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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
7
Manager Clark Griffith quits the New York Americans after seeking release from owner Mr. Farrell claiming bad luck and futility. Shortstop Elberfield is expected to take over leadership of the team.
A assortment of rental notices and service ads include furnished front rooms at 611 and 214 South 5th Streets with bath and board, a modern house at 1102 State Street, a store at 205 Main Street, a brick house at 812 South 6th with inquiries at 922 5th, and a cottage at 1414 State. Also listed are rates on household goods to Pacific Coast, transfers via Third Transfer Co. in Minneapolis, and contact details for Schick & Roth Architects and Batavian Bank Building with telephone 290. A picnic party bus is offered with Old phone 232 and New phone 483c.
A light lap robe was found and turned in. The finder lists the owner contact as 203 McMillan Bidz and asks that the owner call to claim. The item is described briefly with no other identifying features.
A small family seeks a 6 or 7 room house with a large lot, rent quoted, possession wanted July 15. Address F. W. & care Tribune. An automobile is sought for Dakota land by Augustus Maloney of Spring Valley Minnesota. Two women seek unfurnished first floor rooms for housekeeping, address M. care of Tribune office. If you want to keep your friends, don't use them too much.
A list of urban properties for sale including a 5 acre garden plot with buildings at 3 000, a 2 story 7 room house with 2 lots at 4 000, 108x lot with buildings at 1 100, a modern residence at 7 500, and other parcels on Madison Court Main thoroughfare and nearby farms with prices and brief descriptions.
The Eastern Wisconsin Bezirk singing societies meet in Fond du Lac on July 11 and 12 with a mass chorus of 500 voices plus a 23 piece band. Eighteen cities will be represented and about 200 singers and musicians are expected to attend led by George Urban of Manitowoc.
A heavy rain and wind storm struck Evansville Wisconsin on July 2 leaving streets blocked by fallen trees and power lines. Several barns were destroyed and homes suffered chimneys blown off and windows broken as the storm moved east through Union Porter and Fulton causing thousands of dollars in farm building damage.
Special in Machinery One 20 H. P. and one 50 H. P. slide valve engines. One 36 inch power driven paper cutter, boilers, pulleys, shafting, pipe, flues, belting, water tanks. We buy sell or exchange. High est prices paid for scrap iron or metals. Call at once. La Crosse Scrap Iron & Metal Co., 430 La Crosse Street. Both phones.
July 2 New York markets show early strength with fractional gains in many issues before prices ease. Pennsylvan ia tours reach 101% for new issue. broad trading ends with minor upticks. Government bonds steady, other bonds firmer. Cash grain quotes list wheat, corn, oats ranges and Friday retail and groceries details amid a quiet session.
In San Francisco on July 2 betting on the Gans Nelson bout set 2 to 1 for Gans with even money on a knockout within twenty five rounds. Nelson outweighs Gans slightly and trains hard with road work and sparring. Referee Jack Welch plans to enforce Queensberry rules and will break holds despite the fight's agreement.
Harold C. Bradley assistant professor of physiological chemistry at the University of Wisconsin will marry Miss Mary Josephine Crane daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles R Crane of Chicago on July 8 at the bride’s parents summer home in Lake Geneva Wisconsin Miss Crane is a highly educated deaf girl sometimes called Helen Keller of the west Her parents are wealthy.
Clearances show 71,000 bushels of wheat, 2,000 bushels of corn, 9,000 bushels of flour, and 60 bushels of oats. Wheat and flour quality total 111,000 bushels in the record.
Primaries show today values for Wheat 282000 and 260000 and Last week 237000 and 265000. Corn today 384000 and 539000 with Last week 443000 and 417000. Oats today 325000 and 550000.
Provisions indicate Armour brokers credited with picking up a little product as offerings are light and there is not the usual amount of liquidation this morning.
In Los Angeles on July 2 betting puts McFarland at 2 to 1 odds against Welch for the July 4 fight. Packey is the favorite with Gans and Welch seen as unlikely threats. Since McFarland arrived the odds shift to 7 to 10 inFrisco. McFarland predicts a knockout of Welch.
Madison Wisconsin July 2 Mrs Martha O Mellans aged 40 or 41 endured over twenty days without solid food. She last ate in March and three weeks back stopped eating yet she continues to drink water and remains conscious and lucid with her family.
Tra W. Kelley says years of kidney and bladder trouble improved after using Foley’s Kidney Cure. He spent much on doctors without benefit and hopes his testimonial helps others. O. T. Erhart.
A flotilla of fourteen motor boats from St. Louis and Alton arrived in Peoria led by Dr. G. M. Phillips aboard Harriet after a 209 mile journey up the Illinois River. About 130 crew and passengers plan to continue via the Hennepin canal to Muscatine Iowa for July 4 competition with boats from Muscatine Burlington and Keokuk. Duro and Sparks are among the fastest from St. Louis. Commodore Combs owns Duro. The flotilla requires two days to navigate the canal.
Marvin Hart may meet Jack Johnson in a twenty four foot ring as the National Sporting Club of London seeks an October opening bout. Peggy Bettison, the club's match-maker, cables an offer for Hart and Johnson with training time ample.
A girl believes that if she knew any dukes most would want to marry her. The remark reflects societal assumptions about aristocracy and marriage prospects in her era.
Strong and higher cables push wheat outlook as old world crop prospects shrink with rains. Corn firm at open, later softening on liberal offerings. Cash grains reported with specific bushel totals. hogs, cattle, and sheep markets show varied activity and prices with day’s close and next day estimates.
Hokah trader Frank Stalder sold oats in the city yesterday. H Bothe from Forman Coulee sold oats locally. Hokah’s Joseph Baranek sold a cow to Brie bach. Pine Creek’s William Burns and J Fitting sold hay yesterday. Midway’s F Hoogenhouse sold straw. Joseph LaFleur delivered the first load of new hay from French Island Tuesday. City scales close on the Fourth of July.
Brother Basil leads eight Benedictine monks to establish a monastery in the old choir school. Bishop Graf ton describes the move as an experiment. The Fond du Lac monastery is expected to become a branch of a southern Episcopal monastery.
A young woman contemplates becoming a full woman only after causing a man heartache. The remark hints at themes of growth, romance, and social expectations in a reflective narrative.
The market shows little movement overall with vegetables steady. Potatoes rise by 10c per bushel and strawberries become scarcer with a price increase to 12.5c per quart. Red raspberries fall from 18c to 12.5c per pint.
A list of prices quoted by various merchants for produce and staples including potatoes bananas lemons onions cabbage strawberries apples and grains. Items include new potatoes old potatoes Valencia oranges Cocoanuts California cherries and strawberries with per crate or per bushel pricing and per ton or per sack data.
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