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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1914
Page
11
Classified want ad rates list items for sale and contact details. Quarter sawn oak sideboard offered at 813 South Fifteenth with new phone 1217 R. Ad notes rates and location for inquiries.
Small ads list furniture repairs with delivery, two housing requests near Normal, seeking capital for a mail order business, package delivery by motorcycle for 10 cents, Weis Book Store relocation, rent request for five or six rooms, and a $650 farm loan secured by first mortgage on a farm worth $2,000 plus contact details and new phone numbers.
A legal dispute in Lancaster Wisconsin centers on a $30,000 bequest to Bishop James Schwebach from Rev. Godfrey Moover of Kieler. The gift was for distribution to La Crosse diocese charities including St. Michael's orphanage with a $500 share. The defense argues the will to charity is tax exempt, while state law imposes 5 percent tax on bequests to nonrelatives.
The New York stock market opened with tiny gains over yesterday, led by Amalgamated Copper and Dis tillers Securities. Trading narrowed to a few issues, with Am erican Smelting and Refining Co. showing activity. later hours saw little price change and a closing under slight pressure. Money on call was 1 4 1 2 percent, time money 3 to 3 1/2 percent, prime mercantile 3 4 percent, bar silver in London at 26 1/2 pence and New York at 56 1/2 cents. demand sterling quoted around 4.86 85.
A catalog style market note provides prices for fruits vegetables dairy and livestock. Items include figs dates bananas cherries lemons cabbage oranges grape fruit pineapples cider butter eggs grain poultry and meats with quoted ranges from several California suppliers and packing companies. Local livestock prices cover hogs cattle calves sheep and lambs, with dairy and creamery products and cheese offered by various providers.
Kansas City Mo June 10 cattle receipts 3 500 market strong steers 7 35 to 9 00 cows and heifers 4 25 to 8 75 stockers and feeders 6 00 to 7 75 calves 6 00 to 10 00 hogs receipts 10 000 market 5c lower bulk 7 85 to 8 00 heavy 8 00 to 8 05 medium 7 85 to 8 02 light 7 75 to 8 00 sheep receipts 14 000 market steady lambs 8 00 to 9 50 owes 4 25 to 5 25 stockers and feeders 2 75 to 7 00
Hogs receipts 30,000. market dull to lower with mixed and butchers 7.75 to 8.10, good heavy 7.80 to 8.07, rough heavy 7.65 to 7.80, light 7.80 to 8.07, pigs 6.85 to 7.60. Cattle receipts 16,000. market steady to lower with beeves 7.20 to 9.25, cows and heifers 3.70 to 8.70, stockers and feeders 6.30 to 8.15, Texans 6.80 to 7.80, calves 7.25 to 10.50. Sheep receipts 12,000. market steady to 10c higher, native 5.55 to 6.45, western 5.75 to 6.65, lambs 6.60 to 8.75, western 6.85 to 8.90.
Chicago June 10 butter exports 26 to 23 cents firsts 22 to 23 cents dairy extras 21% to 238 cents firsts 19 to 20 cents eggs prime firsts 18 to 18 1?2 cents ordinary 17 to 17?2 cents cheese twins 14? to 14? cents Young Americas 15 to 15 cents potatoes 85 to 95 cents new $1.10 to $1.20 live poultry fowls 14 to 14? cents ducks 13 to 14 cents geese 10 to 12 cents broilers 28 to 32 cents turkeys 15 cents
Marshall Cushing editor of How magazine says a nationwide manufacturer boycott against papers opposing their interests does not exist. He notes some firms may prefer to advertise with friends, after Henry B. Joy letter suggesting selective advertising. Cushing sees no evidence of a manufacturers’ cartel to enforce such boycotts.
Police report locating an invalid's wheelchair near the Catholic school on South Sixth Street. It was stored at the station and remains unclaimed several days later.
Market brief shows Minneapolis barley 46 to 57 cents, flax at 1.57 to 1.60 dollars per bushel. Chicago barley 50 to 6 cents, Duluth flax at 1.61 and 4. Changes indicate fluctuations in grain prices across the Midwest with barley and flax listed in regional ranges.
Wheat prices show No 2 red at 92 to 93 cents, No 3 red 91 to 92 1/2 cents, No 2 hard 92 to 93, No 3 hard 91 to 92 1/2, No 3 spring 96 cents. Corn quotes list No 2 white 74, No 2 yellow 73 to 73 1/2, No 3 72 1/2 to 72 3/4, No 3 white 73 to 74, No 3 yellow 73 to 73 1/2, No 4 white 72, No 4 yellow 72. Oats No 3 white 41 to 41 1/2, No 4 white 40 1/2 to 40 1/2, standard 41.
Wheat eased on world price declines, Armour buyers supported dips. July corn rose with light offerings, September corn up 5 percent at times. Oats traded moderately higher, helped by corn strength and dry southwest weather. Provisions slipped early but firmed by noon as hog market softened. September corn gained midday and September oats followed with a Kc rise.
The high school selects captains for the upcoming year. John Fay will lead the football team to victory while Fred Zeisler, 1914 captain, will head the basketball quintet. A baseball captain has not yet been chosen. Henry Kienahs is basketball manager for the coming year.
Carl Persons of Clinton Illinois, labor leader, posted the $12,000 bond set by Judge Walker and was released to await trial on charges of killing Tony Musser, leader of strike breakers at Clinton.
In Racine Wisconsin on June 10 two high school pupils were affected by extreme heat. Viola Anderson was sunstruck while walking to school and Gerald Botsford fainted in the cloak room. Dr Meacham was called to treat Anderson and Botsford.
Trade notes little effect on grain prices amid closing session strength in provisions. Market activity remained cautious with demand viewed as steady and futures holding near prior levels.
The annual senior-sophomore reception for the graduating class is set for this evening in the High school annex. A large attendance from both classes is expected, with dancing and games shaping the informal event. Committees include Refreshments Mildred Scott Lillian Kindly Helen Burke Annette Eddy Frank Spettle chair Clarence Saxauer Miss Swift Music Avanelle Fullmer Gerald Westby Mr Kline Decorations Henry Kienahs chair Elizabeth Wolfe Henry White Walter Schall Glen Hegge Mary Drummond Miss Disnn Entertainments Miss Desmond Lillian Kindley Marion Vesey Howard Reget Carl Bijornstad class president.
Hywell Davis and William R. Fairley two strike mediators from Colorado will return to Colorado tomorrow after conferring with Secretary of Labor Wilson to finalize mediation plans.
A report notes an aggressive man and remarks that there are women of that kind as well, reflecting local sentiment and concern about behavior in public spaces.
A vintage fashion note describes summer negligees as expressive garments. It highlights sheer voiles and cotton crepe fabrics, with two illustrated designs No 8064 in soft pink voile and No 8013 with an old fashioned posy print, trim bands, net frills, and a front closure knot. Samples list yardages for size 36.
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