Wanted 500 men to learn barber trade and positions
Classified pocket notices show multiple recruitment and rental items. Barber college seeks 500 learners with ship tools and exams in Chicago. Army calls able bodied unmarried men ages 18 to 35 for recruitment in Wisconsin. Canvassing agents offered by Fabric Imp. Co. Numerous for sale rentals and properties listed in La Crosse area with prices and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maler Barber College
Chicago
Isles
U. S. Army
United States
Grand
la Crosse
Wis
Fabric Imp. Co
Farnam St
Notice of Probate Hearing in La Crosse County
A general term of the Wisconsin County Court in La Crosse will hear Mary Barrett's application to probate the last will and testament of Jonathan Barrett, late of Onalaska, on February 2, 1909 at ten o'clock A M at the Court House. By order of the Court John Brindley County Judge.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Court House
City of
la Crosse
Mary Barrett
Jonathan Barrett
Onalaska
Sota
John Brindley
Norden Society Meeting Tonight At John Kindley Home
On New Years evening the Norden society will hold its annual meeting and elect officers at 705 South Eighth Street. After the meeting two members will be entertained with light refreshments and cards. The society has not yet set its annual pall and plans will be made regarding it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norden Society
John Kindley
South Eighth Street
Man who acts smart ends up in position to cow himself
A proverb warns that those who pretend to intelligence may overstep and face public embarrassment. The saying stresses humility and awareness of one's limits in social or professional settings.
All Italy Is One Great Hospital
After the Messina quake rescuers struggle to reach survivors as hundreds perish and the region from Naples to Sicily becomes a vast hospitalscape. Thousands are stranded, with fatalities mounting and many bodies unrecovered or incinerated in the ruins.
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ALL
Italy
Sicily
Naples
Messina
Messina Death Toll Estimates Rise to 175000
Naval officers in Messina estimate 135000 dead in the city and place total deaths at 175000. They offer no basis for the higher figure, as government anticipates further updates to the catastrophe count amid shifting estimates.
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Messina
Rome
Earthquake Disaster Floods Messina Reggio Toll From Italy
The disaster leaves hospitals crowded as victims crowd death zones. Estimates place dead around 120,000 with 100,000 needing medical care and 70 percent of Reggio perhaps dead amid scattered relief plans. Battleships converge and new routes open through a deepened strait.
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Naples
Messina
Reggio
Monteleone
Santa Eufenia
Bagnara
Gazzini
Palimi
Seminara
Comparative Markets Quotations of Prices
The article presents quotations showing the general trend of prices for the preceding week. It highlights price movements across various commodities and markets, noting increases and decreases while referencing key items and broad market directions.
Cattle and Hogs Market Trends At Union Stock Yards
Union Stock Yards reports: cattle receipts 20 000 with tomorrow’s estimate 7 000, market up 10 cents, prime beeves 5.35 to 7.60, stockers 2.60 to 4.90. hogs receipts 50 000, tomorrow 30 000, market down 5 cents, runs by class from 4 to 5.95. sheep receipts 20 000, tomorrow 15 000, market steady to 10 cents lower, native sheep 2.60 to 5.15, western sheep 2.75 to 5.10, native lambs 4.50 to 7.85, western lambs 4.75 to 7.80.
Livestock Prices at Union Stock Yards Illinois Market Snapshot
Cattle receipts total 21 000 with tomorrow’s runs estimated 8 000 steady to 10c lower. Prime beeves 5.15 to 7.70, cows 2.60 to 4.90, canners 1.50 to 2.65. Hogs receipts 34 000 with tomorrow 40 000. market strong to 10c higher. Light 4.85 to 5.60, heavy 5.55 to 5.85. Native sheep 3.50 to 4.90, lambs 4.50 to 7.60, western 7.70.
Tar and Feather Conspirators Plead Guilty
Three of twenty one Kendall men arrested for tar and feathering Wm. Tatro in Clifton Nov. 15 pleaded guilty to assault and battery in Sparta and were fined $25 and costs each. Names are Fred Blaser Jos Artz Edward Wrtz and Martin Olson. Others await trial with fear as investigations proceed.
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Sparta
Wis
Kendall
Wm. Tatro
Clifton
Tar and Feathering Mob
King in Regio Amid Chaos Risks Life in Ruined City
The king, sleepless yet tireless, toured the devastated Regio shoreline. He boarded the Vittoria Emmanuel and entered many ruins despite protests from his suite, declaring no danger too great to face as he aids relief efforts.
