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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
9
Classified notices offer barber college enrollment, army officer info, entrepreneurial opportunities, job openings for cooks, girls, scrub women, office clerks, and a general sales section for eggs, baby carriage, cottages, houses, and farm property. Listings include contact details in La Crosse area and prices where stated.
Advertisement offers rooms in the Tribune Building with reasonable prices and furnishing options. Phone numbers 689R and 698R are listed for inquiries. Also notes ice cream price at Royal and a liver colored pointer dog for sale with a vague concluding line about a woman changing her.
Household goods and furniture offered at reasonable prices with delivery and pickup. Second hand goods bought and sold. G. E. Kelberger advertises at 427 Jay St with contact numbers Oldphone 4751 and new 686R.
An adjacency ad promotes Will's shop run by W. A. Downs on 817 Logan Street. It promises best goods at the lowest prices and invites customers to visit for bargains.
Former State Senator J. A. Anderege files quo warranto in the Minnesota Supreme Court to oust County Superintendent Hayes. A hearing at the April term will decide who legally holds the Le Sueur county superintendent position.
A humorous quip notes no bravery in taking medicine like a man insisting it should be taken like a woman. It asserts women handle medicine without grimacing and jokes about the gas meter running endlessly through the seasons.
Railway timetable fragment notes daily and "galley" schedules with Sunday and Saturday exceptions. The legible portion lists daily runs and indicates variations on Sundays and Saturdays.
The notice from the La Crosse County Clerk sets an election date for April 7, 1998. Citizens elect six delegates per party to the National Convention, four at large and two in the seventh district, with a Supreme Court vacancy to be filled for the unexpired term ending January 1919. The election follows Wisconsin law and will be conducted at the county courthouses and polling places.
In Kingsbury county, members of the Young Men’s Christian Temperance Union plan a mass convention at Lake Preston on April 9 to perfect a county organization. The brief item notes the event and locale.
Jim Manahan investigates a Ry hearing to determine if railroads funded Johnson in a detailed Minnesotan inquiry. He explores possible mechanisms, timelines, and key players involved, seeking clarity on financial influence and public impact.
Preston Minn March 31 The last private bank in Fillmore County has been incorporated as Exchange State Bank of Wykoff replacing Fred Wendorf’s operation. The move marks the end of private banking in the county as Peterson State Bank also incorporates with 10000 capital. county now has 206 banks including seven national and thirteen state banks.
Ottumwa Iowa March 31 Married life has not gone well with William Carnes and his sons Samuel and Charles all three will appear in divorce proceedings at the April term of the district court the father and one son Samuel have given up all hope of marital bliss after a second try William Carnes has filed suit for divorce against his second wife Rosa charging drunkenness and abandonment
Marshalltown Iowa March 31 The Chicago Great Western Railway company indicted on two counts for selling intoxicating liquor on trains in the county last winter pled guilty to one count and paid a 300 fine in district court. The other indictment was dismissed. After pleading guilty the company went into receivership and a transcript of the case was filed in federal court in St Paul.
Statements urge early hearings on rate questions and demand railroad proof of political spending. J J Hill and Louis Hill may testify on campaign funds linked to Great Northern. In separate notices, Samuel Carnes seeks divorce from Orpha Helen after two months of marriage. Charles Carnes seeks divorce from Effie amid alleged cruelty.
Miss Lulu M. Walker the postmistress of the Iowa soldiers home in Marshalltown Iowa will not owe the government six hundred dollars collected as box rents at the home sub station over the past six years The Post Office Department notified Postmaster C H Smith that she was not held liable for the charges
The discussion centers on whether railroads contributed to campaign funds and if those payments were charged to operating expenses. It weighs legality and the accounting treatment in relation to corporate political activity.
The looming soft coal strike and Erie notes uncertainty press markets. Atchison is expected to cut its dividend tomorrow, triggering bear sentiment as heavy selling hits both long and short positions. Union Pacific dips below 125 after closing at 126½ yesterday while steel common remains under pressure and bonds ease overall.
Cattle 3,000 head steady with beeves 6.50 to 7.50, stockers 3.25 to 5.20. Hogs 13,000 head higher. light 5.75 to 6.30, heavy 6.05 to 6.39, pigs 5.10 to 5.79. Sheep 15,000 head steady. natives 4.25 to 6.90, lambs 5.90 to 7.90.
Kansas City market totals show cattle nine thousand head steady with steers 5.20 to 7.00, stockers and feeders 3.50 to 5.75. hogs twelve thousand with bulk 5.80 to 6.05 and pigs 4.75 to 5.50. sheep seven thousand steady with muttons 5.50 to 6.80 and lambs 6.50 to 8.00.
Poultry dressed firm with turkeys 12 20c, chickens 12 40c, fowls 11 15c, ducks 8 16c. live unsettled. Butter extra 28 cents. Eggs nearby white fancy 19 to 72 cents, western firsts 16c. Cheese full cream fancy 15 cents.
NEW YORK March 31 The Yukon gold stock promoted by Tom Lawson of Boston opened on the curb market at 5 percent, rose to 6 percent, then faded to 5 percent as light trading continued and selling outpaced buying.
Liverpool opening Wheat unchanged and corn up 1d. Closing Wheat 4d lower, corn 4d higher. Market activity shows small shifts in grain values.
Mr. LL. 8S. Hoyt reports in from Wichita Kansas weather good rains yesterday cool Stafford today. Kansas City notes largest wheat district in Kansas reports no rain and dry conditions. Hog receipts today around 17 000 with 8055 left over. bulk hog price 6.10 to 6.15. Cattle and sheep steady with 3500 cattle and 15000 sheep estimated. hogs and livestock market activity described.
In Conway Springs Kansas wheat appears short and yellow and shows signs of bugs raising concerns about the crop condition for farmers and local markets this season.
Circuit Judge Levi McGee ruled that a justice of the peace has no authority in pending cases against several saloonmen charged with liquor law violations. The ruling moves the crusade for a drier town to the higher court.
Local markets show hog prices jumping to 4.75 and 5.25 per hundredweight while lard and hams rise and shoulders and bacon inch higher. Chickens fall a cent to 9 10 cents per pound as provisions also trend higher and overall market activity stagnates.
A dense price list dated March 31 1908 outlines wholesale rates for produce and livestock. It covers items including oysters apples oranges lemons cranberries cranberries strawberries onions potatoes cabbage grapes and various meats and dairy products with unit prices and packaging details.
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