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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
9
Wanted men and women for home work at De Luxe studio over theater on Main Street La Crosse. Most profitable employment offered. Poster claims best finished, most stylish in the city. Earn one dollar per dot. Phone 8504.
WANTED girl cook at Dudley House Lansing Iowa WANTED chamber maid at American House W D girl to work for board A young German lady who understands typewriting may find a position by stating salary expected Address G A this office D-Girls at Eagle Hotel 120 So 5th St Wash woman wages Inquire 229 Main St WANTED competent girl for general housework Mrs E O Edwards 1404 Cass WANTED a girl who can play piano and sing at Orpheum theatre Call 634 R or ask for Mr Brennan at Hotel Law
Classified notices list several sales and rentals including two good lots at half value, a downtown confectionery and ice tobacco business for $350 down, a touring car with detachable tonneau, a farm two miles from the city with 55 acres under cultivation, 20 acres hay, and various fruit trees, plus several houses for sale or rent. Also offered are furnished and unfurnished rooms for housekeeping and a dairy/truck delivery site near Miller’s north of the golf links. Contact details reference Albia Iowa and J. P. Miller.
Ad notes a liberal reward offered by the Tribune for the return of the jewelry. Also lists for sale cheap property at corner 13th and Vine Streets and a want ad seeking work for a young man with references, instructing replies to 123 Tribune.
Property listings include brick stores on Main and S 3rd, city heated flats, and modern houses with rental details. Sale items cover Madison Court lots, a fine modern residence, multiple lots with dwellings, farm and factory properties, plus a 10 mile land listing near La Crosse. C. F. Klein handles insurance and loans at 208 McMillan Building. Money to loan.
La Crosse Typewriter Exchange at Weis' Book Store 509 Main St offers buying renting exchanging and repairs. Kenyon's at 610 Main St repairs all sewing machines by week or month. Burford fixes electrical work and supplies at 227 Main St Electric Supply and Construction Co.
Mrs. M. J. Muller seeks home sewing work at reasonable figures. Address 600 Sumner St. Old phone 6224. Stove and furnace cleaning offered with gasoline stores a specialty. Call 4483 Old Phone.
Fragmentary clipping shows travel schedule notes for La Crosse area trains with partial days and service gaps. Dates and complete destinations are unclear, but reference to continuous Sunday service and limited weekday arrivals appears.
In St Paul on March 5 Thomas O Mally was sent to the workhouse for fifteen days after Bridget O Mally accused him of assault during a family christening at their home. A scuffle among relatives left Mrs O Mally with a black eye.
Doctors W. J. and C. H. Mayo announced a gift of 12000 to Rochester for park purposes. Four thousand dollars will be spent immediately to purchase the Kalb property next to Marketplace to establish a notable city park in this region.
A pithy line contrasts the scale of personal hope with a ruined character. The remark suggests that small hopes pale before a life deeply damaged by fate, inviting reflection on resilience, morality, and consequence.
Northwest in Brief reports Miss Mary Grace Windle of Mitchell to wed Ralph Stevens Wickersham of Chicago. The ceremony is set for Wednesday March 11 at the Methodist church in Mitchell. Also in Fort Dodge a Senate committee favors a 130000 post office rebuilding bill, passed unanimously on Senator Allison’s request. In Faribault farmers in Dundas meet to discuss a large cooperative creamery likely to be established in spring.
Shoe repairing ready promptly by an expert at lowest prices at Wm. A. Downs 17 Logan St.
An advertisement seeks experienced canvassers to market a guaranteed self-stitch rug machine. The offer lists the Nov. Fabric Imp. Co. at 810 Farnam St in La Crosse Wisconsin as the contact point for respondents.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons at Hamline University is absorbed by the University of Minnesota Medical Department. Ninety students will transfer next fall. Hamline will retain its identity until graduates are earned. The merger follows expense and equipment concerns and was ratified by faculties and pending state regents approval.
In Iowa Falls on March 5, Swift Falls Minnesota man K Knutson offers to pose as a newspaper premium by acting as a husband for the contest winner. He would participate only after the winner is chosen and would provide social, financial and political references. The idea follows Frank E Furry editor of the Alden Times who proposed a husband premium instead of a piano.
Advertisement notes Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law, contains no opiates or harmful drugs, and is recommended for children and adults by O. T. Erhart.
Chicago delivery prices for WHIAL and CORN OATS PORK show May and July bids with modest gains. Minneapolis wheat trades May and July with mixed 108 109 readings. Liverpool markets report wheat and corn shifts with hog and cattle receipts and near terms for tomorrow.
Price Carent notes winter wheat remains fairly promising though road conditions hinder interior marketing. Packing week totals reach 645,000 versus 425,000 last year with preliminary four month estimates at 10,950,000 compared with 9,695,000 a year ago.
Ed Fish travels between trains in New Albin. Mrs. H C Boyer and Miss Tillie Green visit Lansing area. many relatives and friends in Dubuque La Crosse and Benson Minn. Squire Heath and Mrs. Ed Collins attend weddings. fire alarm at Botsford chimney fire. Elocutionist Miss Fanny Lapham leads M E church quartet. additional visits include Bock and Kerrigan families and Cassville Wisconsin trip.
In St Paul on March 5 detectives seized three boys accused of breaking into the Hathaway & Shafts Shoe company building in Minneapolis and stealing about 200 pairs of shoes valued at nearly 800 dollars.
In Duluth on March 5 a Zenith Furnace water tender, Charles Johnson, stepped to the rear of the engine room to close a door when a man sprang at him and fired a revolver. The bullet struck Johnson in the groin as he faced the assailant in the darkened area.
The city livestock market shows a 24 hour advance with heifers up 50 cents to $2.50-$3.00, cows $1.50-$3.00, lambs $4.50-$5.50, and chickens at wholesale 9 and 1 cents per pound. Creamery butter falls a half cent to 33 cents per pound, eggs drop to 18-20 cents per dozen.
A rationed listing from March 5 1908 shows prices for apples oranges oysters and berries at New York area markets. Notable items include Bald apples at 3.50 4.59 per various units, oysters gal at 1.25 1.33, cranberries Jerseys 10 to 12, strawberries 40 cents quart, lemons 3.50 box, cabbage 1.50 per barrel, and potatoes 0.75 per bushel. Meat and dairy prices appear for chickens eggs butter lard and cheese, with figures from Hawley and A B Moll lists.
Mrs J P White of Rushboro Pa says Dr Kings New Discovery saved her life by loosening a cough quickly and curing lung disease even after hopeless. The remedy for coughs colds la grippe asthma bronchitis and hoarseness is sold at O T Erharts drug store 50c and 1 00 with trial bottle free.
A woman refuses to disclose a secret, stating she does not know it. The brief incident highlights reluctance to share information and questions about the existence of the secret.
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