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Vittoria Emmanuel
Himelf
New York Stocks Open Higher Amid Mixed Trade
The market started strong in New York with quarter to half point gains and light volume. Early gains drew commission-house selling causing a slight pullback, but prices remained well above yesterday's close. By 2 p.m. New York Central and Illinois Central led, with a firm overall tone and a closing firm market.
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New York
New York Central
Alton Common
Illinois Central
Mercantile Marine
Chicago Livestock at Union Stock Yards Market Summary
Cattle receipts 7,000 with 2,000 estimated tomorrow. market steady. Prime beeves 5.35 to 7.60, poor to medium 3.65 to 5.30, stockers and feeders 8.60 to 4.90, cows and heifers 2.85 to 5, canners 1.80 to 2.50, Texans 3.40 to 4.80. Hogs receipts 29,000 with 20,000 tomorrow. market 10 cents higher. Light 5.15 to 5.85, rough 5.40 to 5.65, mixed 5.50 to 6.10, heavy 5.75 to 6.10, pigs 4.15 to 5.15. Sheep receipts 12,000 steady. Native sheep 2.60 to 5.15, western sheep 2.70 to 5.10, native lambs 4.50 to 7.80, western lambs 4.75 to 7.80.
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Union Stock Yards
Ill
Chicago
Union
Kansas City
Flour and Feed Advance Today in Chicago Grain
Chicago reports mixed grain action with flour and feed prices rising. Flour gains about 70 cents per barrel while feed climbs $1.00 per ton. oats, lambs, and sheep also advance. Local prices list assorted fruits and vegetables with minor changes amid a year end trading bustle.
Chicago Produce Prices Roundup at Year End
Chicago market report lists eggs at 33 1 2 cents for tras and 30 1 2 cents for firsts. Butter creamery extras at 32 cents, firsts 25, seconds 22, packing stock 19 1 2 to 20. Cheese Twins 14 to 14 1 2 cents, Young Americas 14 1 2. Live poultry prices show turkeys 16, chicks 11 1 2, spring chickens 13, ducks 11 to 12, geese 7 to 9 cents.
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Ice Cream & Butter Co
Thomas & Phalon
Lansdon-Boyd Peckite Co
Chicago
Americas
Kansas City Livestock Market Summary and Money Rates
Kansas City livestock receipts for cattle hogs and sheep show market steady to higher on hogs and steady to lower on sheep with mixed cattle values across varieties including native southern western and stockers. Money rates in New York call money 2 to 3 percent with time money around 3 percent. London bar silver 23 3/16 pence, New York 50 1/2 cents.
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H. BE. Wheaton
Tribune
New York
Time Money
Mercantile
London Bar
Illinois Smokers Use 2 Million Fewer Cigarettes in 1908
Chicago reports that during 1908 Illinois smokers and beer drinkers consumed 2,000,000 fewer cigarettes and 50,000 fewer barrels of beer than in 1907, per the annual internal revenue officers report published today.
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Chicago
Illinois
Internal Revenue Officers
82 year old inmate found dead near hospital yard
Peter Wagner 82, a Soldier's Home inmate at Minnehaha Falls, froze to death in an enclosure twenty feet from the hospital after escaping during delirium. He was discovered outside the hospital complex on December 31 in St. Paul Minnesota.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Peter Wagner
Minnehaha Falls
Fish dealer calls his sole his town
A fish dealer asserts pride in his trade by naming his own town after his signature sole style. The remark highlights local business identity and ties between vendor and community.
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Old Genyer & Austin Mill
A. J. Roberge
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John Ambrose
Encyclopedia of Law
B. F
Tribupne
Erhand
S. J. de Ranits & Co
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J. Detz & Co
Ale
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Normal Ress P
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City Heat
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C. J
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H.W. Barker
Rankel
Leigh
Toland
W. B
Hub Saloon
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Bunch Keys
Mill Street
Pacife Coast
Seré Transfe. Co
Minneapolis
SCHIon & ROTI +HBatav Building _ Telephone 290
TRE, Iado, Liability
Health Plate Glass
Ated Co. & Class Co Companies
Rese van Auken
Peart ‘Streg
7Th
Cal Army
the & Re
Tornado
Plats
Kansas
Burger Brothers
Burlington
Kans
Waureka
Crawford County
Soldiers Grove
Frankg. Roth
EASY
D. Drummond
State Street
Calabria
France
Toulon
Straits of Messina
Burns
N. Y
Washington
Florida
California
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Listman Milling Co
Plato
A. B. Moll
Hubbard
Brussels
Malaga
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