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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1915
Page
11
A dense mix of help wanted ads, real estate, goods for sale, and misc notices. Includes offers for domestic help, cooks, house workers, nurses, and skilled trades, plus listings for furniture, vehicles, livestock, launches, stoves, and general merchandise across multiple La Crosse and nearby addresses.
Market prices for Cantaloupes, Lemons, Oranges, Cider, Potatoes, Grapes, Strawberries, Cabbage, and livestock. notes on butter, eggs, and feed. In County Court for La Crosse County, Wisconsin In Probate, sale of lands of Mary Ann McHugh estate on June 25, 1915 at 10 AM at La Crosse Court House front entrance. Administrator C A Hunt details terms at sale.
Multiple sale notices include 40 or 80 acre land divisions near Rice Lake Ladysmith and Wearhouse Wis at 15 per acre with down payment. Also 19 foot Kennebec Spon-Sul motor canoe complete $125. 400 acre farm near Trempealeau Wis with improvements and timber. Household furniture and saloon property for sale. Launch 20 foot 5 h p. Horse for trade. Listings request inquiries by J H Bean and J K Kidder with local contact details.
A stream of rental ads lists six to seven room flats and furnished rooms. Properties include 1523 Badger street 136 South Eighth street Seventh between Main and State 616 Uf and other addresses. Rates range from seven to forty dollars monthly with various terms and contacts.
The Kansas City Star quotes Noyes E. Brewmore noting he cannot claim judgment of women yet he can sense welcome in a sharp hello. He jokes about visiting a woman’s home and leaving chocolate gifts after a soft drawn out hello.
Downtown lot on Cass street between Fourth and Fifth with 69 foot frontage. Price to be reduced by 25 dollars per day until sold. Inquire BE Derr, owner.
The New York stock market opened irregular with several leaders down while some gains appeared. Goodrich rose 2 percent to 52, Continental Can hit an 8 percent high, Reading at 145 and Inter-Met preferred at 74 stood out as strong features as trading remained light and the session closed strong.
Money on call stands at 2 percent with time money at 3 percent for six months. Prime mercantile lending ranges from 3 to 4 percent. Bar silver quotes London at 23 3/4, New York at 41 9/16 cents. Demand sterling is reported at 4.76 percent.
Kansas City cattle receipts total about 4 000 with market steady. Steers bring 6 50 to 9 50, cows and heifers 5 00 to 9 09, stockers 6 65 to 8 30, calves 5 00 to 10 00. Hog receipts around 8 000 with prices from 7 20 to 7 45. Sheep receipts 6 000 with lambs 7 25 to 10 00 and ewes 5 99 to 6 00.
Hogs receipts 25 000 market slow with mixed and butchers. Prices ranged from 6 80 to 7 59 per cwt with good heavy 7 20 to 7 59 and light 7 35 to 7 79. Cattle receipts 14 000 market steady beeves 6 65 to 9 35 cows and heifers 3 20 to 8 75 Texans 6 65 to 8 15 calves 7 25 to 10 25. Sheep receipts 8 000 market slow native 5 75 to 6 60 western 7 50 to 9 75 lambs 7 90 to 9 75 western 7 59 to 8 50 spring lambs 7 25 to 106 50.
Butter creamery extras and firsts quoted with cents per pound. eggs ordinary and firsts listed. cheese varieties with price ranges. live poultry prices for fowls ducks geese springs and turkeys. potatoes receipts showWisconsin white and red ranges Michigan white and red. new Texas Triumphs at 1.20 to 1.90 per bushel.
Chicago cash grain prices list wheat and corn bids for several grades. Wheat ranges include No 2 red at 1.15 and No 2 hard around 1.16 to 1.19, with other red and hard varieties cited. Corn bids cover No 2 yellow 75½ to 76¼ cents and No 3 yellow 75 to 76 cents, plus white and lower grades.
The Italian fleet sailed from Taranto under sealed orders toward the Adriatic. In St Cataldo Cathedral the archbishop led a patriotic service calling for a great naval victory for the king. Crowds filled the cathedral and gathered along the harbor as the ships departed.
Reverend Jason I. Sizer of Milwaukee addressed a prohibition meeting at West Avenue Methodist Episcopal church last night. He is regarded as a strong dry speaker and presented the national prohibition topic without bitterness, arguing law and constitutional limits fail to stop liquor shipments for personal use.
The notice lists bids for mixed feeds and grains with percentages for quality grades. Oats and white varieties show 48 to 49 cents, standard 49 cents, barley at 70 cents, rye at $1.16, timothy from $5.00 to $6.50, and clover from $8.50 to $13.59.
Chicago grain prices climbed as unseasonably cold weather in the Northwest, including killing frosts in North Dakota, pushed wheat higher. Corn followed the trend with successive advances, while oats and provisions also strengthened on the day.
Livestock receipts at Union Stock Yards NL on June 15 show hogs at 13 000 with slow demand and 10 cent declines across classes. mixed and butchers 7.19 to 7.50, heavy 7.20 to 7.49, light 7.25 to 7.55, pigs 6.00 to 7.35. Cattle receipts 3 000 with 10 to 15 cent drops. bees 6.65 to 9.35, cows and heifers 3.20 to 8.75, Texans 6.65 to 8.15, calves 7.00 to 10.60. Lambs 7.25 to 9.80. western 7.50 to 10.00, spring lambs 7.50 to 10.90.
Hog receipts total 15 000 with markets steady to higher. Butchers 7.35 to 7.72, good heavy 7.50 to 7.65, rough heavy 7.06 to 7.20, light 7.45 to 7.75, pigs 6.00 to 7.45. Steady to strong beeves 6.75 to 9.50, cows and heifers 3.20 to 8.75, Texans 6.50 to 8.00, calves 7.50 to 10.25. Sheep receipts 9 000 with native 6.40 to 7.10, western 6.50 to 7.25, lambs 7.75 to 10.25, western 8.00 to 10.40, spring lambs 7.50 to 11.50.
A lighthearted note describes unseasonal April rain burdening the wearer by dampening and creasing the man's trousers, illustrating the day's damp conditions and wardrobe impact.
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