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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
9
Wented male applicants urged to train as barbers at Maler Barber College Chicago Illinois. College offers to equip shop or furnish positions, several weeks to complete, constant practice, careful intractions, tools provided. Saturday classes, diploma granted, catalog available by writing for details.
Classified notices advertise rent furnished rooms on second floor at 611 Main St including light housework duties. Also listings for miler’s berth at golf links, dairy or truck address, and a furnished room at 129 Bodifs with inquiries to Mrs J P Miller Wis Gen delivery.
Classified notice lists services and wants for housing. Wace curtains cleaning offered at Farnum Street for 23 dollars. Item also notes a house purchase for relocation and a request for two connecting rooms unfurnished with board. Contact L. D. Peet at 421 Main Street and F. L. G. via Tribune.
Lost mink reported for Wednesday evening between Loomis Street and Charles Street Lutheran church. Return to office for reward. Lost collie Gog sable and white with old phone 8971. Lost gold pendant with rhinestones and pearls attached reward to Tribune. Lost pearl watch job at Bijou Tuesday night finder return to Bijou reward.
An OCR fragment lists Schick and Roth Batavian Bank Building with telephone 2990, generic insurance and bond offerings including Life Accident Liability Plate Glass Burglary Sprinkler Leakage. Also mentions Co Van Auken 328 Pear Street and La Crosse Brush Co at 618 Mill Street offering brushes to order and home brushes with saving prices.
Typewriters RS Boug t a 6reat ed exchanged and repaired at Wells Book Store 509 Main St La Crosse Typewriter Exchange promotes buy sell and repair services for typewriters at the downtown address.
Aiken Register notes ongoing abstracting work at the Register of Deeds Office to keep all public records current and accessible.
La Crosse Mortgage and Loan Company offers loans to salaried individuals on furniture, pianos, horses and wagons with no removal or publicity required. Located at 322 Main Street, upstairs.
Neatly done shoe repair guaranteed by Nels P. Wekseth at 215 No 3rd St La Crosse Wis. Wm A Downs offers first class repair at 17 Logan St. Wm Rehfuss seeks a lot of second hand windows at 910 So 17th St Oldphone 3103.
Burford repairs and builds electrical work and fixtures. The firm offers complete lines of electrical supplies at low prices. Contact Electric Supply and Construction Co at 227 Main St for services.
Grand Forks North Dakota February 21 The Evening Presse a democratic daily and weekly will stop publication on February 29 ending the state’s only democratic daily and the second oldest paper. A proposed $150000 fund to revitalize the Press failed to gain support.
A compact reflection from F P Williams about how character best shows under pressure and how a man’s real worth appears in defeat and hardship.
A guest complimented a cake and the host replied that the dessert came from a baker. The exchange highlights appreciation for bakery quality in a social setting.
Mrs Abraham Greenbaum a society figure wife of a wealthy man was arrested for begging in the streets. She was said to be crazy about dress and begged due to an insufficient allowance of seventy dollars a week.
Mrs. Clarence W. Watson, wife of Consolidated Coal president, spearheads relief after the Monongah mine disaster. She persuades her husband to fund a $50,000 asylum for 1,090 children, construction begun and fast advancing. The children now stay in various places awaiting the new home.
Chicago markets show mixed prices with wheat futures May and July listed and varied percent moves. Gossip from the pit notes very dull trading in Chicago and Minneapolis with bullish talk yet light turnover, while New York and London report firmer copper stocks and dividend news. Modern miller commentary cites snow protecting the winter wheat crop and slow movement to market.
Flour dropped 20 cents per barrel on wholesale markets this morning. Patent at 5.69 and straight at 5.40. White middlings and Red Dog each fell $1 per ton to 23 and 25 respectively. Other quotations remained stationary.
New York February 21 Former boxer Jake Kilrain filed a bankruptcy petition in the United States Circuit court seeking relief from his creditors. Schedules show debts of 1203 dollars and assets of 67 dollars.
An invalid sister of Dr. Martyn Hall, noted philanthropist and tuberculosis sanitarium founder, accused him of cruelty including gagging, binding, beatings, and other abuse. His arrest followed the allegations, and friends say the acts were part of a treatment he prescribed.
Mrs. Harry G. Rodgers sues for divorce in circuit court. The defendant denies the allegations and seeks custody of the child Ruth. The case was continued.
Wilson Colwell post G A R will entertain the Relief Corps ladies at the courthouse this evening. The program features singing and speeches.
Close hogs seen at 67 000 for today and 20 000 for tomorrow with 10 cent drop from yesterday. Cattle estimated 7 000 with dull tone and a 10 cent decrease. Sheep estimated 10 000 steady.
The Market Street Savings and Commercial Bank temporarily suspended operations this morning. A posted notice states the bank is solvent but lacks sufficient cash to meet immediate demands.
A detailed 1908 price list from Apples New York Baldwins to butter and eggs. Items include fruit boxes, Oysters in various forms, potatoes onions cabbages and berries with quoted per unit and per measure prices from multiple suppliers and markets.
Edward Van Dorn arrested for being drunk and disorderly had his case postponed to Saturday at 10 o clock in Judge Lrindley s court.
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