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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1909
Page
9
Prices for strawberries lemons peaches and pineapples show small gains and steadiness in local trade. Dairy meats and produce list includes butter eggs cheese hogs cattle and various vegetables with misc. market quotes from several firms and growers.
A humorous reflection notes two prevailing opinions as a son leaves for marriage. The mother believes he is throwing himself away while his sisters think the bride is at fault. The piece satirizes family views on new marriages.
The report lists prices for light sheep and hogs, mixed grades from 7.20 to 8.05, heavy and rough stock from 7.45 to 7.80, 7.65, and 7.65. Yorkers range around 7 to 703, with pixs 6.20 to 7.10. Sheep receipts are 6,000 and steady. Native through western lambs and sheep show varied bids from 3.25 to 8.30, with lambs up to 8.30 in some lots.
Cattle receipts 1000, strong herd of beeves priced 5.10 to 7.35, Texas 4.75 to 6.25, western 4.75, cows and heifers 2.50 to 6.50, calves 5.50 to 7.50. Hogs receipts 10000, steady range 7.10 to 7.90 with variations from 6.10 to 7.90. Sheep receipts 7000, steady natives 2.50 to 5.85, westerns 3.73 to 5.75, lambs 5 to 8, western 5.59 to 8.80.
Chicago July 3 report shows cheese at 13 to 13 percent, twins and young Americas at 14 to 14 percent. No potatoes butter or poultry listed in the market update.
The weekly statement from New York banks reports increases in reserve on deposits by 1,549,525 and on non US deposits by 1,503,800, with loans up 238,300 and specie up 2,561,200. Deposits rise 3,119,300 while circulation falls 130,000, and total loans reach 1,340,200,3900. The system’s surplus stands at 35,061,050 versus 50,191,675 last year and 8,544,300 two years ago.
Cattle receipts 4,000 unchanged. Hogs receipts 9,000 steady with light hogs 7.25 to 7.95 mixed 7.45 to 8.10, heavy 7.50 to 8.15, rough 7.50 to 8.15, Yorkers 7.75 to 7.85, pigs 6.25 to 7.15. Sheep receipts 2,500 steady unchanged.
Cattle receipts 100. native steers 4.75 to 7.35, southern steers to 3.90, cows and heifers 2.50 to 7, stockers 3.50 to 5.50, bulls 2.75 to 5, calves 3.75 to 7, western cattle 4.75 to 6.80. hog receipts 1,900. bulk 7.60 to 7.95, heavy 7.90 to 8, packers 7.75 to 7.95, light 7.40 to 7.85, pigs 6 to 7.25.
A visiting penman sold about two dozen fountain pens at the Sherman House then vanished after midnight toward train No. 1. A local man paid two dollars for two defective pens seeking replacements. The town notes strawberry season ending due to extreme heat and lists brief local happenings and visitors.
A ventilator from gas tanks disarranged in Hoerde caused gas to spill into nearby homes. The furnace workers let gas escape and heavier carbon gas filled the area. Forty victims, mainly women and children, were hospitalized with many expected to die.
Secretary Ustermoehl of the La Crosse board of trade received an invitation for the city to send delegates to the Annual Congress of the Esperanto Association of America in Chautauqua New York from August 8 to 14. Delegates will attend business sessions and entertainments. The international language will be discussed and arguments for its adoption heard.
In buying a cough medicine, don't be afraid to get Chamberlains Cough Remedy. There is no danger from it, and relief is sure to follow. Especially recommended for coughs, colds and whooping cough.
Yesterday proved the hottest day of the year with the weather bureau recording 96 degrees and residents noting higher readings up to 106 in Phoenix. A cooling rain and breeze in the evening offered relief after a sweltering day as Phoenix led national heat charts.
Frank Wilson a common vagrant pled guilty before County Judge John Brindley this morning and received a 20 day sentence in the county jail.
A columnist argues praise over the girl graduate ignores the woman who cooks in hot weather. The piece urges equal attention to everyday labor and the unseen contributions of working women.
Livestock at Union Stock Yards on July 2 shows catithe receipts around 1,000 with strong demand. Feetes range from $5.20 to $7.40 for Texans $4.55 to $6.25 Western cattle $1.80 to $5.75 stockers and feeders $3.50 to $5.30 cows and heifers $2.50 to $6.50 calves $5 to $7.50. Hogs receipts total 11,009 with strong activity.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Orino Laxative for stomach and liver trouble and habitual constipation. It promises a sweetened stomach and breath, gentle liver stimulation, and regulated bowels, claiming superiority to pills and ordinary laxatives.
The body of a man staying under the name W. C. Stepney of Seattle was identified as Sir Arthur Cowell Stepney of London. Police say drink played a role in his death. Bank books show a $13,000 deposit at a Los Angeles bank.
Cornell beats Columbia and Syracuse in the varsity eight oared race at Poughkeepsie with a time of 19 02. Wisconsin finishes fourth and Pennsylvania last as Cornell also wins the varsity four and freshman events in a clean sweep. The Ithacans pull ahead by a length at the end while Columbia surges to challenge in a dramatic finish.
Minnie Tidball was granted a divorce by Circuit Judge E. C. Higbee this morning. The action cites non support and desertion as the grounds.
Joseph Kane, driven by hunger, enters the church of the Most Precious Blood to steal the gold altar service. Two policemen intervene and Kane is clubbed insensible. He explains he acted out of hunger to buy a steak.
A reflective passage notes that a woman's journey may proceed regardless of her husband’s means and that people believe animals understand human speech. It warns that truth hidden now can later surface to humiliate the speaker.
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