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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
9
Help wanted items include barber college enrollment, U S Army recruitment, cooks and chamber maids, hotel staff and entertainment positions. Ads list locations in Wisconsin and Iowa and invite applicants to apply or write for catalogues, with brief requirements and contact details.
Classified item offers two good Ms at half value if taken at once. Respond to P. O. Box 373, city. Also available ALE Confectionery ice jam and tobacco business in downtown for $350.00. Frank.
Classified notice shows a female applicant seeking at home washing and ironing work. Also advertised are stove and furnace cleaning services with gasoline store specialty. Contact via old phone number 4483 Old Phone.
Schedule fragment shows stops including La Crosse Arcad’se and Stevens Point with times around 84.0 p.m. and 15 a.m. Daily service excludes Sunday. Names and some places are garbled in the OCR text.
Several small notices appear under different headings. Rent notices offer furnished and unfurnished rooms in city districts with separate entrances. A lost gold bead string with locket is offered for reward. A sale ad references corner 13th and Vine. A price for ice cream at the Royal and loan services for diamonds are advertised. Shipping cut rates and a general insurance notice round out the list of classified items.
A brief note of service availability at the O. K. Barber Shop located at 228 Pearl Street offering first class shoe shine. The item records the shop’s address and specialty in polishing footwear.
Daily timetable note shows trains arriving and departing with limited readability. The fragment suggests a standard railroad schedule typical of a daily issue excluding Sundays, but exact times and station names are not clear.
La Crosse Brush Co. offers floor brushes and all kinds of brushes for home use with saving prices at 618 M1 St.
La Crosse Mortgage and Loan Company offers loans to salaried individuals on furniture pianos horses and wagons with no removal and no publicity required. Located at 322 Main Street upstairs.
President Roosevelt may urge Congress to revise the white paper tariff used by publishers. The paper trust pressures raises in costs, while Speaker Cannon signals no plan to cut tariffs. The American Newspaper Publishers Association leader pressed for relief as the attorney general may move against the trust under the Sherman Act.
A meeting at Beloit, Wisconsin, produced a permanent six college conference and a 15 rule code governing intercollegiate athletics. Members include S D Plantz Lawrence Mutch Ripon Copens Marquette Carrier Carroll Frank Northwestern Water town Collie Beloit. Key changes require athletes to carry 15 credit hours, pass all work, and enroll as arts and sciences students with faculty supervision and a shared athletic director.
Merriam the Chicago runner who has studied agriculture here this winter will finish work this week and return to Chicago to re-enter the Midway institution and join Stagg's track team again as a member.
The La Crosse High School Athletic association plans to hire Charles Wingender, former coach here, to assemble a winning football team for the coming season. They aim to dominate local rivals after a crushing Thanksgiving defeat to Sparta. Letters have been sent to nine universities and Andover Academy seeking a coach.
Market report shows Chicago and Minneapolis grain quotes with May and July delivery. Wheat May around 98 percent, July near 95 to 99 percent ranges. Corn May around 63 percent, July near 61 to 64 percent. Oats May about 63 percent, July near 45 to 53 percent. Minneapolis May about 106 to 108 percent, July around 106 to 107 percent.
Wheat opens 5d lower with corn unchanged. Chicago hogs open estimated today at 26,000. leftovers 4,583. prospects strong to higher. Cattle 2,000 with firm to higher prospects. Sheep 6,000 with steady prospects.
Champion Charles M. Daniels beat Henry J. Handy by five yards in a 200 yard relay era at Madison Square Garden. Daniels and Handy, two of the nation’s top swimmers, are billed in a later 300 yard match as crowds expect a top watershow.
In Ormond Florida on March 6 an amateur drivers event covered 128 miles in four laps of a 32 mile course. Six cars were listed but only three started and two post entries clarified the field. The German Benz finished alone in 1:53:30.1 establishing a distance record.
Outlook remains bullish for wheat with expectation prices rise after a broader market develops. Corn is described as in strong hands with ideal conditions for a bull market and readiness to buy on any short setback.
Sam Berger has not signed Britt to face Packie McFarland though Britt favors a deal with the promoter who offers the best terms. Coffroth may stage the match outside city limits without a city permit. McFarland and his team, including Gilmore and Kinneally, travel to San Francisco seeking a Britt bout, brushing off Rudolph Anholz’s promise of a go.
