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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1908
Page
9
A dense string of want ads and sales notices from the La Crosse Tribune offering jobs, rooms, goods, and services. Jobs span barber trade training Army recruitment sash and door man upholsterer delivery boy hotel staff house girl cooks and dressmakers. Numerous FOR SALE and FOR RENT items plus lost items and reduced-rate moving ads from Boyd Transfer Co. Minneapolis.
A collection of brief sale notices offers a cottage on two lots at 1702 Charles St with easy terms, a set of 12 volumes of Encyclopedia of Law bound in leather, a secondhand baby carriage for $4, a square piano with fine intonation at 1436 Caledonia St, two delivery horses around 1000 pounds, a light touring automobile with a car top at 426 Sv. th. drive, and related inquiries addressed to this office or F. K. G. care Tribune.
Stevens at 209 McMillan offers money to loan and purchases diamonds and other valuables.
Steamship Steamer E. Rutledge can be chartered for excursions. Rates and dates available from F. J. Fugina in Fountain City Wisconsin. Also notices: loans for salaried workers, wages, and collateral. La Crosse Mortgage & Loan Co. offers loans on furniture pianos wagons with no removal or publicity. A help-wanted ad for a clerk experienced in clothing and footwear sales seeks work. Cough remedy boast and a quotes on ambition conclude.
The fifty third annual La Crosse district Congregational convention meets May 12 13 at First Congregational church led by Rev Henry Faville. Sessions include topics on The Kingdom Its Nature and Scope and The Kingdom Its Means of Advancement with speakers from Viroqua Hillsboro Tomah and more. Evening sermons and services precede business and reports from churches all designed to discuss Christian forces education and evangelism.
New York stocks rise early on lifting sentiment after Pennsylvania loan. New York Central up 2 percent, Ontario and Western up 2 percent, Great Northern gains. Chicago cattle strong while sheep slide and hogs fall. Receipts heavy. cattle 21,000, hogs 46,000, sheep 20,000. Kansas City cattle strong, hogs lower. poultry and dairy prices listed. Wheat corn oats pork bids shown for May July contracts. Minneapolis bids steady with slight gains.
New York based Finley Barrell Co. notes no sign of market weakness and says underlying causes of price advances remain in play. Logan Bryan suggests advances were sharp and urges conservative buying until a setback strengthens positions.
Local market notes butter falls three cents per pound while eggs gain twenty cents per crate amid favorable weather. Read also price lists for fruits vegetables and livestock with numerous regional figures and quotations from traders and merchants.
A cluttered panel lists a board price at 118 So 9th and a request for a furnished front room by a married couple. It also notes horses and cattle to pasture via Mrs Koch and Sons, wallpaper cleaning services, curtain laundering, a small cottage for rent, and a sugar sale ad offering 100 pounds for $1.75 with phone contacts 6484 964A 2612.
The Wisconsin County Court in La Crosse County will hear Lena Schaller’s request to admit John Schaller's last will to probate and appoint her executrix on June 2, 1908 at 10 a.m. The notice, dated April 24, 1908, is by order of County Judge John Brindley.
Mayor W A Anderson announced a slate of new council committees with named members. Health includes Rehfus Houska Arenz Emery. Bridges Grover Muenzenberger Rose. Finance Keller Bard Emery. Fire Houska Goddard Bedessem. Grounds Arenz Bedessem Muetzenberger. Health Sletten Lang Snyder. Judiciary Bard Hirscheme r Marvin. Licenses Lang Muenzenberger Jojade. Lights Rose Rehfuss Downs. Ordinances Hirscheimer Bartl Rose. Parks Muenzenberger Vollmar Jojade. Police Marvin Grover. Printing Downs Goddard Arenz. Public baths Bedessem Vollmar Sletten. Railroads Downs Rose Goddard. Scales Schnell Grover Sletten. Sewers Vollmar Downs Houska. Schools Schnell Hirshheimer. Special claims Snyder Lang Palmer. Streets and alleys Goddard Keller Bartl. Water Lang Rehfuss Houska. Wharves Palmer Jojade Schnell. Special street improvements The Mayor Aldermen Keller Hirshheimer Houska Marvin Goddard. Pw ave Keller Emery
A satirical note argues some women claim housework needs no brains and anyone can do it, while presenting examples of outcomes from their efforts to test the claim. The piece reflects social attitudes about gender roles and intelligence in domestic labor.
A brief, enigmatic line notes a person who tends to resolve confrontation by marriage, implying a pattern of coupling to settle disputes. The item reads as a wry aphorism or satirical caption rather than a full report, reflecting social humor of the period.
Mr. Jordan says a Murfreesboro banker letter warns wheat is rusted and damaged, leaving farmers discouraged. Chicago and McPherson note heavy rains and Hessian fly damage. some fields are badly infested. Budapest reports continued favorable weather causing weakness in trade as free selling persists.
Market reports list Joseph Streech of Mormon Coulee selling a fine cow in the city. William Horahan of Pine Creek delivered seven hogs to Langdon & Boyd. John Gerwitz of Hokah sold seven live hogs in town this morning. J. Fitch of Hokah brought a load of hay. William Pappenfuss of North Ridge marketed eight hogs with local butchers. John Walter of North Ridge sold seven hogs in the city today. W. Rudsick of North Ridge sold seven hogs in town today. William Goede delivered a hay load from Mound Prairie. crops look good and a strong year expected. Herman Schaldach of Chipmunk Coulee sold a large bull to Fritz the butcher this morning. Anton Kruger of Mormon Coulee brought a hay load sold in the city.
Lake Crystal Minnesota May 11 the village votes to license liquor and secures Evangelist C C Smith for revival meetings in a large tent in the city park. The Civic League backs renting a vacant saloon for a feeding and rest room as part of community efforts.
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