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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1915
Page
11
Bangor Wisconsin notices list beef quarters offered by Dovey with quality based pricing from 6 to 9 1 2 percent, dressed hogs at 8 to 10 cents and hides paid 10 to 11 1 2 cents by quality. Also an exchange notice seeking young stock via H Surroughs with phone contact 1070 M and an office line 1115.
Gas range for sale at Halt Brice for 35 dollars and a wash machine for 10 dollars. Located at 1219 West Avenue South upstairs Relly. Inquire E H Derr by phone 785 M. Advertised on 12 18 21 with up to date Portland cutter information.
Classified ads list a college student seeking a work space for room and board before school and Saturdays. Other entries offer furnished rooms for light house keeping, a disclaimer of debt by a wife, power wood sawing, typewritten work, and farm help for a year. Also notice about gasoline engines and engineering equipment. Listings include Keefe Business College City Ella Jennings King Street and C. Co. Chris Hanson South Seventh.
Public stenographer service advertised with dictation and typing work. BAT Bank Building Room 1 offers dictation copying and typewriting services with a listed phone number 762.
A Santos Dumont visits Washington for the Second Pan American Scientific Congress from December 27 to January 8. He plans to present a cooperative program uniting U S and Latin American aviators to advance aviation science, with broad Pan American scientific backing expected.
An intimate verse fragment speaks of extracting sorrow from the heart and finding hope as life remains near. The language conveys a reflective mood and a sense of resilience during uncertain times.
Stocks with Mexican interests led the opening of the New York Exchange with American Smelters advancing about 1½ percent to the 103% range, while American Tobacco fell to around 190½. The general list was quiet and floor attendance light as trading remained dull. results showed American Smelting at a high of 1.041 and a midafternoon bid of 1.051.
New York financial notes show money on call at 1 and a half percent, time money at 3 to 3 1/2 percent for six months. Bar silver in New York quoted at 54 1/4 cents per ounce and demand sterling at 4.2 percent.
Ballot containing the text of railway trainmen and enginemen demands on every American railroad for an eight hour day will be in the hands of the members of the four railroad brotherhoods for referendum vote early in January.
Racine Wisconsin reports an alarming increase with thirty two patients sent to state hospitals in the past year and six months, seven prisoners committed to penal institutions, and thirty seven more feebleminded committed to institutions.
City Clerk E. H. Hoffman announced Thursday as payday for city employees. The early payout occurs two days ahead of the usual schedule due to a holiday en route.
Mrs. Jane Pugh Williams, a Racine pioneer who arrived from North Wales in 1850, died this morning at age 82.
cattle receipts 6000 market steady to strong steer prices 5.50 to 9.75 cows and heifers 4 to 9 stockers and feeders 5.50 to 8 calves 6 to 9.25 hogs receipts 19000 market steady bulk 6.30 to 6.60 heavy 6.50 to 6.65 medium 6.10 to 6.60 light 6.25 to 6.50 sheep receipts 7000 market strong lambs 8.35 to 9.10 ewes 5.15 to 6.25 stockers and feeders 4.25 to 8.25
Hog receipts 40 000, market weak to lower, mixed and butcher hogs 6.10 to 6.75, heavy 6.15 to 6.60, rough 6.20 to 6.55, light 5.85 to 6.50, pigs 4.75 to 8.20. Cattle receipts 5 500, market weak, beeves 5.80 to 10.40, cows and heifers 2.80 to 8.50, Texans 6.15 to 7.10, calves 6.25 to 9.50. Sheep receipts 19 000, market weak, native 6.10 to 6.85, western 6.20 to 6.90, lambs 6.85 to 9.35, western 7.15 to 9.50.
Chicago market notes price ranges for dairy and poultry items on December 21. Butter extras 33% to 34c, firsts 31c, seconds 3 to 24c. Cheese twins 16% to 16%c, young Americas 17c. Live poultry fowls 14 to 42c, geese 14 to 14 1/4c, springs 12 1/2c, turkeys 14c. Potatoes receipts 35 cars, Wisconsin 70 to 75c, Dakotas 62 to 70c.
Chicago quotes list mixed grain prices for wheat corn oats barley timothy and clover with No 2 red wheat at 124 ½ to 124 ¾ and No 2 yellow corn at 68 ¼ to 68 ½ cents per bushel among other contracts for assorted grades and staples.
Wheat prices surged in Chicago with December at 1.23 and May at 1.24 as heavy buying by nearly all commission houses driven by expectations of tight world shipping and favorable weather for movement. Corn edged higher at open but overall sentiment stayed weak in grains.
Premier Asquith introduced in parliament a government bill to add one million troops to service bringing total British soldiers to about four million. He also announced changes in the general staff recalling Sir William Robertson to replace Sir A J Murray as chief of staff and hinted at further moves including Egyptian defenses. He noted withdrawal plans for British forces from the Gallipoli west coast after recommendations by Lord Kitchener and General Monroe.
In the matter of the estate of Ernest Gorsuch late of La Crosse City Wisconsin Letters of administration granted to Charles Dittman creditors have four months from November 29 1915 to present claims for examination and allowance the court will on April 4 1915 at 10 AM examine and adjust all claims against the deceased John Brindley County Judge Morris Hartwell attorneys for administrator
The supreme court on Monday appointed William C. Kimball of Oshkosh Wisconsin to hear testimony in the original suit of Wisconsin against Secretary of the Interior Lane concerning an Indian land dispute.
A reflective note warns that forgetting today hurts tomorrow and that petulance shadows life, urging steadiness and restraint to keep harmony and brightness in daily living.
The opening rose fractionally before light trade in oats. December futures edged up to 41 1 2 cents while May slipped to 45 cents. Provisions stayed dull, a shade lower and largely featureless after a modest initial boost.
Hogs receipts 65 000 with market slow to shade lower and mix at 6.10 to 6.75, good heavy 6.60, rough heavy 6.20 to 6.55, light 3.95 to 6.55, pigs 4 75 to 5.90. Cattle receipts 23 000 with market weak to 10c lower, beeves 5.80 to 10.90, cows and heifers 2.80 to 8.30, Texans 6.15 to 7.10, calves 6.75 to 10.00. Sheep receipts 17 000 market steady to 10c lower, native 6.10 to 6.85, western 6.20 to 6.90, lambs 6.85 to 9.35, western 7.15 to 9.45.
Union Stock Yards data from December 13 shows hogs receipts 65 000 with steady to lower markets and varied prices from 5.85 to 6.65 for mixed and butcher classes, cattle receipts 20 500 with steady market and beeves 5.50 to 10.50, cows and heifers 6.0 to 8.25, and calves 6.50 to 10.35, plus sheep receipts 55 000 with markets 10 cents lower to 1 dollar, natives 6.15 to 6.75, westerns 6.20 to 6.75, lambs 7.15 to 9.39, westerns 7.25 to 9.35.
Market notes show wheat at 115 percent and corn around 69 percent to 67 percent with oats near 41 percent. May contracts indicate slight shifts as traders monitor supply conditions and prices across grains.
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