New York American stocks in London show steady demand with copper and Rio Tinto liquidity. Western Maryland enters receivership while Railway Steel Spring reports an 8.10 percent return on common stock. Interborough plans to issue part of 55 million dollars in bonds, with February iron production up 10 percent. Business conditions improve in the southwest. trade remains generally satisfactory.
Ripon Wisconsin March 6 Beloit's bid for the state basketball championship on even terms with Ripon and Lawrence is viewed as a joke by Ripon students Beloit has played only the state university team which could not affect the title Ripon and Lawrence have met all contenders except Beloit and would have met the state line school but for Beloit's withdrawal from the conference Coaches Graves and Loehring planned Fond du Lac as the site with the date open likely next week Ripon faces Carroll at Waukesha Friday and Company E Fond du Lac Monday in Ripon
George Slosson scored 329 points in 18.2 balk line billiards at his academy while playing Firmen Cassignol. The run surpasses William Hoppe's 307 world record, as Slosson won the match 500 to 185 in the opening game of a 5090 point series.
Hog receipts today estimated at 26 000 with the market up 10 cents. Tomorrow’s forecast shows 19 000 hogs with light to mixed classes trading 4.25 to 4.60. Cattle and sheep runs at 2 000 and 6 000 respectively remain strong. Liverpool close notes grains mixed to higher while winter wheat conditions appear generally favorable though Hessian fly affects Missouri and Kansas.
In Los Angeles on March 6 Abe Attell entered the ring waving a telegram from Joe Gans' manager asking if a Gans match could be arranged. Attell agreed to meet Gans at 133 pounds ringside and would permit Gans to split the purse in any agreed manner.
In Chicago on March 6 Willie Hoppe 18.1 billiards defeated Calvin Demarest 403 to 298 in the third block of their mixed style exhibition. Hoppe’s total leads 1,203 to Demarest 857 as Demarest posts a 125 high run in frame ten and Hoppe records several long runs without a century.
A theatrical scene unfolds with the hero and villain trading quail taunts. The villain declares quails out of season and retreats, while the hero presses the line about a price, leading to a dramatic leap and the villain performing at a rival theater that evening, drawing a crowds and paying eleven and a half.
Entries for the national amateur billiard championship closing in Chicago include six players Gardner Poggenburg from New York Wright from San Francisco and Demarest Conklin and Jackson from Chicago. The tournament begins March 14 at the Chicago Athletic Association.
Residents keep the roadways neat and orderly, showing strong community pride and collective responsibility. Local officials credit disciplined upkeep for safer sidewalks and smoother traffic flow, highlighting ongoing efforts to preserve the area’s orderly appearance.
A Los Angeles dispatch reports lightweight Jimmy Britt has signed to fight Packey McFarland of Chicago in San Francisco on March 31 in a twenty four round contest. The bout will be at 133 pounds and set for 3 o'clock the night of the event.
A humorous remark cites a corsetmaker as the source of the idea that women endure pain more readily than men. The exchange contrasts medical authority with craftworker folklore in a lighthearted tone.
The Spring Valley Gun Club posts a standing reward of 100 dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those poisoning dogs in Spring Valley.
A royal wedding in Vienna unites Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria with Princess Eleanore of Reus. The ceremony draws notable social attention in the Australian capital, with a recent photograph featuring her royal highness.
In Madison on March 6 Morris Steinfort Juergins Blankenagel and Natwick earned places on Wisconsin’s relay track squad for the intercollegiate indoor carnival. One of five qualifiers will not run as the meet is set for the following Saturday night.
Spokane dispatches report Blair resident Mrs J P Gonniea wife of a Blair barber will share in an Australian estate worth 10 million dollars. The estate stems from two Goodman brothers who migrated to Australia over four decades ago one died in a mine accident and the other from illness. Mrs Gonniea is their niece and one of eight heirs.
A witty line features a wise guy declaring a good man never blows his own horn while the Simple Mug counters that a good man is usually too poor to own one, showcasing cheeky dialogue and social satire.
The local market remained stationary with no change from yesterday and few sales recorded. Local tobacco buyers assure growers there will be demand for last year’s Wisconsin crop at remunerative figures, urging farmers to stay informed and avoid sacrificing crops.
A dense catalog of fruits vegetables and fish with prices from vendors including apples from New York and Washington oysters per gallon and per can berries lemons and cranberries, potatoes, onions and cabbage, butter and eggs, and dairy. Laboring lists indicate packing and sale terms and local suppliers.
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