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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1916
Page
19
A scanned newspaper ad section advertises classified pricing and placement. Items include a blacksmith partnership request, barber college catalogs, job bids for barbers, rental listings for flats and rooms, and a sale of clothing and a vapor bath cabinet. Ads indicate half cent per word, minimums, and same day insertion via Tribune office phones.
New York stock market faced a fourth day of panic with heavy dumping led by Germany’s peace proposals. United States Steel dropped to 109 1/2 while overall volume neared 2.5 million shares as traders reeled from rapid price swings and widespread losses across desks.
Readable price list covers oysters, berries, apples, grapes, citrus, onions, cabbage, celery, potatoes, dairy, meats, and grain. Includes per gallon, per crate, per bushel, per hundred, and per ton quotes from suppliers and buyers. Data cites John C. Burns and Ay. Anderegg as market sources and lists multiple item categories with varied unit measures.
Hogs receipts 50 000 market slow and steady mixed and butchers 9 25 to 10 00 good to heavy 9 50 to 9 90 rough heavy 9 45 to 9 60 light 8 95 to 9 75 pigs 7 00 to 8 75 Cattle receipts 10 000 market weak beeves 6 90 to 12 60 cows and heifers 3 75 to 10 10 stockers and feeders 4 50 to 7 75 Texans 7 75 to 9 10 calves 9 25 to 12 55 Sheep receipts 16 000 market steady to strong native 8 75 to 9 75 western 9 00 to 9 75 native lambs 10 75 to 13 25 western lambs 11 00 to 13 25
Market slow for hogs with receipts around 52 000 and prices 9.35 to 10.20 for good to heavy. Pigs 7.00 to 8.80. Cattle receipts 8 000 with steady trend. beeves 7.00 to 12.75, cows and heifers 3.85 to 10.25, stockers 4.60 to 7.85, Texans 7.85 to 9.30, calves 9.50 to 13.25. Lambs 10.10 to 12.85.
A brief religious reflection cites Ecclesiastes Apocryphal on humility and restraint. It warns that rising in status invites humility and secrecy, and cautions against envy, curiosity, and vainglory.
The water used to boil pared potatoes is recommended to wash black silks. It stiffens fibers and adds gloss, producing a deeper black tone.
A moral maxim urges that saving in small matters prepares the mind to be liberal in larger ones, linking prudent thrift with generous conduct.
Hogs closed 5 to 10 cents higher with a top around eee. Cattle steady with beeves up to 12.20 and calves to 12.25. Sheep strong with native and western lambs reaching 11.00 to 13.35 and top sheep near 10.00. Receipts: hogs 36,000. cattle 3,000. sheep 9,000.
Kansas City receipts show cattle 700 with steady to varying prices across steers cows and heifers stockers and calves. Hogs receipts 5000, prices 9.70 to 10.15 with categories from heavy to light. Sheep 3000 with lambs 12 to 13.10, ewes 8 to 8.75 and stockers 6 to 12.30. Barley rye cash market listed with prices for barley rye timothy and clover. Chicago grain quotes list mixed corn oats in various No and white varieties with bid ranges.
Barley markets in Milwaukee show prices at or near 1.00 to 1.13 dollars for various No 3 and No 4 car lots with multiple bids and one rejection. Chicago Produce reports butter creamery extras at 37% cents, extra firsts 36% to 37.5 cents, firsts 33% to 35.5 cents, seconds 32 to 33 cents. eggs ordinary 35 to 36, firsts 37 to 38 cents. cheese twins 23 to 23.5 cents, Young Americas 23.5 to 24 cents. live poultry fowls 13 to 17 cents.
A playful instruction invites completing a dot-to-line puzzle starting at dot 1. The figure features a bird motif and the phrase Para-Com with a decorative caption guiding the path through all numbered points.
Dialogue from wartime trenches shows a soldier noting his partner looks cross and fearing homecoming. The exchange reveals anxiety about reunion after conflict and the lasting impact of war on civilians and soldiers alike.
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