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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1908
Page
11
Classifieds advertise Maler Barber College in Chicago for training and shop setup with diploma upon completion. Other notices seek U S Army recruits in La Crosse Wisconsin, experienced canva sers and sales staff, hotel dining and housekeeping staff, and various rentals and sales items.
A collage of small ads for home goods and services. It includes GUT RATES on household items to Architects and Superintendents, furniture and pianos, plus rubbler repairs, photography services, a Panhandle land opportunity, Reed Allen Realty Co offerings, and Dr A E Erling chronic ailment treatment. Also notes a quip about eccentricity and humor.
An insurance offer lists rates of $4.00 per thousand for three years and $6.00 per thousand for five years. The item is associated with Van Auken at 328 Pearl.
Several classifieds request work or loans. A training offer for half tone and zinc etching at National Engraving Co. promises earnings of 20 to 30 dollars weekly after learning. Other notices seek a $200 loan, board and room for a family, and a position for housework or housekeeper Amelia Erickson of Onalaska Wisconsin.
A notice to be heard at a special term of the County Court in La Crosse on August 4 1908 at 10 a m to grant letters of administration to Gustav W Helke surviving husband of Emma Helke deceased Dated July 1908 Probate Office La Crosse Wis By order of the Court Judge Brindley County Judge
Information from Haugen Barron county reports the post office was robbed Wednesday evening with stamps and money totaling about 200 dollars taken by unknown robbers. The case is being investigated by Post Office Inspector Fraser to locate the guilty parties.
Wausau Wis July 10 The Wisconsin County Clerk's association held its second annual convention ending with elections for President S R Clark Waukesha Vice President A A Raeder Appleton Secretary John King Wausau and Treasurer J H Nygaard Eau Claire Twenty six counties were represented.
Lizzie Sturdevant, sister in law of ex Attorney General L M Sturdevant, had her brother Ezra Mack jailed on charges he strangled and mistreated their mother after she refused to permit abuse. Mack remains in jail awaiting trial.
A reflection on marriage and curiosity about a partner’s appearance without whiskers. The saying notes lasting interest in how a man looks without facial hair and hints at enduring questions within domestic life.
The speech denounces corrupted elections and subservient officials, urging a return to a people’s government under Jeffersonian equality. It argues Tariff reform should be enacted by a party free from major corporation influence, noting delayed relief until after the upcoming election and criticizing Republican protectionism.
The platform calls for immediate tariff reductions on essential goods and pulp paper, withdrawal of protective duties, and free-listing of competing articles. It supports stronger injunction reform, labor organizing rights, eight hour federal workday, and a general employers liability act, plus expanded interstate commerce regulation and river improvements.
In Chicago cattle were steady with beef and stocker prices listed and hogs up about a dime in early trading. Sheep followed suit with natives and lambs trading within established ranges as markets opened. In New York the Denver convention boosted early prices but profit-taking trimmed gains and some fractional losses appeared amid firm bonds and steady government issues.
Market notes list bid ranges for wheat and corn grades and weekly and yearly volume totals for three regions. Prices include No 2 red wheat at 90 91 cents and No 2 yellow corn at 75 76 cents, with several other grades quoted.
Shipments, excluding North America, total about 3.6 million bushels. Europe is to take roughly 2.8 million bushels. Last week’s global total reached 5.664 million bushels, compared with 7.76 million a year ago.
The notice details clearances including 105000 bushels of wheat 3000 barrels of flour 235000 bushels of corn 1000 bushels of oats and 120000 bushels of wheat and flour.
Kansas City market notes for July 10 show cattle at 35,000 head with steers $4.50 to $8, stockers $3 to $5.20, 7,000 head up 5 to 10 cents to $6.30 to $6.50. Pigs bring $4.75 to $5.50. Sheep allocate 2,000 head with muttons up to $4.50 and lambs $3.25 to $4.19.
New York stockyard prices show poultry unchanged with butter at 23½ to 24¾ cents. Hog receipts 18,000 today with strong futures. cattle slow but steady. sheep 6,000, lambs weak. Market roundups include corn and wheat shifts, and a list of farm products and prices from hay to produce.
The local market stays stationary today aside from two minor vegetable price changes. Red raspberries rise from 10 to 15 cents while blueberries return to market at a shilling per box. No significant change expected tomorrow.
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