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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
9
A collage of help wanted notices seeks boys for garden work and yard work, canvassers, printers, sewing machine operators, dining room staff, housemaids, cooks, and general helpers at hotels, hospitals, shops, and homes in La Crosse and surrounding towns. The ad list ends with a quotation on wealth and spending.
Several rental notices list small house at Main and 12th, furnished rooms at 718 Main and 706 So 4th, furnished house at 403 W Ave So, modern brick house at 14th and Market, six room with cellar at 823 So 6th. Lost items include a gold hunting case watch with butterfly pin at 1129 Vine St. Pair of Shur On nose glasses at 14th and King. Found note for E H Jackel electrical work at 1100 S 6th St.
Geo E Birdsell announces services as a first class teacher of cornet and all band instruments at 420 North Tenth Street. Out of town bands encouraged to write. Old phone 3621.
C S Van Auken offers tornado insurance at four dollars per thousand for three years and six dollars per thousand for five years. Located at 328 Pearl Street, the agent markets affordable coverage for storm risk.
An advertisement notes guaranteed work at Anderson with a new phone number 761M and address 932 Caledonia Street. The snippet highlights service quality and contact details for potential customers.
Architects and superintendents Schick and Roth Batavian Bank Building advertise telephone 290. Steamer E Rutledge can now be chartered for excursions with rates and dates via F J Fugina Fountain City WI. Help wanted for child care at 322 North 11th Street and general house work at 63 Tribune. Bus furnished for picnics contact old phone 9232 or new 483C.
The British steamer Pow An struck a submerged rock off Lantao Island and, by daybreak, was a total wreck. The vessel carried 150 passengers. divers probe the site as 80 natives are believed drowned. All Europeans aboard, including officers, were saved by the rescue steamer.
Notice announces sealed bids for fifty La Crosse County Domestic Economy Bonds of 1000 each, 5 percent interest, due in ten years, to fund a county school building in Onalaska. Bids due June 20, 1908, at 2 pm, with delivery in La Crosse. Bonds dated May 1, 1908, certificates signed by county officials, highest bidder awarded.
Notice to architects invites plans and sketches for a three story agricultural and domestic economy school building in Onalaska La Crosse County Wisconsin. Budget not to exceed 35000 dollars buildings to house at least 200 students with brick paving priority. Proposals due June 30 1908 at 10 a m with drawings on white paper scale one half inch to the foot.
Four couples obtained marriage licenses in June at the county clerk office. John J. Kaesir of La Crosse and Bertha Bartushek of this city wed after license approval, along with James R. Kerrin of Chicago and Claire Webber of La Crosse. The zoo visit anecdote follows a light exchange about the cost of animals.
Chicago June 6 Frank Lawler a Stratford hotel bellboy has saved 50000 from tips amid a public praised for generosity He holds 20000 in cash and bank 30000 in real estate He declines tips on races or stocks noting bookmaker checks for dinners rose from five to ten dollars and he prefers investments bought outright.
The La Crosse Automobile club will parade a car bearing This auto is running 12 miles an hour to show members how to comply with the speed limit. Members were told to drive under control, stay on the right side, curb stops, and avoid horn misuse and muffler cut-outs. The club will aid authorities, warn offenders, and drop repeat violators.
Kenneth Moore infant son of Mr and Mrs George Moore died Thursday June 4 Funeral held at residence Friday afternoon Rev Langwell officiating Interment Oak Lawn cemetery Miss Ella Curtis of Lake City visiting sister Mrs Sam Nagle Miss Cora Dickson returned home after school term Clyde Minn Mrs Leonard Brown and daughter Emelia were in town on business Mrs Wagner returned to Red Wing after brief visit Mrs Anna Harder of Brownsville returned home with two young daughters Mrs W D Wilkham of Milaca visiting daughter Mrs Geo Moore Mr and Mrs O P Clinton of La Crosse guests of relatives here and in Dakota Mr and Mrs Bert Webster and son Walter traveled to Salt Lake City Utah to visit Mrs Webster sisters Nina Lambert returned from Galesville Eva Jones of North Dakota visiting relatives here
Spring Grove Indians and Mabel battled fifteen innings at Spring Grove baseball park on Sunday June 7 with a 5 to 5 tie as rain halted play. Chalmas and Roppe pitched for Spring Grove with 19 strikeouts while Tollefson for Mabel chalked up 9. The score by innings shows Spring Grove taking a partial lead before the game ended in a stalemate.
In New York trades June 10 the market softened after early advances. St Paul rose about 1½, Union Pacific drifted to just above 148, and steel shares steadied after an ex dividend move. Amalgamated and Anaconda led Industrials with solid gains, while American Smelting gained modestly and Missouri Pacific rose about 2. Government bonds held steady as other issues remained steady.
New York June 10 poultry unchanged butter 23 and a half cents eggs 20 to 21 cents cheese 14 and a half cents. Chicago June 10 cattle 18,000 up 10 cents per hundredweight beef cattle 6.40 to 7.85 stockers 3.40 to 5.60 hogs 36,000 down 5 cents weight heavy 5.19 to 5.52 pigs 4.20 to 5.19 sheep native 3.25 to 5.40 lambs 4 to 6.50.
Wires from Wichita and nearby regions report heavy rain and widespread damage across Kansas and Missouri. Wheat losses cited at 15 to 25 percent with recent declines. rain, flooding, and soft ground threaten harvest. Banks and brokers note shifting prices and mixed buying, favoring Sept. wheat at times. Local rainfall exceeds two inches, damaging soft wheat and ripe fields in Wellington area.
An evening meeting of Y M C A officers directors and building committee will review plans and bids for the new Y M C A hall. Bids exceeded available funds, prompting plan reductions to fit a expected cost of 100000, with contracts likely let at a joint session tomorrow evening at the Y M C A hall.
Tobacco growers around Stoughton Cottage Grove Deerfield and eastern Dane County were swindled out of thousands by a smooth talking man posing as a seller for the Independent Leaf Tobacco Company of the United States with headquarters in Louisville.
A concise opinion line argues that the typical man favors seeking public office to earning a stable living, implying political ambition as a preferable path over steady work. The remark reflects attitudes about ambition and economic security in civic life.
The local markets show steady prices with strawberries cooled by recent weather. Cucumber, onion, potato, and citrus quotes appear, alongside meat, dairy, and egg listings from multiple suppliers. Weather effects threaten strawberry and corn crops, while oysters and fish prices are listed by manufacturers and merchants.
In Iowa Falls Mayor Bryson aimed to rid parks and streets of dandelions by forcing hoboes under fines to work digging roots under police guard. The plan yielded a large harvest of the weed, creating a spectacle of hobos and dandelions in the city.
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