The Druggist's Display Lamp Guides Shoppers
A large bottle with colored light pours through darkness and signals the public where to find drugstore goods. The glowing bottle becomes a beacon for the drug line display and attracts passersby.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
7
A large bottle with colored light pours through darkness and signals the public where to find drugstore goods. The glowing bottle becomes a beacon for the drug line display and attracts passersby.
Advertises Navy enlistment for all kinds of work on vessels in the fleet. Highlights world travel, steady pay, training, free uniform and medical care, and advancement prospects. Claims Congress funded more men and invites applications with addresses for recruitment offices in Washington and Minneapolis.
Classified notice listing multiple female help wanted positions in local hotels and homes. Roles include dining room, kitchen, general house work. locations include American House, Hotel Bronson, North Western Hotel, 416 South St, 1122 Main, Allen Hotel, 520 S 4th, 909 Pine St. Applications urged.
Help Wanted male candidates learn barber trade. College equips shop or furnishes position, few weeks to completion, constant practice, careful instruction, tools provided. Saturday wages diploma granted. Moler Barber College Chicago Illinois. WANTED for U S Army able bodied unmarried men 18 to 35 citizens of U S of good character and temperate habits who can speak read and write English. For information apply to Recruiting Officer Hotel Grand La Crosse Wisconsin.
WANTED-Canvassers, experienced preferred. Fabric Implement Co., 810 Farnam St., La Crosse, Wis. WANTED-Experienced Tinners. Badger Steel Roofing & Corry. Co., 7th and LaX. St. FOR SALE-Nine room house, good barn, fine water, everything in good condition. Inquire at 1322 Pine St FOR SALE-S room house with barn on large lot. Also two cottages on large lot. Leaving city. 1227 Denton. FOR SALE-In Smith & Batchelder Addition one nice corner lot 50x 150 to an alley, will sell cheap for cash if taken at once. Address P ie Tribune. FOR SALE-Kitchen table, desk, bedroom salt, davenport and oth er household articles. 518 Ferry St. FOR SALE-Hardwood, 1560 Den ton street. New phone, 08 C FOR SALE-Big bargain, elegant, large, extremely modern gas range. Look it over at Cavanaugh & Smith's. FOR SALE-Cheap, Surrey and Studebaker phaeton-both in first class condition. Apply to Mrs Law, 4th and Caks. FOR SALE-Cheap. 3 spring bag gage wagon, also heavy harness. Inquire at 1016 Badger.
Several rental notices advertise furnished front rooms with bath and board at 611 and 214 South 5th Streets. A new modern house at 1162 State Street is for rent via Fred Dittman. A cottage at 1414 State Street invites inquiries.
A local note announces loans to salaried individuals on furniture planoes horses and wagons with no removal or publicity. Le Crouse Maurigage and Soap Co at 322 Main Street upstairs handles these arrangements.
Miss Cecelia Maroney of Mer., located at 108 So. 6th, offers home treatment guidance for mothers and daughters. Traveling photographer FittZPATRick lists services. phone orders encouraged through Mariner's Pharmacy at 426 Main.
Real estate ad invites buyers to visit the Panhandle of Texas to view farmland. The Reed Allen Realty Co. offers to pay travel expenses for prospective buyers to inspect properties, with Wm Tisch as manager at 533 Main St La Crosse Wis.
Augustus laloney Spring Valley Minn WANTED We will teach a young map how to make half tones and zine etchings for 100 Do you want to earn 20 to 30 a week after learning that trade Apply at National Engraving Co.
The Zalberts beat the Shelby team 6 to 3 on Mormon Coulee grounds. Batteries credited to Marshall and Nuhr for the Zalberts while Hoek and Himboltz starred for Shelby.
Burglars used augers to enter the First National bank in New London Wisconsin. They blew open a vault, took about 256 in coins, and fled as a fire started in the adjoining Margraff Dry Goods store. One suspect held in Manitowoc.
Mrs. N R Treat of Monroe Wisconsin was killed and her husband Captain Treat was seriously injured when a closed buggy drawn by frightened horses bolted through the state university grounds. The husband jumped free while Mrs Treat died at once after the fall on the macadam road.
The partly devoured body of a man found in Brantwood woods lacks identifying clothing. A woodsman with $55 in his vest pocket is thought to have been killed by a panther seen in the area. A child is reported missing near Tripoli with grave fears of another beast victim.
Promotions on the Daily Cardinal staff were announced by the Cardinal association. Julius O Roeh Milwaukee becomes business manager. William J Goldschmidt Milwaukee is managing editor. James S Thompson Ligooler Ind is assistant managing editor. David Hanchett Chicago is university editor. Arthur B. Doe Milwaukee is athletic editor. Otto F. Bradley Portland Ore wins the top reporters prize.
