7
Chicago wholesale prices for eggs butter cheese and potatoes are listed with ranges. Eggs at 29 34c for firsts and other classifications. butter at 24 33c. cheese Twins 16 16 to 164c. potatoes 40 to 45c. live poultry with turkeys 16c fowls to 13144c and ducks 12 to 13c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grernays
Govess
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Bureaus of Manufactures and Statistics
Ihis
Bureau of Health
United States Civil Service Commission
House of Representatives
United States
Freedman’s Savings and Trust Com
Pany
la Crosse News Co
Main Street
Menominee
Wis
Central Station
Navy Trade School
Navy Recruiting Office
MOLER
Moler Barber College
Ill
Fab. Imp. Co
Farnam Street
la Crosse Can C
Eagle Hotel
L. B. Spell
Galesville
W. S. Wadleigh
North Sixth Street
Iowa Colony
Wyoming
M. H. Hartung
Cheyenne
Wyo
Walnut
Iowa
L. J. Neff
Cole
South Ninth Street
Remington
Thomas & Phalon
Rose Street
W. T. Hartley
A. Ruhoff
Oliver Typewriter
la Crosse Cooperage Co
South Fifth
Front Street
South Tenth
Third Street
Fw South
South Eighth
Jackson Street
N. 1Th Street
Fred Dittman
7Th St
Newphone
Arenz Shoe Store
Pearl Street
Tribune Co
Main
Oh Ik
State Street
Richards
Wisconsin Pearl Button Co
G. P. Tribune
P. O
Richards’ Tannery
Farnam
16Th Street
C. H
Sixteenth
Badger
Insurance
Co. S. van Auken
la Crosse Mortgage & Loan Co
H. W. Barker
Sparta
Rams
Well Book Store
D. Drummond
Sperintendents
Schick & Roth—Batavian Bank
Telephone 390
Weis Book Store
Pacific Coast
Boyd Transfer Co
Minneapolis,Minn
Latamore & Hiler
Merchant Police
Pearl
Fessler & Dahl
South Third Street
L. P. Cordell’s
the Handy Man
Morris & Hartwell
Plaintiff
Crocker
Phillips Drug Co
Warren
E. M. Young
C. L. Lien
North la Crosse
C.F. Klein
Room
Sillicus
Grair
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