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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1914
Page
11
Livestock market report from York shows hogs receipts about 40 000 with prices steady to 10 cents lower and range for hogs 4 50 to 7 00. Cattle receipts 18 000 with steady to 10 cent higher but some weakness. beeves 5 65 to 10 60. Sheep receipts 48 000 with prices down. natives 4 90 to 5 90, lambs 6 00 to 8 00. Grain figures show mixed corn oats and wheat with slight shifts.
A mother recalls buying a small electric flashlight for her child Bobby. During a family visit the toy is tested in greeting with a joke about an ear, prompting surprising laughter and a lesson on misused toys.
A subaltern undergoes a geography exam and proves astonishingly ignorant. After a glaring failure, the examiner scowls and asks, You want to defend your country and you don't know where it is. The blunt rebuke highlights the soldier's deficiency.
Market list shows prices for oysters, celery, cranberries, lemons, apples, oranges, grapes, cucumbers, onions, cheese, and beef products. Notable values include Florida oranges at 2.75 per box, Sunkist lemons at 4.30 per box, and beef cuts ranging from 0.11 to 0.22 per pound. Prices listed by various suppliers and cooperatives appear alongside farm and market names.
John Weidner and Noel Traversey landed 18000 pounds of carp and buffalo in Harper's Ferry Iowa on Saturday. The catch was sold at seven cents per pound in a Kansas City market where the fish were shipped.
Norden society at a meeting decided to stage its annual banquet and ball during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Ambrose Forsythe Nordahl Nystad and James Thompson were named to fix the date. The Elks club is the likely venue.
Esek Hopkins, named the first American navy admiral by the Continental Congress in 1775, served as commander-in-chief of the navy. He faced removal in 1777 for incompetency and died in 1802 in Providence Rhode Island, where a monument honors his memory.
A description of a kangaroo famed for a vast appetite claims it can consume as much grass as six sheep, illustrating its remarkable grazing capacity.
Foreign markets report strong opening in New York trading with Union Pacific up 1 2 percent over July 30 close and Canadian Pacific rising 3 percent. Activity centers at Steel and Southern Pacific, noon rally, readings firming later. market dull at close with no clear price direction and firmer readings for Reading and Lehigh Valley. Money on call 3 1/2 percent, time money 4 to 5 percent. bar silver London 23 pence, New York 49 1/2 cents.
Kansas City stockyard data show cattle receipts near 12000 with values from 5.50 to 10.75 for steers and 4.65 to 8.75 for cows and heifers. Hogs receipts about 13000 with prices 6.90 to 7.00 for bulk and up to 7.05 for medium. Sheep around 5000 with lambs from 7.80 to 8.40 and stockers 3.75 to 7.25.
Hogs receipts 20,000 with slow to steady trade and a range from 5.00 to 7.15 for pigs and 6.60 to 7.15 for rough heavy. Cattle receipts 8,000 with weak tone and price spread from 3.10 to 10.75 for cows, heifers and beeves. Sheep receipts 20,000 steady with native 5.25 to 6.49, western 5.40 to 6.50, lambs 6.50 to 8.60.
Chicago dairy and produce prices report from December 15 lists butter extras 32, firsts 30 1 2c, eggs 28 to 40c, cheese 14 1 4 to 14 3 4c, potatoes receipts 35 cars. Includes price ranges and shipment details for market day.
Chicago price quotes for wheat oats and corn as of December 15 show No 2 red wheat at 1.17 3 4 to 1.18 7 8 dollars per bushel and related bids for No 3 red hard spring and other grades. Oats list No 3 white at 48 1 2 to 48 3 4 cents and standard at 49 1 4 to 49 cents. Corn quotes include No 2 yellow 63 1 2 to 63 3 4 cents and No 2 white 64 to 64 1 4 cents with various other mixed grades priced between 61 3 4 and 63 1 2 cents.
Chicago today saw strong cables and higher northwest market prices lift wheat 34c at the open before a selling wave pulled it back to last night’s close. Corn and oats opened modestly higher then edged back to near close. Provisions rose sharply in forenoon on speculative buying with another wheat uptick in afternoon. corn and oats gains narrowed as provisions eased slightly.
The best vessels for storing apples are vented crates or baskets that allow airflow and handling to avoid bruising. During ripening sort fruit occasionally and remove those that decay or soften. Firm apples can be wrapped in newspaper and placed in ventilated crates baskets or barrels in a cool place for longer storage.
A buyer is offered a well kept house with a barn and two additional lots at a very low price. The seller emphasizes dirt cheap terms and a quick sale.
Madison December 15 The Wisconsin state board of canvassers tallied the United States senate race. Paul O Husting led with 134 925 votes to Governor McGoverns 133 966 a 959 vote majority. Umbrell for Gov McGovern asked that 176 be advanced to cover recount costs in Dane county and similar requests will be made in other counties involved.
Mr. Roswell C. Puckett of the high school faculty will discuss life in the Philippines at Congregational church this evening. He spent two years there in educational work and gathered hundreds of pictures showing native life, schools among tribes, athletic teams, houses, roads, and scenery.
The piece notes that many champions carried distinctive nicknames such as William Thompson known as Bendigo who won the 1835 championship. Bendigo inspired the Australian town Bendigo before residents renamed it Sandhurst, a change that failed to prevail.
Britain first imposed income tax in January 1799 during Pitt's finance effort. The levy faced stiff national opposition and was repealed after three years. Napoleon relied on it to fund campaigns, and it returned in fits until becoming an annual in 1842. Ireland endured without it until 1857.
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