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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
9
Help wanted male barbers trade training provided with wages and diploma. U S Army seeks able bodied men 21 to 35 who speak read write English. Cook and second cook needed at Hotel Bronson. Girl wanted to care for baby and help around house at 907 State St Pleasant home at La Crosse Wisconsin.
Furnished rooms for rent at 511 Main Street second floor with new phones 298R and 550M. Also a modern front room for rent in a good office location listed as Room X. Tribune.
Wm. A. Downs at 817 Logan St offers prompt expert shoe repairing at low prices.
Classified items include money to loan on furniture pianos and wagons with no publicity. Diamonds and valuables bought at Stevens 209 McMillan. Brushes of all descriptions offered by La Crosse Brush Co 618 Mile St. WANTED ashes to haul and a room to rent by a respectable young man. Tribune No 22 contact.
Two piano purchasing certificates offered at half price by M. S. A. in care of Tribune. Also cheap household furniture advertised for sale at 720 South Seventh Street, upstairs.
Washington reports that the Aldrich bill gains presidential backing as administration pressure and negotiations with senators and representatives intensify. Support hinges on rail bond provisions and the larger aim to restore confidence and normal business conditions despite divided party sentiment.
Andrew Carnegie rewarded long ago favor by aiding Mrs. Anna Brooks Snow wife of Henry Sanger Snow fugitive treasurer of the New York and New Jersey Telephone company charged with embezzling 118000. Carnegie learned she was the daughter of his benefactor and provided immediate relief ensuring her future prospects.
W E Grave discusses evolving attitudes toward love in a Boston lecture. A fragmentary anecdote features a bricklayer and a plumber debating romance in a smoking car, one suggesting running away as a cure for love.
A man discovers he can reach home quickly by leaving when there is nothing else to do. The remark reflects a simple approach to time management and personal routine.
In a tearful Christmas scene a mother contemplates costly toys for Kate as a letter looms large in hope. A visitor arrives, claiming Kate's birthday gift with a man’s familiar face and a past rejoined. Katy then reveals plans to move back to Sternway with wealth and status.
Prominent San Francisco architect Norman R. Coulter lauds Electric Bitters as a universal tonic. He claims it cures stomach liver and kidney disorders and strengthens the system. The product is marketed as a top spring medicine and blood purifier, selling for 50c at O T Erhart's drug store.
A young woman asks if she hears love on a pilot’s chest and he blushes confessing a minor sorrow from a plane smash up. He explains he must wear a cheap 99 cent watch due to the incident and timing needs.
A new ballooning speed record for New England was set in a voyage from Pittsfield Massachusetts to Hampton Falls New Hampshire covering about 130 miles in three hours. The balloon was operated by Leo Stevens of New York with passenger William F Whitehouse of New York.
A brief street note contemplates speed and time as a city landmark, suggesting a moment of reflection amid movement. The line evokes transit tempo and urban geography without naming specific people or events.
Chicago markets show May wheat at 94 95 percent ranges and July near 90 percent. Corn May 65 percent, July 62 percent. oats May 53-54 percent, July 44-49 percent. pork May around 12.10. Minneapolis hogs today 28 000 receipts, cattle 6 000 steady, sheep 12 000 strong. outlook for tomorrow about 30 000 hogs.
Liverpool openings show wheat 4d lower and corn unchanged. Wheat closes 14d higher with corn steady. Hogs opening receipts 28 000. cattle 6 000. sheep 12 000 strong. Omaha receipts hogs 12 000 cattle 3 000 sheep 4 900. interior roads limit 3 000 sheep 6 600. Winter wheat looks better with warmer weather. Nebraska corn sold at 50c at all stations. Bank of England rate unchanged. Copper stocks strong in London. Roosevelt opposed to railway rate rise. stock trading methods to be investigated. Bear accounts shrink.
Chippewa Falls, Wis. John Rowe filed for protection against a woman who repeatedly proposes marriage, appearing at his home and refusing to leave until he agrees to wed. With sheriff unavailable, Rowe seeks an injunction to stop her interference with his personal affairs.
An old advertisement urges readers to use Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds, warning to avoid fake versions and noting the genuine product comes in a yellow package. The brand is credited to Erhart.
Property owners of Rochester Wisconsin gather to oppose the Norway and Dover canal costing 85000 dollars. They plan to appeal to the circuit court from the drainage commissioners report after a mass meeting and hire Emerson Ela of Madison to represent their interests.
Mrs Beatrice Thomas Metcalf who tried to shoot Attorney A K Hamill during the Walsh trial in Chicago was committed to the central hospital for the insane by a commission on Wednesday in Indianapolis authorities said.
The Lucky Quarter states these pills deliver health beyond jewels and cover headaches biliousness constipation and malaria. If unsatisfied the price is refunded at O T Erhart’s drug store.
Sweden and England may be invited to send warships to Philadelphia for a naval display during Founders' Week in October, marking the 1025th anniversary of the city’s founding.
In Deer Lodge Montana on March 12 the coroner's inquest into Deputy Warden John Robinson's murder disclosed testimony from convicts that five inmates plotted a prison break. The proceedings linked the conspiracy to the fatal incident and the inmates involved.
Reverend F Starbird of East Raymond Maine touts Bucklen Arnica Salve as the best healer for an old army wound and other obstinate sores. He also uses it in his veterinary practice. Price 25 cents at O T Erhart s drug store.
Butter declines in wholesale and retail markets with creamery price at 35.0 cents per pound and dairy at 28 to 30 cents. Eggs fall to 1 dozen for 17 cents as spring livestock prices show a mild wholesale uptick in the city.
A broad price list from Fruit Olivers Produce and Langdon Boy Packing Co along with W W Cargill Co and Hawley Com Co. items covers apples oranges berries onions potatoes cabbage and more. Entries show per pound per bunch per box and per ton pricing for fresh produce meats dairy and feed with scattered brand names and quoted rates.
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