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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1907
Page
16
North La Crosse Masonic lodge held installation at Rose and St. Cloud streets with Past Master Paul Mahoney receiving a gold jewel. Officers installed included W M John Mulder and secretary Fred Hartwell. Eastern Star Ruth Chapter 23 also installed led by Mrs Claude Carter. A musical program followed as members praised Mahoney and Mahoney thanked the group.
The Bethel Lutheran church at George and Sill streets presented a Christmas program last evening. The event featured the congregation's youth and their families, ending with the traditional stocking of candy and nuts for the young participants.
O S Woolever, a prominent Le Raysville merchant, testifies that Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured his piles twenty years ago and has since healed all sores wounds burns and abrasions. Available for 25 cents at O T Erwart's drug store.
Willie explains his anger routine and why he goes to his sympathetic aunt. The caller asks for the reason and Willie notes the aunt’s sympathy as a soothing factor.
The fragment discusses seeking a new location and mentions a potential relocation route. It appears to be an advertising or notice fragment urging readers to consider a move and outlining possibilities for finding a new site.
A roundup of services for Trinity Lutheran, Norwegian Lutheran Bethel Norwegian Lutheran and Emanuel German Evangelical Lutheran plus Scandinavian Baptist and Caledonia Street M E in Onalaska. St. Peter's Episcopal in Onalaska hosts 3 pm service. Latter Day Saints hold 2 pm Sunday school with 3:30 and 7:30 pm services. Missionary work planned by visiting elders.
Mrs. John Ryan at 412 Caledonia street is ill with pneumonia. J. J. Esch met with Will B. Stathem, now in St. Paul running a grain business. Many residents visit relatives in North and South sides, with several traveling to Chicago, Green Bay, and Tunnel City for visits.
A miscellany of quotes critiques courtship jealousy and property. It notes a wife loved by husband and children is sound, courtship as first step, polyamory as the rest, and that farmers talk shop longest after lawyers. It also says safeguarding possessions means not having them worth much.
Exports this week show wheat and flour at 6,254,519 with prior week at 4,861,122 and last year at 495,000. Corn exports this week total 1,943,726 with previous week 1,021,779 and last year 1,661,000.
Chicago markets show May wheat around 106 to 108 with July near 98 to 107. Corn May around 58 to 69 with July near 57 to 58. Oats May about 64 to 64 with July around 54. Pork futures quoted near 12.45 to 12.62 with May contracts around 12.56. Minneapolis May around 114 with July near 114.
Market notes advise buying a little wheat if opportunity arises in coming days. Oats trade is light and inactive. corn may move with wheat. Small raw material shifts seen in banks. wheat prices fall in Liverpool. hog and cattle volumes noted in Omaha and Kansas City trading. Chicago hog market shows opening strength then close soft. cattle steady to dull. sheep steady.
Prices hold firm with hogs at 5.50 to 6.00 per hundred. Local market unchanged as dressed hogs move to city in large quantities. Other items listed include dairy and poultry prices, and hay and wood costs vary by grade and season.
The family dog guided relatives to the scene where Mrs. H. Schneider lay injured after a fall near the church. She suffered a broken hip and remained in serious condition, with her Minneapolis-based children rushing to her side as the dog alerted the family with persistent barking.
A 1907 price list notes per pound dairy at .25 to .32, eggs at .18 to .23 per dozen, flour barrels at 5.60 to 5.80, and various fruits vegetables and meats. Also includes grain quotes from Wister Co and Langdon-Boyd Packing, with items like steers hens and cattle prices and lard at 15 to 17 cents per pound.
Wheat sits at 43 8, corn at 161 4, oats at 148 8 as traders show bullish sentiment in Minneapolis. Receipts rise modestly after several days of strong buying, with top investors favoring the bull side.
New York market strength at opening shows active commission buying. One major bear house shifted to a bullish stance citing a plausible advance after the new year. They have covered short sales through the week but anticipate no strong public rally when money loosens in January.
The market opened soft for speculative wheat with lower values amid heavy offerings from La Plata and a weaker U S market. Argentine conditions remained satisfactory. as hours passed, short covering steadied prices. Corn opened steady to higher on firm spot prices and steady cables.
Railroads report Christmas travel as heavy as usual with no holiday rate reductions. Local business traffic predominated as travelers set their own schedules, and lines into La Crosse note strong local patronage. Special equipment and double sections were used on several lines.
Samuel W. Smith of Pontiac Michigan, a Republican lawyer serving his sixth term, is appointed to the chairmanship of the District of Columbia house committee, effectively placing him as a de facto mayor since Congress governs Washington.
In Mexico the cargador or cargador dor is a sturdy, slightly built man who carries heavy burdens on his shoulders. They move household goods and even houses, often using hand trucks still common in Mexico City while carts and moving trucks increase in use.
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