Wanted Washing and New Phone 1436 A
Classified notice seeks washing and ironing services and a new telephone line at 1436 A. Includes contact to arrange pickup and service details.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
9
Classified notice seeks washing and ironing services and a new telephone line at 1436 A. Includes contact to arrange pickup and service details.
Readable excerpts list assorted market prices for provisions including lard, figs, lemons, pineapples, cider, onions, butter, eggs, grains, flour, dates, bananas, citrus, potatoes, and meats. Livestock quotes cover hogs, steers, spring lambs, cheeses, and dairy products with varied per unit figures.
Predictions of a bear raid sank prices at the opening with heavy selling. Steel, Reading, and Union Pacific fell briefly, but noon buying limited losses. A senate struggle over federal reserve board confirmations fueled the late session decline, with oats and provisions drifting lower into the close.
Money on call 1 percent, time money 3 percent for six months. Prime Mercantile 3 percent to .47 rue Bar Silver: London 25 15 16d, New York 56 percent. Demand sterling 4.89 to .05.
Thousands of Bloomington residents and visitors paid last respects as the body of Adlai E Stevenson lay in state at the county courthouse rotunda ahead of his funeral. Businesses were closed in mourning. services followed at Second Presbyterian Church with notable attendees including former Vice President Fairbanks and Governor Dunne. Interment at Bloomington cemetery was private.
Governor McGovern was thrown from his horse in Madison and sustained a contusion above the left knee. He was taken to Madison General hospital for treatment by Dr. R. H. Jackson.
Reports warn of a significant shortage of harvest hands in Mexico this season due to labor gaps and growing demand. Agricultural officials call for recruitment drives and cross border cooperation to mitigate impacts on crop collection and prices.
Cattle receipts 5,000 with steady to 10 cent gains. Steers 6.00 to 9.00, cows and heifers 4.25 to 8.85, stockers 6.25 to 7.75, calves 6.00 to 9.50. Hogs receipts 18,000 with market 5 cents higher. Bulk 8.05 to 8.22, heavies 8.20 to 8.25, mediums 8.10 to 8.25, lights 8.00 to 8.15. Sheep receipts 5,000 steady to strong. lambs 7.75 to 9.25, ewes 4.00 to 4.90, stockers 2.5 to 7.00.
Chicago Livestock at Union Stock Yards June 16 reports hogs receipts 16 000 market strong to higher with prices from 6 70 to 8 32 for pigs and 7 35 to 9 30 for beeves cattle. Sheep receipts 8 000 market steady to higher with native lambs 6 50 to 8 45 and western 5 50 to 8 60.
Chicago June 16 Butter Extras 26 3-4 to 27c firsts 22 to 24c Dairy extras 21 1-2 to 23c firsts 19 1-2 to 20 1-2c Eggs Prime firsts 18 to 18 1-3c ordinary 17 3-4 to 18 1-4c Cheese Twins 14 1-4 to 14 1-2c Young Americas 15 to 15 1-4c Potatoes 80 to 90c new 1.10 to 1.25 Wisconsin 80 to 90c Live poultry Fowls 14 1-2 to 15c ducks 13 to 14c geese 10 to 11 Turkeys 15c
Minneapolis barley ranges 45 to 58 cents while flax quotes at 1.57 to 1.60 dollars. Chicago barley trades 50 to 63 cents. Duluth flax at 1.61 dollars.
Chicago cash grain prices on June 16 list wheat at No 2 red 91 to 914 cents, No 3 red 90 to 90 ½ cents, corn values for white and yellow at No 2 and No 3 grades, and oats at No 3 No 4 white with ranges across multiple grades reflecting standard market spreads.
Chicago grain prices opened higher as large houses bought but soon retreated. Wet weather fears in the harvest belt continued to weigh on expectations. Wheat fell beneath last night’s close while corn edged lower then firmed, oats were dull, and July soy prospects stood steady amid light offerings. Provisions weakened on scarce demand despite higher hogs.
Union Stock Yards Illinois reports on June 15 and June 8 receipts. Hogs market steady to lower with prices from 7.00 to 8.27 dollars and varying weights. cattle receipts about 19 000 to 20 000 with beeves to 9.30 dollars and cows and heifers down to 3.60 dollars. sheep and lambs also listed with steady to slightly lower quotes.
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Milwaukee attorney F Turbush pleaded guilty in municipal court to voting illegally in the last wet and dry election in Madison. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs and said he would remain in Madison to help convict other unlawful voters.
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