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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1909
Page
7
The junior promenade to the seniors took place Friday night May 14 in Tomah Wisconsin. The main hall was decorated in gold and white the high school colors while the dining hall used red white and green. Seniors received American Beauty roses and juniors white roses.
Music by the Boyze orchestra. The prom ends with cake and ice cream thefts but is deemed a success. Lawn improvements include shrubs and planned beautification. Local updates cover residents’ travels, injuries, and a Tomah Reedburg baseball game scheduled for next Saturday.
Sparta Wisconsin May 19 Sparta high school will graduate thirty students on June 4 seventeen women and thirteen men. Andrew Johnson leads the class with Nellie Sherman as valedictorian and Lottie Jackson as vice president. The class play My Uncle John debuts June 8 with commencement exercises June 4. Rev F Walker Pugh to deliver the sermon at Congregational church on May 30.
The article presents quotations from various markets indicating a general price trend for the proceeding week. It compiles perspectives from multiple sources to illustrate movements in key commodities and financial instruments, offering a snapshot of market sentiment and direction.
Cattle receipts 1500 steady with beeves 5.10 to 7.25 Texas 4.60 to 6.15 western 4.75 to 6.00 stockers 3.60 to 6.15 cows and heifers 2.50 to 6.40 calves 5.25 to 7.50. Hogs receipts 14000 steady with light 6.80 to 7.25 mixed 6.95 to 7.40 heavy 7.00 to 7.45 Yorkers 7.20 to 7.30 pigs 5.80 to 6.75. Sheep receipts 10000 slow natives 4.00 to 6.40 westerns 4.00 to 6.35 lambs natives 6.00 to 8.50 westerns 6.25 to 9.25.
At Union Stock Yards Illinois on May 11 cattle receipts reached 2000 with steady prices across categories. Hogs saw 12000 head pass through, steady values with range from 6.80 to 7.40 per hundredweight, while sheep receipts hit 10000 with steady markets and lambs quoted between 6.25 and 9.59.
A revival and conference will be held at the First Baptist church in Sparta on May 25 26 and 27 with participants from about 12 area churches including Rev G W Fogg La Crosse E G Boynton La Crosse Rev J E Ayscue and Mrs Davis La Crosse among others. A musical at St Marys conservatory Armory May 21 honors Rev Robert B Condon of La Crosse who will speak to the class. Leila Alma Shannon engaged to Harley Wilfred Jefferson with wedding set June 16. Local social notes report visits and illnesses among town residents.
Judge Marshall overruled defense in Governor Haskell land fraud cases, denying removal of District Attorney Greeg and Special Attorney Bush. Rumors say Attorney General Wickersham may suspend wheel proceedings, signaling possible sensational developments.
Miss Eva Booth, head of the Salvation Army in America, opened the annual national congress of the western American district in Chicago today after arriving from New York last night ill but recovering. Bank is robbed.
The State Bank of Cairo in Nebraska was robbed early today. Bank officers offered no statement on the amount stolen. The bank sits twenty miles northwest of Grand Island.
New York May 19 The stock market started unsteady as H H Rogers death sparked initial selling in related issues. Amalgamated Copper fell early while Consolidated Gas eased. by midmorning, a broad rebound lifted most listings and government bonds softened slightly. Noon shows renewed strength with Chesapeake and Ohio reaching new highs and Steel common active and rising.
Chicago prices list dairy and poultry items with Butter Creamery extra 24c firsts 22c seconds 201¢c dairy extra 23c Eggs firsts 21c seconds 20c Cheese Twins 13 to 13 half cent Young Americas 13 14c Lite poultry turkeys 15c fowls 15c ducks geese 7 to 8c per dozen springs 4 to 8 dollars Potatoes 88c to 92c per bushel
Kansas City market reports show cattle receipts about 7 000 and hogs 18 000 with prices steady to slightly lower across categories. Sheep receipts around 7 000 reflect small declines. local fruits vegetables and dairy quotes follow standard regional levels with multi item retail and wholesale figures.
Wheat prices range from No. 2 red at 1.49 to 1.49 1/2 dollars and No. 2 hard at 1.30 to 1.36. Corn values show No. 2 at 0.76, No. 2 white 0.765, No. 3 yellow around 0.74 to 0.764, with oats No. 3 white 0.58 to 0.60 and No. 4 white 0.58 to 0.59.
Washington report states Mrs Taft is recovering rapidly from a nervous breakdown suffered last Monday in Washington D C indicating a swift improvement and continued medical care following the incident pushing relief in the presidential household.
In Duluth Minnesota on May 19 a five month old baby of Mr and Mrs John Zubtz of Eveleth was accidentally killed while left in a baby carriage. The top frame tilted back and the neck became entangled causing death from strangulation. The mother found the child when she returned.
Citizens recount a dispute over the worth of a magn item. Local officials and residents clash over pricing and standards. The case centers on how much sense is needed to assess the value in a public setting.
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