Crookston saloonkeepers have barred the free lunch, ending a long standing Saturday night habit. The move makes Crookston the last valley city to drop the customary free meals, following Moorhead and East Grand Forks which already did so.
In Fort Dodge on July 6 Judge Wright issued a temporary injunction against Joseph Hand John Burns E A Roberts and B Aery over buildings in Madrid Iowa after County Attorney Cedarquist Boone county filed charges. A raid last Saturday night allegedly found a thousand bottles of beer at their locations.
The remark contrasts collective and individual behavior saying men excel collectively but privately they may do what they would condemn publicly. It notes the disparity between private actions and public denouncement among men.
In Oconto Wisconsin assessors unearthed diamonds not from mines but in bank deposits worth 809000 dollars. Only 6000 dollars were initially listed on the rolls while the hoard of review seeks the owners of the two local banks deposits.
In Ripon Wisconsin on July 6 Fred Getee an employee of Paine Lumber Oshkosh had his foot crushed by a northbound Milwaukee Road train. A bystander dragged him from beneath the wheels and he was lifted onto a special train to Oshkosh for treatment.
Carl B. McCabe was elected president at the eighth annual convention of the Wisconsin Association of Postoffice Clerks held in Oshkosh. Baraboo will host next year, with fifty-six branches and membership rising from 136 to 278.
Camp Douglas Wisconsin July 6 Bob Kane a Wisconsin National Guard rifle expert forecasts high scores with the new Springfield rifle next year He notes its windage and elevation require more care than the Krag and suggests a longer barrel could improve accuracy The Third regiment prepares tents for Camp next Saturday and departs soon for field training
Walter Roeming was seriously hurt when caught in a cement machine gear. His watch apparently stopped the mechanism, preventing worse injuries at Meaver Dam, Wisconsin, on July 6.
A double drowning occurred near Racine Wisconsin when Severin aged 18 and his father Herman aged 16 went beyond safe depth while bathing. A younger brother was rescued after sinking twice though the bodies of Severin and Herman were recovered. The boys’ mother, prostrate in the street, mourns as the family relied on them due to the father’s long illness.
In Antigo the state rate commission finds the water works system cannot meet present needs, signaling a need for repairs or replacement. In Brayfield George H White plans a large fruit orchard on a 1100 acre farm near Pike's quarry after setting out tens of thousands of trees and berries. Bayfield Harbor and Great Western road extend line toward Port Wing, about seventeen miles, with work to finish in 1911. In Dodgeville Rev G W Lyman takes charge of Primitive Methodist church. In Superior the German Lutheran congregation buys the church of the German Evangelical and has erected improvements. Bicycle thieves are active in Superior, with about six wheels stolen daily.
Citizens report a surge in violent incidents as police urge vigilance after several daytime assaults. Local authorities indicate the attacks involve firearms and blunt force, with victims seeking medical attention at area hospitals. Community meetings are planned to discuss security measures and road-way lighting.
New York prices rise in early trading with smelting up two points while government bonds hold steady. Chicago cattle and hogs show modest gains amid higher livestock demand. New York poultry and dairy items advance with butter at 22 cents and eggs at 24 to 25 cents.
Kansas City markets list cattle at 6 000 head with 10 cent gains and hogs up 5 to 10 cents, while sheep rise 10 cents. Prices for vegetables, fruits, and dairy products are given by several firms with extensive itemized quotes and regional suppliers noted.
The market shows visible supply for December wheat 1,537,000 bushels, corn 236,000 bushels, and oats 1,007,000 bushels, reflecting available stocks reported by the exchange. The numbers indicate tighter corn and higher oats and wheat inventories than prior periods.
Wheat prices show No 2 red at 92 to 0, No 3 at 87 to 0, hard winter around 88 to 91 percent, spring from 8 to 1.07. Corn No 2 at 74 to 75, No 3 73 to 74, No 4 68 to 70. Oats No 3 at 51 to 52, white 50 to 54. Primary movement lists today receipts 687 and shipments 302 thousand for wheat, corn today 486 receipts and 336 shipments, with weekly and yearly comparisons.
Wheat gains given back with profit taking as Champlin led buyers and Bartlett Patten sold. Corn saw light Dec purchases by Logan and Love, with overall market softening after wheat weakness eased. Pigs and cattle show mixed to higher tendencies with hogs around 6.06 to 6.72 and cattle and sheep up 5 to 10 cents. World wheat totals and regional outputs listed.
The item notes a parade of people presenting as modern and new while suggesting enduring patterns in behavior and appearance across eras. It hints at social trends and cultural contrasts without stating a specific event or date.
The market reports no price change today while strawberries vanish for the season and peaches appear. Burns anticipates about eight cars of peaches this week and says they will sell fast as the best peaches obtainable for preserving. No change is expected tomorrow.
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