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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
9
The Tribune appeals to readers with a daily circulation over 6000 and a reach of more than 30000, promising rapid responses to BUY SELL OR EXCHANGE needs. It offers customized headings for any WANT-AD and encourages broad participation across all descriptions.
Numerous items for sale and notices appear including barber training, National Cash Register ad, second hand baby carriage, seven Singer machines, 160 acres farm land, eight acres with buildings, cigar shop inventory, poultry stock, homesteads in Montana and North Dakota, land near Billings excursion, store rent, house for rent, real estate loans, fruit and poultry farm near city, gas stoves water heater and furniture, I C Illustrating Course, corner lot for sale, horse and chickens, steel tanks and machinery, Remington typewriter, and a house for sale in Tribune area
Classified listing shows several job ads: girls needed at Allen hotel 433 Mill St for knitting machines. Star Knitting Co 128 n St seeks two girls, 928 King site recruits another, Eagle Hotel, Green Bay Hotel, Cameron House seeks experienced waitress and chamber maid with application to head or manager, general housework posts at 515 So. 5th and at N. W. corner of 14th and Madison, 314 So. 15th St. seeks competent girl.
Classified ad list offering seven year old horse with harness for 70 dollars or best offer, three houses on two large lots for cheap, touring car 18 horsepower with extension tool in good order, encyclopedia of law 12 volumes, large hall safe, carpets cleaning and rug making services, carpet cleaning by E Mable and Son, and surichn Roth Batavian Bank Building with reduced rate transfers and domestic shipping options. Includes contact inquiries at various city addresses.
Modern furnished rooms and houses for rent at 621 Ferry 518 Ferry St 409 N 6th 7 room cottage Madison and 21st Trib une Bidg 517 Carr Street and 928 State Two rooms available furnished or unfurnished for light housekeeping
Variety of ads offering sewing machine repair and rental services by Kenyon and Steamer E Rutledge charters, travel photography by Mariner Pharmacy contact, loans on valuables, private lessons, and a cottage rental request. Includes addresses in Fountain City Wisconsin and Main Street locations.
Sheriff Orris Albertson intercepted an escape plan led by inmates A R Applin and Benjamin R Smith who tried to receive an express package containing twenty four hack saws. Applin, accused of robbing Northern Pacific mail sacks, faces federal charges in the city on May 5.
Irene Dolph on trial for murder in Clinton Iowa as jurors were selected. Defense claims childhood abuse and a ruined mind by her mother and husband’s threats drove her to kill. Attorney asks jurors to follow Christ and tell the woman to sin no more.
C J Kruppenbacher, arrested in Louisiana, is reported ill in Preston Minnesota on May 1 as authorities continue to question him about the incident and related charges.
Official notice to homeowners to trim trees ten feet above sidewalks or eleven feet above gutters under Ordinance 26. Violation carries a fine from one to nineteen dollars. City will remove trimmings in May free of charge. Submit trimmings by placing them on the boulevard and calling City Hall. Board of Public Works dated May 1 1908.
Notice to interested parties that at the county court in La Crosse on June 2, 1908 at 10:00 a.m. the application of C L Hood for the appointment of an administrator for the estate of Michael Seery, late of West Salem, will be heard. John Brindley, County Judge, issues the order.
In Simla on May 1, the Amir of Afghanistan suddenly abandons his tribal allies. Mohmand delegates confer with Gen. Sir James Wilsock and British terms are expected to be granted to avoid a broader North India border conflict.
A concise witty line notes the clash between car culture and streetcar travel, hinting at transportation debates and urban life themes without explicit events or dates. The remark foregrounds consumer preference and public transit constraints in a period-typical voice.
Detectives seized a collection of items including stiff wire and fine metal saws ordered under a fictitious name to a Mr McDuff. They pursued a woman employed in Sheriff Albertson's home who reported a plan to obtain an express package and acid for iron cutting, preventing the crime.
Crosse faces embezzlement charges for Great Northern Copper with a $700 shortage. He is jailed and described as very ill from nervous collapse after weeks of heavy drinking. Kruppenbacher, once in St. Paul, ran a barber shop in the capital for a period.
Two Crookston youths aged seventeen Schnaps Schuler and Robert Johnson were arrested in Williston North Dakota on sheriff's orders. They allegedly entered the Rolsch pool room stealing 25 dollars from the till and the Guarantee Clothing store by a skeleton key, taking seven watches and other clothes.
Julius Rudd, five, of the James River area, is hospitalized with a twenty two caliber bullet in his brain after his three year old sister pulled the rifle trigger. He remains alive pending further treatment.
James A. Patten and associates secured about a million dollars in May wheat corn and oats as heavy deliveries totaled 5.5 million bushels of oats 2.25 million of corn with Patten largely taking the grain and arranging shipment from Chicago. Wheat moved from 99 1 2 to 1.04 before retreating to 1.02 as shorts covered. Cattle hogs and sheep show mixed but overall steady in Chicago markets.
New York May 1. Poultry dressed unchanged and live with moderate demand. Butter creamery 26c. Eggs nearby white 18 to 18 1 2 c. Cheese creams 15c.
Cattle numbers at Kansas City show 1 000 head steady with steers 5.25 to 5.80, stockers 3.50 to 5.75. hogs 8 000 with bulk 5.50 to 5.60 and pigs 3.90 to 4.25. sheep 5 000 steady with muttons 4.75 to 5.60 and lambs 6.00 to 7.10. GOSSIP OF THE PIT notes market nerves and rising cash wheat demand and shrinking stocks hinting at higher prices. corn may also rally, oats seen for Sept on bulges. profits advised on strong days.
Fire at the Mers' Exchange company stock pavilions and barns in Laurel destroyed contents including nine horses and fifteen hogs. Total loss $3,500 with $1,500 insured for the buildings. In Moorhead Minnesota a fire in Fred Johnson paint shops caused $3,000 in damage. Fort Dodge Iowa ten acres sold to Henry Engholm for $10,000 for a clay product plant site with further adjoining land.
West of Here reports damp conditions aiding crops with green peas at 8 cents a quart and asparagus at 10 cents a bunch. Potatoes rise to 90 cents a bushel, strawberries at 20 cents a quart, and celery from 70 to 90 cents a dozen.
In a Free Vaccination Ward a Lithuanian woman brings her fifth child for vaccination. The young surgeon notes the importance of vaccination. The woman reflects that it demonstrates freedom akin to naturalization papers.
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