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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
11
Help wanted notices for trades and canvassers from Maler Barber College in Chicago and La Crosse Fabric Implement Co in Wisconsin. Positions include porter at Heileman and salesmen for safes, with details and references requested.
Multiple job notices list openings for sewing machine operators dining room girls waitresses and nurses at La Crosse Clothing American House Cameron House Northwestern Hotel and other employers with applicant instructions and addresses for immediate work opportunities.
A collage of classified sale notices lists corner lots nine and eight room houses on Pine Street Denton and La Crosse area farms and farm equipment. It includes a 98 acre valley fruit farm near Winona with extensive outbuildings equipment and livestock plus additional buggies lumber and household items for sale. Many entries provide addresses and contact points for buyers.
A mix of rental ads and real estate sales listing items. Includes 4 room flat at 535 Main for $15, 5 room house at 1510 La Crosse for $8, 8 room modern cottage at 1334 Vine St for $18, and large brick store at a good location for $25. Also several houses and lots for sale with prices and locations, plus farm and business property details. Also advertising a cough remedy and a music instructor offering ice cream cones via an agent.
Furnished house for rent at 403 W Ave South with contact hours. Six room downstairs at 823 So 6th with gas. Six room second floor at 1412 Caledonia for light housekeeping. Nicely furnished front room with bath and table board at 314 So 5th St. Lost kit of auto tools in canvas sack. return to C W Noble Room 5 Batavian Bank Bldg for reward. Lost Batavian Bank book, leave at Batavian Bank for reward.
Found notice for E H Jackel electrical work at 1100 S 6th St. Lost notice asks the boy who received the Glasser Racer from the Kerr boys in exchange for a ball to return it to the Ryder House within 24 hours. Parties are known and urged to return promptly.
Carpet removal cleaning relaid by La Crosse Rug Co at 109 Main. Satisfaction guaranteed with reasonable prices. Both phones listed.
Classified ad notes loans to salaried people on furniture pianos horses and wagons with no removal or publicity. La Crosse Mortgage & Loan Co at 3223 Main Street offers cut rates on household goods to the Pacific Coast and other points with superior service. Boyd Transfer Co Minneapolis advertises moving services at reduced rates. A wry line remarks a woman may be seen as catty yet fear a mouse.
W Tj Fitzpatrick, traveling photographer, offers photography services with phone orders accepted through Mariner's Pharmacy located at 425 Main Street.
Multiple brief notices offer training in engraving for 100 dollars, demand secondhand safe, seek a small cottage on South Side, investor with cash for business or hotel, stenographic work evenings, a horse for delivery, home treatment for mothers, and a furnished room in private family near Main Cass Seventh and Eleventh.
O. T. Erhart from Finch Arkansas endorses Foley's Honey and Tar saying it cures consumption in early stages and that many users are satisfied. A. A. Herren also reports it as the best remedy for coughs colds and lung trouble.
The Navy recruiting station in Chicago reports orders from Washington directing detachments of marines be rushed to Panama for the upcoming election and also to Norfolk.
A La Crosse dealer advertises multiple engines including a 50 h p gasoline horizontal with water cooler, a 36 inch paper cutter, a safe, 20 h p and 50 h p slide valve engines, boilers, pulleys, shaftings, pipes up to 48 inches, belting and water tanks. They buy sell and exchange. Call at once La Crosse Scrap Iron and Metal Co. 430 La Crosse street.
Double plays highlight the game with Bubser to Anklem. Kernan Curtis and Anklem steal bases while Dolan serves as a sac. Umpire Miller. Time 1 35. Fond du Lac loses 6 to 2 after a late rally. Fox McAuley Moore homer for Wausau. Bartos and Riley split pitching duties with 5 and 2 strikeouts respectively. List on umpire duties.
The Register-Gazette lauds Eberly from Hinckley Ill for strong pitching against weak opponents. The article uses colorful, period language to describe his ease and composure, noting he tightened under pressure to keep opponents off the last lap.
An advertiser urges readers to seek Fo ley's Kidney Cure for kidney or bladder troubles, claiming it can cure if medical aid is still possible and promising it never disappoints.
United States Senator Robert M. La Follette sends a telegram of congratulations to William H. Taft after Taft’s nomination. La Follette notes the platform’s disappointments but expresses support and intent to work toward Taft’s election. The message is dated Madison June 18 and appears in a June 20 dispatch.
The County School Board of Agriculture La Crosse Wisconsin invites architects to submit plans for a three story agricultural and domestic economy building in Onalaska. Proposals due June 30 1908 at 10 am with maximum cost 35000 dollars. Plans must show three floors elevations scale one half inch to foot and paving brick facing.
Foreign markets report cattle and hog figures with prices and headcounts from Chicago and Kansas City. New York notes mixed stock movement with small gains for Union Pacific and Westinghouse amid steady bonds, while poultry butter eggs cheese hold steady.
The bulletin lists July figures for corn oats and wheat with percent changes and monthly comparisons. It also shows July and September pork prices around 14.3 to 14.7, plus wheat levels near 103 percent, reflecting steady market movement.
Weather conditions in central Kansas favor a good wheat harvest with no rain since Wednesday and rivers described as harmless. Wheat futures show mixed signals as traders note shorts control, selling on bulges, and possible declines to favor long positions on soft spots amid hot weather and oats buying activity.
Local markets show garden truck and fruit abundant as weather favors crops. Prices listed include cucumbers 15 cents per dozen, new potatoes up to 1.50 per bushel, oranges 3.25 to 5.00 per box, strawberries 1.40 to 2.00, and pineapples 3.00 to 4.00 per crate.
Harmes likely out for several days with a finger split and possible blood infection. Baillies or Flynn to pitch as Pretzels send Darrah against the Colts while Eberly starts for the Colts and Scott e Pitching for the Canners. Attendance at yesterday's game pleased directors as plans for larger crowds unfold. Gus Whitewing of the Wittenberg Indian Baseball Association seeks a July 10 to 13 game with a La Crosse independent team. tour begins June 21 at Merrill with no firm bookings yet.
The Shelby school closed last Friday with four graduates. Teacher J. C. Johnson prepared an excellent program with fine singing and two selections from Faust. The Soldiers' Chorus impressed. The room was artistically decorated and Rev. J. L. Panzlau of La Crosse delivered a fine address marking a pleasing close to the year.
Members of the National Congress of Librarians of Madison pass through La Crosse on their way to Minneapolis for their annual convention. Henry Legler, former La Crosse resident and secretary, will stay with his brother-in-law Peter Newberg on Cameron Avenue.
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