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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1907
Page
19
Chicago markets open with mixed wheat corn oats and meat futures. Wheat July to Dec and May futures show fractional gains while corn and oats hover near unchanged. Pork and lard futures edge up with May and Jan series cited alongside Minneapolis quotes.
Help Wanted male learn barber trade several weeks completion. 60 chairs busy licensed instructors tools diplomas granted wages Saturdays positions waiting demand for grads write for catalogue Maler Barber College Chicago Ill. Wanted non union pressmen feeders address Typothetae Omaha Nebr. Wanted ten skilled cabinet makers and stair builders good wages steady work year round apply Segelke Kohlhaus Mfg Co.
Help Wanted Female a WANTED Young girl to help in light housework Two in family Must come well recommended In quire at Bion Theatre upstairs WANTED Competent girl for general housework Best wages 226 North Seventh LADIES Make money selling guaranteed Silks direct from rooms any length One third saved xpress prepaid Write for information Lenox Silk Works Brunswick Bldg N Y WANTED Middle aged lady for light housekeeping Gem Restaurant 51214 Main street WANTED Girl at 232 South Eighth street
Multiple classifier style notices advertise items for sale including a snap 5 HP wood sawing machine at a cheap price, a Fox terrier pup, grocery stock and fixtures, a Victor Talking Machine, a buffalo coat, a small hard coal heater, sheet metal drafting course, and household furniture. Addresses included: 828 South Third Street, 201 State Street, 407 South Ninth, 1726 Winnebago Street, 420 Jackson, and 9851 Old. Reason given for some sales: leaving the city for balance of winter.
Multiple rental notices list furnished and unfurnished rooms and houses in various streets. Inquiries reference J G Jackel 1100 South Sixth, Cameron Ave 11, modern 10 room house on South Ninth, South Tenth and Eleventh precincts, and furnace heat options. Read Tribune wants.
Dissolution of the Cohen Lambert partnership leaves Dr. Cohen at 429 South Fifth Street with Mrs I N Cohen offering Electro-Therapy and high frequency treatments. Baggage and Express business listed. Job ads seek investors, branch offices, and a local sales manager. Various notices include wanted books, duplicates of The Tribune, and optical services at 310 Pearl Street. Gasoline wood sawing offered by J B Alexander at 915 South Fifth Street.
For rent on ground floor with five rooms, partly modern. Inquire at 723 Ferry.
Cut rates on household goods to Pacific Coast and other points. Superior service at reduced rates. The Boyd Transfer Co., Minneapolis, Minn.
A note urges readers to consider taking out a tornado policy this season. It cites C. S. Van Auken at 328 Pearl Street as a contact for the policy inquiry.
Delivery notice lists milk cream and buttermilk services. Includes name Joseph Beutler and address 721 South Fourth Street with new and old phone numbers 468A and 9674.
Liverpool opening and London crop forecasts show higher grains with wheat up 1d to 1% and corn up 4d. U.S. hogs receipts 53,000, cattle 25,000 steady, sheep 38,000 weak. World shipments list American, Argentine, Australian and global grain totals. London and Liverpool close prices and weekly changes recorded.
Houston Fillmore County Medical association held its annual convention December 12 in Caledonia with clinics at Caledonia hospital a luncheon for doctors and talks on topics from skull fractures to medicine in society Dr Browning presided for four years and declined re election Dr Dunn of Wycoff was elected president A. Porter Levert Hanson and J E Redding posted $1000 bonds for bail in separate assault case Mills returned home after arraignment and bail set for grand jury action
A Greek man named Literas in Baltimore ordered the exporting firm Gill & Fisher to buy 1,500,000 bushels of wheat and ship it to Athens, referencing Brown Bros. of New York. If filled, the shipment would require five steamers to carry the grain.
Market prices steady over Sunday with a small decline in wholesale egg prices per case on the track. Good egg receipts cited as cause. turkeys for Christmas coming in. Also lists creamery and dairy prices, eggs per dozen, flour, grain, livestock and produce notes with prices from local firms.
The War Department plans a national artillery range east of Sparta, bringing potential wealth to Col. R. B. McCoy, Monroe County judge and Wisconsin National Guard inspector. He owns several thousand acres between Sparta and Tunnel City on the surveyors’ track. Congress has earmarked 150000 for land purchase. final approval rests with Congress. About 10000 acres may be needed, with McCoy having acquired land via tax titles.
In a historic broadside, the Northwest is hailed as a coming empire. The piece cites 1909 field trips by John Doe, railroad expansion, and the belief that rich farms, mines, and cattle will flood to new markets. It argues railroads unlock value from desert to grain fields, promising homes and wealth for millions.
Daily schedules and service notes appear in a blurred clipping item. The snippet mentions daily operation with exceptions for Sundays and Saturdays, indicating timetable variations and possible service gaps on the weekend.
Daily paper notes that on Sundays only two trains arrive and depart from the Central Bank and Yard point in La Crosse area rail service.
An excerpt lists Green Bay and Western Railroad details with routes between Green Bay and Winona, showing W. C. Modiset as General President and Passenger Agent in Bay Wis.
Insomnia is described as contagious among infants, while stage money is said to be the sole kind that speaks, with the real thing arriving as quietly as a gumshoe politician.
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