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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
9
Classified notice seeks male help for Cook and a second girl position at the Schick & Roth building located at 1141 Main. Telephone 290 referenced for contact. Dentist listing appears as stray text in the ad.
Chicago and Minneapolis market updates show wheat corn oats and pork futures with May and July contracts listed. Newark stocks including Union Pacific and U S Steel rise with a market comment noting strong New York demand and short covering.
The Wisconsin Union of the American Society of Equity meets in Eau Claire on January 16 to discuss handling the 1907 tobacco crop. The tobacco trust and crop diversification into potatoes and fruit are on the agenda, with President Barnett of Kentucky possibly attending.
A collection of classified sale notices lists a 5 hp wood sawing machine at 28 dollars, two cottages at 900 each, a 50 acre Sparta farm very cheap if taken at once, a rugs sale at 311 South 5th, a small horse for delivery or driving, a steam brick yard with two machines, Sherwood and Johnson fixtures, Scotch terriers, and a Buffalo coat at a low price with phone contact 9851 Old.
Classified notices list multiple rental options including furnished rooms with heat and bath at 305 So Fifth St and 620 So Seventh St, single rooms with private family at 507 So 5th St, and two furnished rooms at 718 Main St. Also listings for farm sale or loan opportunities and a potential dairy or truck farm site north of Golf links, plus a general for rent at Horton 1042 Denton.
Milk and cream and buttermilk delivered. Joseph Beutler 721 South Fourth Street contact details listed. Two quotes about flattery and hair appear among the lines.
Wanted notice promotes fitting spectacles and eye glasses from 1.25 dollars and up. Consultation is free. Crystal Optical Co located at 310 Pearl Street, Suite 4 invites customers to inquire about optical services.
Wanted copies of The Tribune dated August 10 1907. Will pay 5 cents apiece if left at Tribune Office. Also: Gasoline wood sawing by J E Alexander at 915 South Fifth Street. Cut rates on household goods to Pacific Coast with superior service. Boyd Transfer Co Minneapolis offers reduced rates. Money to loan diamonds and valuables bought by Stevens at 209 McMillan.
Blue enamel pin with 08 from a high school lost. Return to 518 South Fifth Street. Reward offered.
About fifty mechanical engineers and artisans attended a meeting to organize a class in mechanical engineering under university extension. C H Williams presided while Prof Louis E Reber and Prof A W Richter outlined courses and university support including sending apparatus to students. Dr Edward Hans and Superintendent Bird endorsed the plan and pledged aid.
Market bulletin notes a possible daytime advance with light activity. Demand likely from short interest. cautious buying on hard spots and weak areas for wheat. Commission houses start with Bartlett best seller at opening for scalping profits.
Liverpool cables show wheat higher and corn up 4d. Carrots and oats listed with prices 161 and 138-22. Compared to last year, wheat 45, corn 283, oats 138.
Hog receipts today estimated at 40 000 with 7 473 left over as prospects run slow to light. Prices range from 4 20 to 4 52 for various states with heavy hogs near 4 60 and rough at 4 30. Cattle around 3 500 and sheep about 10 000 with weak demand.
Live Stock receipts show Omaha hogs 11 000 cattle 2 200 sheep 2.00 while Kansas City reports hogs 18 000 cattle 3 000 and sheep 2 900. The figures indicate market activity across two major trading centers with lambs and hogs prominent.
Chicago packers remain the leading sellers of provisions as scattered buying through houses continues. Ongoing heavy hog movement sustains a legitimately bearish market, while packers look to secure large manufacturing profits and may persist in selling.
Bartlett Frasier says the situation here and abroad is becoming clearly bullish each day and will gain strength as the crop develops. He asserts belief in higher prices amid ongoing market optimism.
A. T. McIntyre & Co. argues advancing prices for securities will revive confidence in general business and stimulate trade activity, claiming the plan charts the path to improved economic conditions.
The wheat market features ongoing liquidation and short selling throughout the morning. Buying support returns on declines, with Bartlett Frasier, Logan Bryan, Rycroft & Allen among sellers who also bought on declines. Larger packers sold more earlier but later reduced sales, suggesting limited investment demand.
Hogs sold around 40 000 head with the market weak slipping about five or ten points from the open Estimates for tomorrow show 31 000 hogs. Cattle estimated 3 500 and sheep 10 000 faced weak conditions as trading finished.
Wheat futures on the Liverpool market closed five pence higher, while corn finished unchanged to a percentage lower amid modest gains and steady trade.
A provocative aphorism noting that truth cannot be forced from a person even with extreme measures. It comments on the limits of coercion and the resistance of hidden knowledge.
The comment frames rumors as a driver of work and effort, suggesting chatter stimulates productivity and attention to tasks. It highlights how information flows turn into energy prompting action and collaboration in communities.
Thawing and freezing conditions persist across a wide winter wheat area with weather not seasonable. Missouri and Illinois farmers deliver soft winter wheat as bad roads hinder hauling. a hard freeze could improve deliveries per Modern Miller.
An old market price list shows apples, oranges, cranberries, lemons, cabbage, flour, oats, and dairy items with per unit and per ton pricing. Oysters, fish, poultry, and various produce are itemized from several suppliers, alongside notes on creamery butter and eggs. The piece ends with a brief article about a Chinese imperial palace visit and a cautious edict on constitutional reform.
King Edward signed a proclamation at Buckingham Palace ordering the English parliament to reconvene January 29. The Houses of Parliament, built on the Thames embankment, sit on eight acres and cost about 3,000,000 pounds, dating to 1810 on the site of the 1834 fire.
Daily services listed as a for daily, c for daily except Saturday, and a variant for daily except Sunday. The note clarifies schedule labeling used in the timetable.
Chicago reports a potential no delay for the lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterway appropriation as Illinois and other states have already invested heavily. The piece notes Rockefeller gifts and Carnegie bids shaping education funding, and details calls for a state commission to oversee canals, plus a clash over Harahan taxes and a push for control of Illinois Central by March.
Monday evening at the Co B Armory the Germania Athletes face the high school alumni in a preliminary game before the Portage and Company B basketball clash. Germania has shown sharp practice and is expected to deliver a good contest.
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