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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
9
The piece urges selling household discards through rummage sales and emphasizes using Want Columns to find buyers. It suggests surveying basements for stored items, listing what you have, and placing Want Ads if no immediate buyers are found.
Multiple help wanted notices list positions at Moler Barber College Chicago U S Army recruiting at Hotel Grand La Crosse six canvassers office boy timers and dining room kitchen staff at American House Hotel Bronson and other local employers. Wages vary from diplomas awarded and $2.00 per day to commission and hourly pay.
A dense string of for sale and for rent notices listing various properties and household items with locations in Omaha style addresses. Items include corner lots, nine room houses with barns, cottages, furniture, and appliances plus several rental rooms and a storefront. Addresses include 1322 St, 1227 Denton, 924 Soc Front St, 307 Main St, 518 Ferry St, 131 So 9th, 1629 Farnam, 421 Cass, 611 So 5th, 214 So 5th St, 426 S 9th, 1102 State St, 205 Main St, 922 S.
Local notices list charter availability for the steamer Rutledge with rates and dates via F J Fugina of Fountain City Wisconsin. Additional short items advertise home treatment services, a traveling photographer, carpet cleaning, and realty services in La Crosse Wisconsin along with a cough remedy from Runckel's Drug Store.
C. 8S. Van Auken offers tornado insurance at four dollars per thousand for a three year term and six dollars per thousand for a five year term. Contact 328 Pearl for details.
Multiple lost notices list a purse with money stamps and receipts on Johnson Street between 11th and 6th with a reward for return to 1027 Mississippi Street upstairs. A young brown spaniel named Mike is missing with a reward offered by Dr H C Evenson of Deerflinger. A double gold eagle 32 is reported lost with a reward of its weight in gold from Dr Powell.
A light lap robe was found and left at 203 McMillan Building. The finder asks the owner to identify it. a note adds a quotation about a girl who steals her heart not likely to have it stolen.
Household seekers request a 6 or 7 room house with a large lot for July 15 possession and rent details. Augustus Maloney advertising an automobile for Dakota land. Two women seek unfurnished first floor rooms for housekeeping. Frank W Williams Company seeks a sales manager with 1000 cash, references, and business experience. National Engraving Co offers training to earn 20 to 30 dollars weekly after learning half tone and engraving.
The La Crosse County Committee on Buildings and Grounds invites sealed proposals by July 7 1998 at 2 34 p m for two hundred tons of smokeless coal lump egg or run of mine to be delivered during winter 1908 1909 to the county courthouse and jail. The committee may reject any bids. W F Baker J E Swan W G Garber.
The Saengerfest advertising committee met last night and elected Karl Kurtenacker Jr. as secretary. They planned an electric sign to advertise the fest on a city building and named Kurtenacker and Long to arrange the sign. Additional advertising tasks, including press announcements, were discussed.
William Miller of Mormon Coulee sold hogs to Langdon and Bord after bringing in a herd yesterday. Crops look fair though excessive rain delays ideal conditions. Engineer R Hurley is promoted to passenger engineer on the La Crosse Milwaukee line.
A dissatisfied tenant complains the house is draughty and hair blows in the room. The house agent responds with a wry remark that it would be easier and cheaper to get the air cut.
Practical tips for warding off heat in the home with windows and shades timed to morning air. Recipes for cooling meals include chilled fruit salads, olive oil dressings, vinaigrette sauces, and easy frozen desserts. Emphasizes early preparation, ice box storage, and serene hospitality.
The Burns Fruit House baseball team defeated Hogan School in a two game set with scores 13 to 10 and 6 to 5. Batteries: Burns Fruit House Shimshak Cady Lorenz and Shimshak. Hogan School Neasier and Grabenky.
Burglary occurred between Saturday night and Sunday morning at a local company with goods valued at $2000 stolen. Most items were silks along with plumes silk hosiery and kid gloves. Entry via attic and elevator shaft. No clues found. Mr Choate offers a $500 reward.
Winona Minnesota July 1 The big dry goods store of H Choate and company announced a clearance sale with extensive reductions across departments. Local shoppers flocked to the downtown avenue seeking bargains on textiles notions and household wares.
A pragmatic note warns that praising friends to acquaintances may backfire by making those acquaintances dislike them rather than gain popularity. The idea contrasts social influence with potential resentment and damaged reputations among peers.
Market dulled early but gained slightly as insiders bought, with Union Pacific Reading St Paul and Northern Pacific rising. Industrials up marginally while government bonds steady. Poultry unchanged Butter Eggs Cheese notes and commodity clearances listed. Johnson hotel room reservation story ends with room details.
The report lists grain prices for wheat corn oats and vegetables with mixed outcomes. Hog and cattle prices ease while sheep stay weak. Poultry dairy and fruit items show varied per unit prices. the market remains unsettled with several brokers active in September and May contracts.
The data shows today and last week figures for Wheat Corn and Oats with year ago comparisons. Wheat today 289000 and 314000. last week 313000 and 276000. last year 563000 and 156000. Corn today 537000 and 542000. last week 598000 and 396000. last year 714000 and 762000. Oats today 469000 and 390000. last year 387000 and 431000.
Traders voiced bullish sentiment on wheat with long positions reduced yet held by leading bulls. July wheat deliveries were pegged between 1.25 and 2.0 million bushels, with New York holders aiming to cover part of the supply. Bulls expect a possible July slide, while bears await the next move ahead of the Democratic convention. Corn and oats remained in demand with expectations of further advances, and firms recommended buying on dips in December or May contracts.
The local market shows little change with butter up two cents per pound and cream cheese down two cents. Eggs eased from 4.25 to 4.20 as prices stabilize, with markets expected to remain stationary tomorrow.
A dated price sheet lists per ton fees for Bran Shorts and hay with tonnage rates, plus per pound prices for cheeses and butters and per dozen or case prices for eggs. It includes multiple suppliers and commodity categories such as grains wheat corn barley oats rye and wood and straw by Langdon Boyd Packing Co and Hawrey Co with regional scale notes.
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