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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
4
C O Eldridge of Empire Georgia extols Dr King s New Discovery as the best cough and cold cure including croup and throat troubles. He cites seven years of use and recommends it for family safety. Sold at O T Erhart s drug store 60c and 1.00 with trial bottle free.
A proverb about the futility of debt collection when one believes the world owes him a living. It warns that turning to debt collectors rarely helps and suggests self reliance instead.
Local resignations and new hires headline a busy stretch on Loomis and nearby streets. Social visits, illnesses, and community events fill Prospect, Wood, and Caledonia areas as residents host, travel, and recover.
The North Side Progressive League held its first annual banquet at North Presbyterian church with Atttorney Fred H. Hartwell and Senator W. C. Owen as speakers. Hartwell praised the league’s work while Owen urged action on inland waterways and a state waterways commission.
Thieves entered the North Side grocery of E. W. Schultze by cutting a rear window and stole merchandise valued at about 100 dollars. Police have no clues while a suspected gang operates in the area, with similar robberies reported nearby.
Mrs. M. Fuerhack left yesterday for Fountain City to attend the funeral of her mother Mrs. Clark who died in Colgate Minnesota. The deceased had been a well known Colgate resident for years and Mrs Fuerhack’s husband is ill and cannot go with her.
An advertising tract warns of fatal fat buildup around the heart and promotes Rengo as a cure. It claims safe loss of about a pound daily, notes a typical 60 pound loss in 60 days, and offers trials with a Detroit address and local La Crosse druggists named as retailers.
CHI MARKETS REPORT shows wheat corn and oats trading with modest gains in May and July contracts. Pork futures show steady slight strength while New York mid day levels lift the overall market as traders anticipate further moves.
Heavy receipts in hogs push live hog prices down about 25 cents per hundred. Old hens sell at 512 to 6 cents, while young chicks bring about 6 to 6 1 2 cents per pound. Wholesale chicken prices also ease with old birds at 5 1/2 to 6 cents and young birds at 6 to 6 1/2 cents.
Active trading at 5c higher than early estimates with 30,000 traded. Cattle about 6,000 and weak. Sheep around 55,000 and weak.
Outlook shows heavy buying across grains with renewed market interest and sentiment shift after the close. Liverpool Opening notes wheat unchanged and corn up modestly, hogs seen with 47,000 receipts and 11,158 left over with weak prospects, cattle slow after yesterday's decline, and sheep about 15,000 with prices 10 cents lower.
Farm prices list for carrots wheat corn oats with figures. Live stock receipts show Omaha and Kansas City hogs cattle and sheep totals. New York reports American stocks in London strong and Bank of England rate cut. Secretary Cortelyou urges banks for 10 million dollars. Steel furnaces operable around 45 percent with fair demand. February interest and dividend disbursements exceed 70 million. Early financing eyed as press steel car declares regular quarterly dividend.
Kansas City receipts show wheat at 99-36, corn 39-25, oats 11-11 with selling scattered. Liverpool grain prices rise modestly while wheat trade cools after early surge and pit sentiment remains bearish. Cincinnati notes favorable wheat growing conditions. interior corn offerings rise as hog slaughter pace reaches 870,000 for the week versus 635,000 a year ago.
An old advertisement certifies druggists may refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs and colds. It claims the remedy stops coughing heals lungs prevents pneumonia and consumption with no opiates. Genuine product in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. O T Erhart.
A fire at 1715 Berlin Street by 5:30 a.m. destroyed a barn hay mow owned by William Brady. Three horses and a valuable cutter were saved or damaged. losses estimated around $300. Authorities seek the incendiary as citizens grow angry over recurring arsons.
At a special railroads committee meeting the council recommended street car conductors walk ahead of all crossings except Mill Street death trap Alderman Downs supported including Mill Street but the ruling kept that crossing exempt The railroad rate commission will review crossing safety and if needed the street car company will be required to make changes to reduce danger
A wide list of groceries and farm supplies is cataloged with prices. Items include apples, oranges, cranberries, oysters, potatoes, onions, cabbage, strawberries, celery, flour, mill feed, lard, dairy, poultry, eggs, vegetables, fish, cheese, hay, and wood. Units vary by item and region, with brands or vendors noted for some lines.
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