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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
4
A notice highlights desirable new districts along the Burlington Route including the Big Horn Basin and Yellowstone Valley irrigated areas and western Nebraska eastern Colorado Wyoming dry farming zones. Readers are directed to consult homeseeker material issued monthly in 1908.
A historical account reviews August St. Gaudens as designer of new U S government coins and traces the motto In God We Trust from early prompts by Salmon P. Chase to its 1864 1865 coinage adoption and its links to The Star Spangled Banner. The piece notes Gaudens as an American self made in design and contrasts changes in the new issue with earlier designs. It closes with a London Tit Bits prize definition of money as a universal passport and provider of goods.
Physicians warn skimmed milk is a harsh cure for obesity. Some doctors offer a gentler regimen using Marmola, Fluid Ex tract Casecara Aromatic, and Syrup Simplex after meals and at bedtime, claiming twelve to sixteen ounces of fat loss daily while allowing normal meals.
A short reflection notes that items obtained at no cost tend to be worth roughly what they cost, implying little value beyond the price paid by effort and opportunity.
Neighborhood briefs from George street to Jay street. Conrad Severson joins Briebach meat market and Mrs. B Williams hosts informal items. Births, illnesses, and holiday travels fill Avon St to Prospect St. Education, theater moves, and transit safety updates color the day.
George E. Hiscox died on Christmas Eve after a lingering illness and was interred today. The North Presbyterian church held the funeral with Rev. Samuel McKee of West Salem officiating. Many friends and railroad workers attended, and Oak Grove cemetery received the remains with acting pallbearers C. Schaffer J. Sweigert W. M. Koepke Cc. H. Pierce W. M. Russel J. Mosher.
The George Street Bethel church presents its annual Christmas program this evening at George and Sill streets. A well prepared program promises a pleasant evening, with young participants receiving candy gifts as usual.
R Roth Jr and brother left for Dubuque to visit relatives and friends. J G Becker John Mach and H J Roth Jr just returned from a hunting trip near Stoddard with good reports. Ella Keizer returned from Blue River Wisconsin where she taught. William Downing improved from pneumonia. John Hannah and wife spent Christmas with James Hyslop in Stoddard. T Halverson returned home after three months with his brother in Kimbell South Dakota. Elias Stokes of Westby visits his daughter Mrs Peterson in Charles Street. Mrs N H Keizer and daughters Ella and Jennie spent Christmas with relatives in Midawy Wisconsin. Mr Burrell Loomis Street spent Christmas with friends in Sparta Wisconsin. Dorothy Smith of Loomis Street is sick with influenza. Paul Smith of Houston is visiting.
The Chicago market page shows May wheat at 1.06 1.07 and July near 1.06 1.06, corn around 58, oats at 53, and pork futures in January around 12.42 with May at 13.05 to 13.20. Minneapolis listings include May at 1.12 and July around 1.12. Also notes a lost large black and white cat with contact for information at 221 No. 6th and 94 A phone.
Banquet at the Stoddard leads to postponement of the La Crosse Council U C T meeting. W F Hartgen signs the notice. Hog prices and hogs closing figures appear with 19 to be higher than yesterday morning. Receipts 22 000 estimated for tomorrow 17 000. Cattle 3500 slow Sheep 11000 steady. Liverpool close Wheat 14d lower corn 4d higher. Modern Miller reports no major wheat worries in southern Kansas Hessian fly only traces. Moisture decreases across winter wheat belt and lack of snow prompts concern for colder weather.
Market outlook notes cautious stance on bear pressure amid bullish claims and improving receipts. Upturn factors include softer demand for low quality corn and mixed influences on prices with potential cheaper buying today. Liverpool wheat and corn futures rise modestly while hogs and cattle show mixed openings. Chicago board of trade agrees to a noon New Year’s Eve closing with Saturday deliveries.
US wheat acreage falls by about 8 million acres from last year with 29.5 million planted and roughly 300 million bushels expected. Winter wheat faces no rain but favorable conditions persist. New York Town Topic notes ongoing dullness for the week with bullish readings in Reading and Industrials keeping a steady market.
Weekly Argentine Cable notes wheat markets easy under favorable conditions with fair demand and small interior arrivals. Weather remains fine and harvests look settled and favorable. Corn markets firm with quiet demand and light interior arrivals. quality remains satisfactory.
New York firm A. O. Brown Co. reports no active market expected in the next few days due to holiday conditions. Meintyre Co. predicts a narrow irregular market with prices likely to drift lower before any upturn.
Representative William A. Calderhead of Kansas is critically ill with pneumonia at his Washington apartment after suffering a grip three weeks earlier. The illness developed just before Christmas, keeping him under medical care in the city.
Boston dispatch reports John Clark, his wife, and three children perished in a Watertown house fire. The mother and infant were missing, feared dead, as rain prevented recovery.
Tame hay fell a dollar per ton this morning, now selling at 13 and 14. Oak wood declined with better roads aiding farmer transport. bottom wood brings 4.50 to 5.00, second growth 5.50 to 6.00, old oak 5.00 to 5.50 per cord.
A mixed list of commodity prices from creamery and dairy goods, eggs, flour, and mill feed, with per pound and per barrel rates. Includes livestock quotes from Langdon Boyd Packing, provisions like lard and shoulder, and a broad array of vegetables and fruits with unit prices. Also lists fish, poultry, cheese, hay and wood values with regional quotes.
Port of Spain reports Admiral Evans armada finished coating and many men granted afternoon shore leave. Last officers dinner held last night as the fleet prepares to steam southward tomorrow.
George Mitchell and his wife plus family depart for Minneapolis to visit friends. Formerly employed in the car department of the Q at Grand Crossing, he is now in Aurora but has been laid off briefly due to shop shutdowns.
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