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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1906
Page
7
Farmers report Salem road in poor condition as roads deteriorate around town. Marsh hay arrives at seven dollars a ton while labor scarcity pushes potential wages to thirty to thirty five dollars a month including board.
The listing shows dairy butter prices at 12 to 18 cents per pound, eggs at 13 to 15 cents, lemons 6 to 6.50 dollars per box, and citrus and berries priced from 1.25 to 6.50. Grain and flour quotes include wheat 75 cents, flax 4 cents per pound, oats 33 cents per bushel, and patent flour at 4.40 per barrel. Livestock and poultry are tabulated with hogs 5.50 to 5.85, cattle 2.50 to 4.50 per head, sheep 4 to 4.50, and various fowl prices.
Readable items show prices for fruits vegetables and fish. Listings include strawberries oranges lemons bananas pineapple grapefruit cherries gooseberries melons lettuce celery cauliflower parsley cabbage potatoes carrots beets cucumbers tomatoes wax beans green beans peas onions spinach radishes asparagus and varieties of fish with per unit or per unit prices. Grand totals reflect market rates for hay and straw.
Nels Thompson died yesterday at his daughter Mrs Jens Jensen’s home 1447 George St after a long Brights disease. Born in Denmark 1826 he was almost 86 and lived on the North Side for 15 years. Funeral Saturday at Bethel Church corner George and Sill Streets with Rev O L Christianson officiating. Interment Campbell Cemetery. Also notes on visitors repairs at the North Side station baptisms at Black River and various townsfolk events and accidents.
Excursion tickets offered July 24 25 and 26 on the North Western Line to celebrate Saengerfest of the Saengerbund of the Northwest at St Paul. Favorable return hits. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Bay.
The $50,000 damage suit by James B. Siz gall of Taylorsville against the Wabash Railway company was settled at $15,500. The case stemmed from injuries from a Litchfield train wreck two years ago. Fizzell, once in the Wabash hospital at Decatur, has returned home to Taylorsville after the compromise.
Lightning struck the house of J A Moran in Traverse City Michigan on June 29 puncturing all tinware in the kitchen with holes and lighting a candle on a shelf in a closet. Nearby at East Garfield Hammond was in a barn that was struck and rendered unconscious but no injuries were reported.
Rev. Be. 8. Rees has resigned as pastor of the Coffeen Methodist Church after a hearing before church stewards. The dispute arose from Rees accepting a missionary fund contribution from a saloon keeper, drawing strong opposition from many church members.
In Honolulu on June 20 Okamoto of Japan and Lorenzo Colon of Porto Rico were hanged for axoricides. Okamoto, addressing the crowd from the gallows, pleaded for forgiveness from both his homeland and the local government for bringing about the need for his execution.
John E. Beale 67, a Santa Barbara broker, married Lillian Brown 35 after a Teutonic voyage to Europe. The couple announced the Monday night ceremony in New York.
Flsie Michigan June 29 Frank Clark surprised two men in his barn at 1 a m as they approached his valuable horses He fired twice and believes he wounded one man before the pair escaped into the night Local police investigated the incident as a possible burglary with no further details provided
Chester Vernon of Silver Grove was crushed when attempting to board a moving street car in New Albany Ind. His right foot was severed by the wheels in the mishap. Simultaneously a Grand Trunk Railway brochure highlights the Chicago to Montreal to Niagara Falls double-track route under one management. Descriptive literature and timetables are available from Geo W Vaux at the Grand Trunk. Excursion rates to Devils Lake Wis are offered on Fridays and Saturdays with limited return until Monday. Tickets available via Chicago and North Western agents.
Official publication calls for sealed proposals by La Crosse Board of Public Works for brick paving Caledonia Street from St James to Logan with cement curb and gutter. Bids due July 24 1906. work to begin promptly and finish by October 1 1906 with $100 daily penalty for delays. Proposals require two Wisconsin sureties or approved surety companies and a lump sum bid on specified materials and plans.
Notice states a special term of the County Court in La Crosse on July 16, 1906 at 10:00 a.m. to hear the application of Lydia S. Allen to admit the last will and testament of Thomas Kennedy Allen to probate. Dated June 15, 1906 by County Judge John Brindley.
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