This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1971
Page
16
A dense OCR sample shows stock abbreviations, percentages, and footnotes from a 1971 financial page. It lists prices, yields, and ledger codes with scattered company initials like Howmet and Robshaw, plus footnotes explaining dividends and stock terms. The fragment lacks a coherent narrative.
Cattle and hog markets across South St. Paul Milwaukee and Madison show broad demand with mixed gains and declines. Slaughter steer and heifer prices hold, vealers slow. feeders around 1,000 for Wednesday. Hogs steady to firm with varying weights, calves and cows range. Wisconsin cheddar cheese prices also noted as unsettled with ample supply.
S and P hourly indexes show mixed movements for Wednesday with declines in most sectors. Dow Jones averages list notable losses while utility and stock groups display modest changes, reflecting overall market softness.
Chicago grains report lists Wheat No 2 soft red at 1.63 and No 2 hard red at 1.58. Corn No 2 yellow trades at 1.4914. Oats No 2 extra heavy white at 72. Soybeans No 1 yellow at 2.9234. Soybean oil trades at 11.02.
Richard P Pratt explores staying as a paying guest on a working farm across the United States and Canada. The piece notes the wide range of experiences, from Montana ranches to New England coastal farms, with prices from about 55 dollars per week for adults.
Grinnell Iowa distributor DeLong Sportswear jackets sold locally are being recalled due to an inflammable nylon issue. S H Sports Shop Inc manager G Ronald Ritter says about 50 jackets sold in five weeks are affected and urges returns for refunds or adjustments. Manufacturer allegedly did not use fire resistant nylon as required by law and remaining stock has been removed for reshipment.
Chicago wholesale butter prices hold steady with AA 93 score and A 92 score at 67.784, B 90 score at 65.784. Eggs paid delivered to Chicago unchanged with Grade A whites 30-31 cents, medium whites 25-26 cents, standards not quoted.
Chicago AP USDA market brief notes potato arrivals at 37 with on track 106 shipments total U.S. shipments 199. Old offerings light, demand good, market firm. Idaho russets 4.50 to 4.75 per cwt. Red River Valley round reds Minnesota North Dakota 2.50 to 2.75. New sales report unavailable.
Milk returns to shelves as a three day strike by Local 471 of the Milk Drivers and Dairy Employes winds down. About 820 of 900 striking workers are back. Fairmont Foods Co. remains out. New two year contract boosts plant worker wages by 1.10 per hour over two years and raises wholesale driver pay by 18.75 weekly per year from 184.50 plus commission. retail driver commission rises from 20 to 21 percent.
The Red Cross bloodmobile exceeded its two day goal by 25 pints reaching 270 pints in the Mary E Sawyer Auditorium. Tuesday donations totaled 183 pints and Monday added 87 pints, eight pints short of the weekly quota of 752 pints. Donors can contribute again Wednesday Thursday 1 to 6 pm and Friday 9 am to 2 pm.
Honshu Japan Air Force Sgt. Richard A. Proksch son of Alvin W. Proksch 1831 Kane St La Crosse is in the unit that won the Air Weather Service Pride trophy at Fuchu Air Station Japan A weather specialist Proksch belongs to AWS which provides weather information for military flight operations He is a 1965 graduate of Onalaska High School and attended La Crosse State University.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.