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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1908
Page
10
A long mixed sale notice lists deals on used pianos and organs, farm land for cash or trade, houses for sale in Denton and Pine Street, lumber and secondhand goods, and a local loan service. It includes addresses, prices, and a couple of promotional lines for moving and cleaning services.
Classified listings show brick storefront property at 1225 Farnam Street and several other prime city lots and residences with prices ranging from 1 100 to 7 500. Also notes WANTED nurse and child care positions, plus an ad for a fast ice cream cone business with potential earnings and startup cost.
Mexico City officials report the federal government guarantees 256000 in sums of 25000 annually for ten years starting 1920 to back the National Derby. A contract with the Fomento department and hockey club is signed. Nominations for the first Derby must be filed by December 1. Changes to race conditions are anticipated.
Chicago report says veteran referee and boxing writer George Siler suffered a heart ailment before noon Thursday and remained critical at night. He had visited Papke and Ketchel for journalistic notes and planned to ride to Milwaukee to witness the weigh-in of the boxers that afternoon.
Public printing bids sought for letter press binding ruling and blank books for state use for two years from January 1909. Maximum prices set by law for composition press work folding and binding with discounts required. Bids due June 20 1908 at 6 pm Madison.
Clement C Smith is named to lead the local election ticket amid a report that shipping and ore stock movements in Eveleth faced temporary suspension. The notices reference crowding and production impacts with emphasis on forthcoming demand and grades.
Chicago reports Saturday receipts steady for cattle and sheep, hogs marginally higher with lighter and heavy classifications. Cattle ranged 6.50 to 7.75, hogs 5.16 to 5.55 for light and 5.50 to 4.55 for heavy, with pigs 4.20 to 4.10. Kansas City notes steady steers at 7.40 and hogs around 6.40, lambs 5 to 6.35. Prices for poultry and dairy mostly unchanged in New York. Market breadth softened in some sectors as Missouri Pacific rose modestly on dividend uncertainty.
Reports from Columbia Tennessee describe a tornado at Riverton near Franklin damaging wheat fields and wiping out Scandia south of Chester. Bartlett brokers note September and July sorghum and barley sales. Chapin bought early. Love and Harris Winthrop report sellers.
Fragmentary OCR suggests a jail story about a woman who gives away money and a reference to insanity. mentions an officer Hamberg and a horse team. details are unclear, with garbled names and locations, making precise facts uncertain.
Prices listed show strawberries at 15 cents per quart, peaches at 20 cents a dozen, and apricots around 16 cents, with market notes describing a quiet day despite small changes. Readings cover produce and dairy, including cucumbers, potatoes, apples, bananas, oranges, lemons, onions, cabbage, butter, eggs, and various cheeses, with multiple suppliers cited.
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