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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
7
Farmgate and market prices list butter eggs cheese and meat along with flour grain and produce quotes from La Crosse area suppliers. Also includes financial condition reports for The Batavian National Bank and The State Bank of La Crosse as of November 12 1906 with summaries of resources deposits and capital.
City of La Crosse adopts annual salaries for fire department officers and men effective January 1, 1907. Top pay goes to Chief including fire marshal at 1320 dollars, with captain salaries at 960 and 840 dollars, lieutenants 810 to 900, engineers 900, and firefighters ranging 630 to 750 by year.
Rev William A Lovett and Miss Catheryn Lay wed at Central M E Church Detroit and plan to enter missionary work in China next January. Lovett previously served as associate pastor, Lay brings two years of Porto Rico experience and training at the local normal school. The couple will depart for China in early February.
An elderly speaker describes a car priced at $2,000 and adds that his son could receive $3,000 for running over and breaking legs. The dialogue reflects sensational inflation in a regional newspaper voice of the era.
The Board of Public Works of La Crosse invites sealed bids for all materials in the first wagon bridge west of West Channel on the La Crescent road. Bids due 2 PM January 4 1907 with cash payment before removal and within ten days after opening. Requires $25 certified check. Right to reject bids. Dec 24 1906. H J Beckwith A J Roberge Geo Falk.
Great Northern Railway and Great Northern Steamship companies publish two editions of playing cards on fine stock. Back designs feature oriental motifs with trade mark branding. steamship cards are gilt edged and more elaborate. Railway cards cost fifteen cents per pack. steamship cards twenty five cents. Ships to any address on receipt of price. A L Craig Passenger Traffic Manager St Paul Minn.
An advertisement notes that public speakers are often interrupted by coughing and claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds and prevents pneumonia and consumption. It promotes a yellow package and asserts it contains no opiates.
The notice states daily publication with exceptions on Sundays and Saturdays. It clarifies that issues appear daily except Sunday for standard issues and except Saturday for a secondary edition.
A Daily schedule fragment shows train stops from Arcadia Blair Independence Whitehall Merrill Grand Rapids Stevens Point New London Green Bay and Kewaunee. It lists arrival at Crosse La Crosse at 5 a.m. and 4 40 p m on Sunday.
A compact list noting George Whitefield born in 1714 and died in 1770, a 1811 Richmond theater fire killing over nine, 1828 Rushford Stephenson stealing 1 million, 1831 Taney becoming US attorney general, 1847 Duke of York born, 1858 Adelphi Theatre London opened, and 1862 Sherman attacking Confederate works near Vicksburg and targeting St. Cathedral in New York.
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorg cautioning against overly personal voter outreach. He argues that extended acquaintance can put an officeholder under constant scrutiny and cross examination.
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