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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1915
Page
7
The Boys Transfer Co of Minneapolis offers reduced rates for household goods moving to the Pacific coast and other destinations with superior service emphasized.
Second hand furniture and stoves advertised by Bell Furniture Company located at 216 South Third Street. Includes various used items and prices in a local classified listing.
Obituary notes the death of Hiram B. Keeler a Milwaukee Road conductor born October 13 1855 in Milwaukee. He lived in Tomah since 1881 and funeral services will be conducted by the Knights of Pythias at his home with survivors including his wife two children and several siblings. Also includes local society items and December events.
The page lists quoted market prices for fruits vegetables and dairy from various suppliers. It includes items such as apples cranberries celery lemons oysters grapes and potatoes with per unit prices and notes the quotations come from the Farmers' Co operative Packing Company and other providers. It also shows livestock prices and provisions including lard bacon and ham with per pound rates and mentions flour feed eggs and cheese quotations from different mill companies and suppliers.
Foreign markets opening on December 24 show prices edging higher as trading warms after several idle days. Erie and New York Central advance 1 2 to 42 3 8 and 1 08 respectively, a yearly high for the railroad. General Motors opens 15 down at 450, then climbs to 485 in early afternoon as the market ends dull but steady.
On Dec 24 in New York the money on call stood at 1 percent while time money for six months was 3 percent. Prime mercantile loans ranged 3 percent to 3 1/2 percent. Bar silver quotes were London 25 1/2 d, New York 53 1/2 cents. Demand for sterling was 4.72 11 16.
Hogs receipts 51000 with dull to 5c lower demand. Mixed and butchers 5.90 to 8.45, good heady 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 2500 market steady to strong beeves 5.80 to 10.25, cows and heifers 2.50 to 8.30, Texans 6.15 to 7.10, calves 6.25 to 9.60. Sheep receipts 5900 steady to a shade 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.
Kansas City Missouri cattle receipts total 200 with steady trade. Steers bring 5.50 to 9.75, cows and heifers 4.00 to 9.00, stockers and feeders 5.50 to 7.75, calves 6.00 to 9.00. Hog receipts 1,500 with 5 cent gain. bulk 5.95 to 6.45, heavy 6.50, medium 6.20 to 6.45, light 6.25 to 9.55. Lambs 8.25 to 8.90, ewes 5.25 to 6.10, stockers and feeders 4.25 to 8.25.
Hogs receipts 17 000 market strong to higher mixed and butchers 5.85 to 6.50 good heavy 5.85 to 6.40 rough heavy 5.95 to 6.10 light 5.45 to 6.15 pigs 4.25 to 5.30 Cattle receipts 1 000 market strong beeves 6.00 to 10.00 cows and heifers 2.80 to 8.45 Texans 6.15 to 7.10 calves 6.25 to 9.50 Sheep receipts 4 000 market strong to higher natives 6.20 to 6.95 western 6.35 to 6.90 lambs 7.90 to 9.50 westerns 7.50 to 9.60
Receipts total 55 000 hogs 9000 cattle and 17000 sheep. Hogs weak to 5c lower mixed and butchers 6.10 to 6.70 good heavy 6.25 to 6.60 rough heavy 6.20 to 6.35 light 5.95 to 6.55 pigs 4.50 to 6.00. Cattle weak to 10c lower beeves 6.00 to 11.00 cows and heifers 2.80 to 8.35 Texans 6.15 to 7.10 calves 6.75 to 10.35. Sheep slow and steady natives 6.19 to 6.65 westerns 6.15 to 6.80.
Actress Madame Sarah Bernhardt says she is recovering from pleurisy and cannot visit America now. She plans to travel to London within a week and asks that her Christmas greetings be sent to her American friends, adding Vive la France and a plea against the German portion.
Chicago market report lists butter creamery extras at 33 1 2 cents and other grades from 26 to 33 cents. Eggs range 26 1 2 to 28 1 2 cents for ordinaries to firsts, cheese at 16 1 2 to 17 1 2 cents, live poultry prices for fowls ducks geese springs and turkeys, and potato receipts at 68 to 76 cents in Wisconsin and 70 to 76 cents in Minnesota.
A jumble of percentage changes and price points indicates a volatile trading day with highs and lows spanning broad ranges. The data lists percentages and stock-like prices without clear context or entity details.
Chicago quotes wheat at No 3 red 1 21 to 1 24 and No 2 hard 1 25 to 1 26 while spring stays around 1 17. Corn ranges from No 3 yellow 70 to 71 1 2 cents with other grades down to 65 68 cents. Oats No 3 white 42 to 43 and No 4 white 39 to 42. Barley 61 to 7 cents. Timothy 6 20 to 8. Clover 10 to 19.
In Chicago Judge Jacob Hopkins of the court of domestic relations hosted a Christmas tree celebration for couples he has kept from divorce. The event aimed to celebrate restored relationships and provide a hopeful communal moment in his courtroom.
Word arrived at Manston on Wednesday of her illness. Miss Katherine Howes, teaching in La Crosse schools this year, is home for the holidays.
Chicago grain notes report May wheat reaching around 1.27 a bushel as shorts buy heavily. December solar followed with gains to 1.26 while corn and oats also firming with higher bids and light trading. Provisions stayed quiet but firm.
The report lists lamb prices from 6.90 to 9.35 and western lambs from 7.15 to 9.50, with figures labeled as yesterday and week ago. Grain data is fragmented but includes corn and wheat percentages and values, indicating recent market movement.
In Scranton on December 24 two people died and five were injured when the third section of a west bound Lackawanna train hit the second at Slatesford. Holiday travel split the train into three sections. Engineer Bunnell said warning torpedoes were placed on the track. Victims named Anna Jones, 25, of Ithaca New York, and R B Miller, 25, a colored porter from Cincinnati Ohio.
Christmas gift ideas include crocheted yokes for corset covers and nightgowns. Two sample designs are shown, with simple, inexpensive instructions and a note offering fuller directions by mail request.
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