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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
11
A dense string of classified ads and notices. Items include for sale notices, room requests, typewriting services, job exchanges, farm work offers, and shop listings. Specifics mention 1022 Vine, 1333-C typewritten work, Ella Jennings 616 King Street, and various business names and addresses across local streets.
Hogs receipts 60 000. market dull to 18 cents lower with mixed and butcher grades mostly 6.00 to 6.60, good heavy 6.05 to 6.55, rough heavy 6.15 to 6.30, light 5.70 to 6.40, pigs 4.50 to 5.50. Cattle receipts 15 000. market slow and weak beaves 5.80 to 10.25 cows and heifers 2.80 to 8.30 Texans 6.15 to 7.10 calves 6.25 to 9.59. Sheep receipts 15 000. market weak native 6.10 to 6.75 western 6.20 to 6.80 lambs 6.85 to 9.35 westerns 7.15 to 9.40.
Hogs receipts 57 000 market steady to be lower mixed and butchers 6.05 to 6.75 good heavy 6.25 to 6.65 rough heavy 6.25 to 6.35 light 5.85 to 6.55 pigs 4.50 to 6.00 Cattle receipts 20 000 market steady beeves 6.10 to 11.00 cows and heifers 2.85 to 8.45 Texans 6.15 to 7.15 calves 6.75 to 10.35 Sheep receipts 18 000 market steady native 6.10 to 6.65 western 6.15 to 8.80 lambs 7.00 to 9.35 western 7.25 to 9.50
The Chicago Garment Manufacturers association announced a spring lineup with youthful lines for older women and shorter skirts for younger women. Skirt lengths will be about four to five inches above the ground with twelve inches from the ground cited as ultra proper.
Market prices show cider varieties at 74.00 to 60.00 per unit, cranberries at 8.50 to 10.00 per barrel or box, and apples including Jonathan and Ben Davis ranging from 1.50 to 5.50 per unit. Livestock and poultry quotes appear near 3.50 to 6.00 per pound for various cuts, with butter, eggs, cheese, and flour/feeds also itemized.
Health officials report eighty five thousand Chicago children out with colds or flu and fifteen percent of Loop store clerks off work. The illness is spreading rapidly across Illinois Wisconsin and Iowa with a heavy pneumonia death rate anticipated per health commissioner Dr John Dill Robertson.
Evidence does not warrant prosecution for Dr. Harry J. Haiselden in Baby Bollinger's death. The matter may go before a grand jury if Attorney General Lucey requests it, according to State's Attorney Hoyne.
In San Francisco the quarrel over $450,000 worth of opium aboard the Seiyo Maru ended as glucose was found in the cargo. The international dispute dissolved with this discovery.
The New York stock market opened active with broad advances as optimism over Austria’s controversy and strong copper sales fueled gains in Mexican Petroleum United States Steel and Studebaker. New York Central hit a yearly high at 106 while GM fell from its prior peak and Bethlehem Steel eased. Mexican Petroleum led late gains and both Mexican Petroleum and New York Central posted day highs.
Money on call 2 percent, time money 2 3 4 percent for six months. Prime mercantile 5 1 4 to 3 1 2 percent. Bar silver London 25 15 16d. New York demand sterling $4.72 13 16.
Kansas City market report for cattle hogs and sheep shows steady to weak trends. Cattle receipts 700 with steers 5.50 to 9.75, cows and heifers 4.00 to 6.75, stockers 5.50, calves 6.00 to 9.00. Hog receipts 7,000 with prices 6.00 to 6.50, bulk 6.00 to 6.40, sow and feeder ranges noted. Sheep receipts 2,000 lambs 8.25 to 8.85, ewes 5.25 to 6.90, stockers 4.25 to 8.25.
Hogs receipts 51,000 market dull to lower mixed and butchers 5.90 to 8.45 good heavy 5.95 to 6.40 rough heavy 6.05 to 6.15 light 5.50 to 6.25 pigs 4.25 to 5.25. Cattle receipts 2,500 market steady to strong beeves 5.86 to 10.25 cows and heifers 2.50 to 8.30 Texans 6.15 to 7.10 calves 6.25 to 9.65. Sheep receipts 5,000 market steady to slightly higher native 6.10 to 6.75 western 6.20 to 6.80 lambs 6.85 to 9.35 western 7.15 to 9.50.
Butter Creamery extras 34 1 2 to 34 cents extra firsts 31 to 32 8 cents firsts 26 to 30 cents seconds 23 to 24 percent Eggs ordinaries 27 to 28 cents firsts 29 to 30 cents Cheese Twins 16 1 2 to 16 2 3 cents Young Americas 17 to 17 1 2 cents Live poultry fowls 9 to 11 1 2 cents ducks 14 1 2 cents geese 11 to 14 cents springs 12 cents turkeys 18 cents Potatoes receipts 30 cars Wisconsin 68 to 76 cents Minnesota 70 to 76 cents
Spot wheat jumped to 1 24 cents after an opening below average as December moved from 12 11 to 12 4 and May to 1 22 35 with gains. Corn steadied then firmed on heavy buying while oats eased. Provisions held firm despite weaker hog prices.
Chicago cash grain offers a snapshot of wheat values with No 2 red priced at 1.23 to 1.24 dollars and No 3 red at 1.05 to 1.08 dollars, while No 2 hard ranges from 1.22 to 1.25 dollars and No 3 hard from 1.15 to 1.?? dollars.
A market notice lists bid and asking prices for grains and forages. Corn varieties range from 70 to 72 cents for No 2 white and 64 to 68 cents for No 5 yellow, with mixed and yellow options in similar ranges. Oats and barley quotes, rye at 96 1 2 cents, and Timothy and Clover values are provided.
Calixto Garcia Cuban consul here and grandson of Cuban revolution hero Garcia said he will protest to the state department over police intrusion into the consulate. They arrested Mrs. Anna Ludweig Wilder, housekeeper, after immigration inspector S. M. Wilder said she is his wife and fled with Garcia.
New York report describes Mrs. Irene Sheffield testifying in a divorce suit. She claims she wanted a man with wavy black hair she could run her fingers through, but notes her husband Justice Sheffield has little hair and a head like a chestnut burr.
Walter Johnson aged 22 awaiting trial in Wausau charged with burglary tools and intent to rob Northwestern Dye works. An accomplice named Harry Harding escaped. Edward Stoddard, plant superintendent, surprised the pair during work.
The everyday people we meet impact our thinking more than most acknowledge, influencing attitudes and perspectives in subtle yet meaningful ways. This effect emerges across conversations, social circles, and shared experiences, shaping beliefs and judgments over time.
Chicago mayor appoints Nicholas Hunt former police inspector as chief of detectives. Hunt pledged to clean up Chicago and defended the force, saying not every officer is a crook and promising to rely on brave men in the department.
Safe-blowers struck the H Chan non Manufacturing company offices near the Loop today led by a new chief of detectives Nicholas Hunt. They blew a vault and escaped with about $1,000 in cash.
Madison Wis Dec 23 The city bank of Dodgeville filed an amendment to its articles of incorporation with the state commissioner of banking increasing its capital stock from 10000 to 25000. The commissioner approved the amendment.
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