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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1908
Page
7
Classified notices include Moler Barber College recruitment in Chicago, labor and sales positions in La Crosse with wages, and various help wanted items. Also listings for selling eggs, carriages, houses, farms, and secondhand goods with contact cues.
Several rental notices list Furnished or unfurnished rooms in multiple buildings with heat light bath and housekeeping options. Also offered are office rooms at Tribune Building and contact codes 689R 698A and 570A plus listings for a four room ground floor unit with gas and electric and a home improvement ad for brushes and wheel sales.
Child’s gold neck chain lost between 41st Street and Adams Street near the German M E church. Return to 14023 S 4th St. Reward offered. Also ads: General Insurance offerings by S Van Auken at 328 Pearl Street. La Crosse Mortgage & Loan Co at 322 Main St. Burford Fix It electrical services at 227 Main St.
A coal mine disaster at Union Pacific Coal No 1 in Hanna Wyoming claims 71 lives with 54 known flames. Two explosions trap and kill rescuers including Alexander Tennant and Matt Hughtala as crews work to smother fires and gas.
In St Paul Minnesota on March 30 actor Woodman D Trainer shot his wife in their Clarendon hotel room around 2 am and then fatally shot himself. The woman, about 23, died instantly. the man died later. A jealous letter from another man may have sparked the tragedy. The couple had registered as Trainer and Trainer and performed in St Paul last year. Letters found suggest extensive travel.
A mother shopping with a strict budget always ends up overbuying for the children while cutting herself short. The pattern shows how parental routines tilt spending toward others at the expense of the shopper.
WANTED Ashes to haul at reasonable prices. Phone 501 blue. WANTED Practical horse clipping prices right E M Lockman 316 Jay St WANTED To go out doing plain sewing Old phone 215 MR URQUHART CAWLEY organist Christchurch offers organ piano and singing lessons Vocal culture specialty Studio 427 Main St Old phone Red 7851
Madison Wisconsin March 30 J M True secretary of the state board of agriculture said grasses and winter grains came through the winter exceptionally well. He cited a mild winter ample moisture and thriving closer and timothy seeding as evidence of a strong season ahead.
Notice to electors of La Crosse Fifth Eighth and Ninth wards that a special election will be held April 7 1908 to choose officers listed under party designations on the certified nominations. The document outlines candidate names by designation in respective columns.
Instructions for voters at polling places describe ballot issuance, marking rules, and the role of ballot clerks. It covers how to vote for all candidates of a party, vote for individuals from different parties, vote for a write in candidate, spoil and replace ballots, time limits, use of unofficial aids, and how disabled voters may receive assistance. It ends with examples of party designations and candidates.
The Chicago and Minneapolis grain and pork futures show May and July contracts moving within narrow ranges. Wheat May fluctuates around 93 percent, corn May near 65 percent, oats May at 53 percent, with pork trading around 13.77 to 13.92. Minneapolis wheat May at 103 percent and July near 101 percent.
Chicago-Lower cables and weather weigh on sentiment. Statistical news favors strength but small supplies are ignored while cash sales stay slack for both domestic and foreign accounts. Cheaper prices likely at open with a sharp drop inviting quick wheat purchases. corn slides with higher receipts, oats weak and best sold on small advances.
Mr. Hoyt wires from Wichita Kansas reporting dry conditions and field checks show bugs in every field. Hog opening receipts 41,000 with 3,577 left over and steady prospects at Saturday close. Cattle 29,000 and sheep 18,000 with steady outlook. Wheat and corn futures show lower moves, wheat down 5d opening, 5d close and corn down 34d. Liverpool opening wheat down and corn down 4d.
New York Town Topics notes bullish sentiment for steel, copper, smelting, and coal stocks including Pennsylvania, St Paul, Atchison, and New York Central. St Louis wires report North Central Missouri wheat thrifty and green, oats large and sowed. Hog prices show 42,000 estimated tomorrow and 18,000 hogs steady. cattle 29,000 down 10 cents. sheep 18,000 steady. Ness City Kansas reports hard southwest wind and dried ground hurting wheat.
Mrs Catherine Young 1536 Avon street mother of the late John D. Young died today at her home after a weeklong grip illness. Born in Luzenburg March 12 she came to America at 13 and helped form early city life. Survived by five children James Rice Lansing E R Lewis Bay City M H Young Minneapolis Edward Young coast Elizabeth Young at home. Funeral likely Wednesday from the residence with Rev Wood of Caledonia M E church officiating. Oak Grove cemetery interment. Miller Bros. in charge.
La Crosse police received fibre heeled rubbers from La Crosse Rubber Mills. Officer Alois Yehle reports four months of wear on the red fibre heel with the shoes remaining in fair condition. He notes oak tan soles wear in a month, claiming the fibre pair lasts longer than handmade equivalents. The article also notes a bankruptcy petition by Higgins Bros of Reedstown with liabilities of 11 000 and assets of 9 000.
Regular shipments of strawberries arrive in the city market with a ten cent pint price, Burns' Fruit House listing 24 pint cases at $1.75. New potatoes enter the market at $3.00 per bushel. Other fruit and produce items include apples, oranges, cranberries, and cucumbers with varied per-unit and per-case pricing.
Boise Idaho March 30 Harry Orchard the confessed murderer of Governor Steunenberg has, it is said, refused to apply to the board of pardons for remission of the death sentence. His attorneys will see that the application is made as the law does not require personal application from the condemned.
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