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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
9
Classifieds reveal recruitment pitches for barber positions and Navy service, plus blacksmith, sales, and dining room help. Notices include room rentals, farm and real estate for sale, a piano for sale, and miscellaneous hiring like a nurse girl and table boarders.
The Hamburg American steamer Pretoria arrived in New York harbor after a 21 day crossing from Hamburg. It carried a tale of cyclonic storms and gigantic waves with passengers locked below decks as mountainous seas battered the liner. The ship reported drastic slow progress on December 13 and 16, and later hailed at St James N F. during a Christmas market raid.
A Philadelphia Inquirer fragment ponders family opposition to a marriage suggesting neat social tension. An ironic quip notes that a man could spare neighbors suspense by explaining how he funds hat or tie purchases.
Ex Governor W. D. Madison notes rapid growth at the University of Wisconsin outstripping resources. President Van Hise urges raising the mill tax to 3/8 of a mill and increasing permanent educational improvements to 300000 annually for seven years, plus larger dormitory and building plans for science, medicine, engineering, and teacher training.
Paul M Dunn, once a prominent financier tied to a $10 million Indianapolis deal in London, was released in Rockford after extradition battles over a hotel bill. He spent Christmas with his wife in Chicago as Rockford authorities deemed him morally innocent, though technically guilty of a hotel defrauding charge.
UNION STOCK YARDS December 26 cattle receipts seen at 25,000 for Monday with market steady. Hog receipts around 40,000 with prices 5 to 10 cents higher. light 5.05 to 5.80 rough 5.45 to 5.65 mixed 5.45 to 6 heavy 5.75 to 6 pigs 3.90 to 4.95. Sheep receipts about 20,000 with market unchanged.
Cattle receipts 200 with 100 southern. cattle steady. Native steers 4.25 to 7.25, southern steers 3.75 to 5.50, southern cows 2.25 to 4, natives 2 to 5.75, stockers and feeders 12 to 5.25, bulls 2.6 to 4.25, calves 3.5 to 7.25, western steers 3.75 to 5.60, western cows 2 to 4.5. Hog receipts 38,000, market 10 cents higher. bulk 5.40 to 5.65, heavies 5.80 to 5.95, packers 5.60 to 5.85, sows 5.25 to 5.75, pigs 4.00. Sheep receipts 300, market steady. muttons 4.25 to 5.70, lambs 5.50 to 7.50, range ewes to 4.25.
New York December 26 The weekly statement shows reserve on all deposits up 6 913 625. Reserve on deposits other than United States up 6 646 125. Loans down 39 323 and currency down 3 649 600. Legal tenders down 1 136 900. Deposits down 46 760 500. Circulation up 3 517 500. Total loans 1 176 745 300.
Quotations summarize the week’s price direction across markets. Specifics on instruments and regional shifts are cited to illustrate overall movement, with emphasis on notable gains and losses. The brief reflects a cautious uptick in several sectors and ongoing volatility in others.
At Union Stock Yards on December 24 cattle receipts reached about 2000 with prices rising up to 7.70 for prime beeves and 2.50 to 4.80 for stockers and feeders. Hog receipts tallied around 15000 with values from 4.95 to 5.95 depending on weight and grade. Sheep receipts near 6000 with native and western lambs and sheep selling 2.60 to 7.75, market firm and 10-cent higher.
Union Stock Yards NL reports cattle receipts around 8,000 with prices from 3.40 to 7.70 for various grades and a steady market. hog receipts near 35,000 with prices from 4.80 to 5.85 and open higher then closed weak. sheep receipts about 13,000 with prices from 2.50 to 7.15 for natives and westerns. Projections show tomorrow’s receipts around 10,000 for sheep and 30,000 for hogs with mixed price movements across categories.
T. T. Tom McAdams of Galesville Wisconsin, with a friend, returned today from Milwaukee after visiting Harry Lauder the famous Scotch comedian. Lauder, known as the Man Who Made King Edward Laugh, is perhaps the best known of all Scotch comedians.
Former Le Crosse resident Mr. and Mrs. A D Appleby returned from Boone Iowa to visit daughter Mrs W D Iden and family at 406 South Fifteenth street. He is well known as a former hotelkeeper and was recently in Boone running a hotel. He is seeking a desirable business location but would not discuss the nature of the investment.
The Cuban freighter Camaguey of the Ward Line said on arriving in port that on December 24 she collided with the steamer Julia Luckenbach from New York to San Juan. The Camaguey sustained slight damage to her port quarter while damage to the Luckenbach was not yet determined.
A Louisville Courier Journal quotation frames a warning about a shared secret and the risk of ruin if it is repeated. The dialogue contrasts cautious secrecy with hopeful, humorous banter about trust and folly.
The local markets were quiet over Christmas with few changes. Wisconsin cranberries rose to 12 dollars per barrel while potatoes advanced to 83 or 80 cents per bushel.
A long, fragmented price sheet lists numerous fruits vegetables meats dairy and staples with varied prices. The text includes apples, cranberries, lemons, cabbage, potatoes, oranges, bananas, celery, oats and cheese, plus livestock, poultry, eggs, lard and butter with regional quoted values.
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