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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
18
Rates listed for classified want ads include one half cent per word per insertion with a minimum fifteen cents. A monthly rate of fifty cents per line is charged for standing ads with at least three tires accepted under this rate. Telephones provided to place ads before noon for same day insertion. Both phones 3 TM.
Classified items list multiple rental inquiries at 1531 and 1533 George street with contacts Marvin and Dubraxs, a day labor request, and a lost item notice. The page also contains extensive daily markets with wholesale prices for Oysters Celery Cider Craverries Lemons Oranges Grapes Apples and livestock and dairy products quoted by several firms.
New findings show height rises more in warm months while weight falls then. Women often grow taller longer than men, adding up to an inch after age twenty five, especially around motherhood or similar conditions, sometimes beyond age thirty.
A New York Times note describes a small South Street cafe run by a so-called Frenchman who speaks only Yiddish. Signs promise items such as coffee and plane for five cents and coffee with soup for ten, plus coffee bread and butter with children for fifteen, all poorly spelled and seldom supplied.
A proposal questions setting aside one country as a repository for world art. It accuses Providence of using American millionaires to move European treasures to this nation.
New York stock market opened dull but steady. Convertible issues lose favor as Consolidated Gas convertibles sell hard, dipping below the prior low. Afternoon traders report lighter sales and a generally dull, firm tone. Money on call at 3 4 percent, six month loans at 4 percent, prime mercantile 4 4 1 2 to 5 percent. Bar silver London unchanged, New York 49 1 2 cents. Demand sterling at 4 87.
Hogs receipts 45 000 market dull 15 to 20 cents lower mixed and butchers 6 70 to 7 25 good heavy 6 75 to 7 20 rough heavy 6 65 to 6 75 light 6 60 to 7 20 Pigs 5 25 to 7 25 Cattle receipts 4 000 market slow steady beeves 5 70 to 11 cows and heifers 3 25 to 8 50 Texans 5 65 to 6 85 calves 6 50 to 9 25 Sheep receipts 15 000 market slow native 5 30 to 6 40 western 5 40 to 6 40 lambs 6 50 to 8 50 western 6 75 to 8 60
Cattle receipts 1,500 with steady to strong demand. Steers 5.50 to 11.25, cows and heifers 4.50 to 9.00, stockers and feeders 6.00 to 8.25, calves 6.00 to 10.00. Hogs receipts 5,000, 10 to 15 cents lower. bulk 6.80 to 7.05, heavy 6.90 to 7.05, medium 6.85 to 7.10, light 6.75 to 7.00. Sheep receipts 4,000, lambs 7.75 to 8.60, ewes 4.50 to 5.50, stockers and feeders 3.75 to 7.25.
Chicago market report shows Butter Ex and dairy ex tras at 27 to 32 cents for firsts and seconds. Eggs prime firsts 33 to 34 cents, ordinary 28 to 30 1 2 cents. Cheese Twins 14 1 4 to 14 1 2 cents. Potatoes receipts 27 cars with Wisconsin whites 35 to 43 cents, red 35 to 45 cents. Live poultry prices listed for fowls ducks geese chicks and turkeys.
Chicago cash grain prices list No 2 red wheat at 1.16 1/4 to 1.16 3/4, No 2 yellow corn at 63 1/4 to 63 3/4 cents, No 2 white corn 64 1/4 cents, oats and other grades shown with small bid ranges.
Wheat edged higher on bullish foreign news and cold weather in the winter belt. Corn rose slightly as use for feeding corn may drop. Oats gained on broad strength, while provisions fell then rallied but closed mixed with futures easing.
The brief shows wheat, corn, and oats futures with December and May positions and varied high and low quotes. Notable figures include wheat at 115 to 120, corn around 69, and oats near 17.85 to 17.92 with highs around 121 and lows near 62 to 63 percent readings.
Hog receipts total 36000 with slow market and 15 cent lower. fat butchers 6.80 to 7.50. good heavy 6.90 to 7.40. rough heavy 6.80 to 6.90. light 6.75 to 7.55. pigs 5.25 to 7.40. Cattle receipts 7500 with slow market and steady tone. beeves 5.70 to 16.85. cows and heifers 3.25 to 8.50. Texans 5.65 to 6.85. calves 6.50 to 9.25. Strong native 5.20 to 6.10. western 5.25 to 6.75. lambs 6.30 to 8.40. western 6.75 to 8.50.
Hog receipts 48 000 with market prospects 10c lower. Mixed and butchers 6.50 to 6.95. Good heavy 6.60 to 6.95. Rough heavy 6.50 to 6.60. Light 6.20 to 6.80. Pigs 3.50 to 6.25. Cattle quiet, steady with beeves 5.60 to 10.10. Cows and heifers 3.25 to 8.60. Texans 5.80 to 6.90. Calves 7.00 to 10.00. Sheep receipts 20 000 with market slow to steady. Native 5.20 to 6.25. Western 5.30 to 6.25. Lambs 6.50 to 9.00. Western lambs 6.75 to 9.00.
A four year old named Harry fears thunder but shows care in a storm by climbing into his mother’s bed and hugging her neck while declaring he would protect her. The tale highlights childlike courage and affection during a frightful night event.
A Chicago Tribune snippet describes a busty aunt dusting a room in a suffragist cap. Buddie, five, comments that she would make a schwell fort, adding a lighter wartime image to the scene.
Dewey the La Crosse Rescue Mission superintendent leaves tonight for St. Paul to spend Sunday with Peter MacFarlin, head of the St. Paul Rescue Mission.
Essay excerpt emphasizes balanced study. It argues that study of people without moral insight yields only material knowledge, while study of books without reflection yields only soul without form. It advocates adding observation and self-scrutiny to reach true knowledge.
La Crosse County Hunting and Fishing association plans its venison banquet for December 17 at the Y M C A. Governor-elect Emanuel L Philipp will deliver the principal address and Dr A T Rasmussen is booked to speak along with other speakers. Venison will be served.
A bemused observer notes the irony as a man delays a decision despite lacking any firm reasoning or direction. The remark reflects on indecision and the puzzled tone of those watching.
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