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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1916
Page
9
Classified notices and house listings from the La Crosse Tribune feature jobs for a middle aged woman and a neat housekeeper on a farm, plus rentals, sales, and land in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Include ad requests for cleaners, laundry workers, and dressmaking services with several addresses and contact details.
New York stocks rose early as United States Steel and Atlantic Gulf & West Indies led gains, copper prices firmed on Anaconda, but the market closed weak after British and French cabinet uncertainties unsettled traders. Money rates held steady with provisions and grains mixed in early trading.
Rome dispatch reports a practically overwhelming parliamentary vote in favor of the present government and its conduct of the war, showing strong political support on Saturday.
In Milwaukee on December 11 a 23 year old jitney driver, David Bersansky, shot his wife Alvina, 21, through the neck while she sat beside him in the car. He then shot himself in the head and both bodies were found hours later by roadhouse keeper Louis Larson at a road junction outside the city.
Washington reports a booming shipbuilding industry with 1,966 vessels of 488,,416 gross tons constructed in the United States from January to November. Foreign orders added 49 ships totaling 33,637 gross tons.
Gov. George Clark of Iowa announced support for a law limiting how long food may be held in cold storage. He said the high cost of living question might be included in his message to the Legislature if a feasible solution appears.
Cattle receipts around 15 000 with steers 6 to 12 dollars, cows and heifers 5 to 10 50, stockers 5 50 to 196 50, calves 6 59 to 11. Hogs receipts nearly 20 000 with prices 9 35 to 10 05, bulk 9 50 to 9 95, lambs 11 75 to 12 80, ewes 7 50 to 8 50, stockers 6 to 12.
Chicago reports Monday hogs closing 5 to 1 cent higher with top at 10.20 and Tuesday’s outlook at 42,000. Cattle steady with beeves up to 12.60, calves to 13.25. sheep strong to 1 cent higher, lambs to 13.00. Receipts: hogs 62,000. cattle 28,000. sheep 22,000.
Butter creamery extras 37c extra firsts 35 1 2 to 36c firsts 33 to 35c seconds 31 to 32c. Eggs ordinaries 35 to 36c firsts 37c. Cheese Twins 25 1 4c Young Americas 26 1 4 to 26 1 2c. Live poultry fowls 12 1 2 to 16 1 2c ducks 16c geese 16c springs 17 1 2c turkeys 20c. Potatoes receipts 25 cars Minnesota and Wisconsin white stock 1 1 2 to 1 6 0 fancy Westerns 1 6 0 to 1 7 0.
Prices in recent market notes show cash barley trading from 90 cents to 1.23 dollars per unit, Rye No. 2 at 1.43 dollars, Timothy hay from 3.25 to 5.00 dollars, and Clover hay ranging 12.00 to 17.00 dollars.
Chicago markets show mixed grain quotes with Wheat No 2 red at 1 65 to 1 73 dollars and Corn No 2 yellow at ic to in various grades. Oats No 3 white 53 to 54 cents and No 4 white at 53 to 54 cents, standard 54 to 54 cents.
Chicago Grain Review reports wheat reversing a sharp Monday start as free offerings increased. December fell 2 cents from the opening to 1.65, May down 21 4 cents to 1.75 1/2, and July down 13 44 cents to 1.48 1/4. Corn opened higher but then leveled off.
Wholesale oranges bananas lemons potatoes onions cranberries grapes and apples dominate. Livestock prices list cattle calves hogs heifers and spring lambs with per head ranges. Market quotes reflect Hav Haw Hawley Co Hy Anderegg and Listman Mill Co pricing across commodities and storage eggs butter cheese and grain components.
New York December 11 Cotton futures fell sharply, breaking 116 to 138 points as trading sped to close. The week’s decline widened to about 50 points per bale, with losses near $12.50 on the bale. The drop followed the government crop report estimating about 11,511,000 bales.
A brief aphorism notes that lasting marriage hinges on listening. It emphasizes practical virtue over charm and suggests listening as essential to marital happiness.
In La Crosse County Wisconsin the County Court will hold a term on January 2 1917 at 10 o clock A M to hear Georgia West administratrix of Julian Wests estate. The proceeding seeks final account settlement assignment of residue and inheritance tax determination.
Notice of application to county court in La Crosse County Wisconsin in probate. John Henry Schild, administrator of Elizabeth Schild late of Shelby Town, requests settlement and allowance of his final account as administrator. Hearing set for 1917 at 10 o clock A M before County Judge Morris Hartwell Holmes. Union Sales Com.
Classified notes list rental options in Shreveport Louisiana with furnished rooms and light housekeeping. Includes address 627 Vine Street and a date stamp 12 11 26. Also mentions railway jobs for firemen brakemen beginners and pay of 120 monthly. Blacksmith partner advert asks half stock and tools, O B Lincoln Hillsboro Wisconsin. Upright piano for sale rosewood case read bargain 125 South Fifth 1351 R 12 11 12.
Special Assistant Attorney General George W. Anderson departs for Cleveland and Chicago to oversee the grand jury inquiry into the high cost of living. He takes evidence he says shows vicious collusion among food speculators across the middle west.
Martin Beck and his daughter Miss Bessie Beck left at noon Monday for Eau Claire after receiving word of the sudden death of Peter Beck a former La Crosse resident and son of Mr Beck He was 44 and survived by a widow and a son No details of his death were provided in the message
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