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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
11
The Tribune helps reunite readers with lost valuables by publishing advertisements. Honest finders can locate owners through the paper, ensuring items valued in thousands are recovered.
Help wanted for male barber trainee with shop equipment, courses, and wages. U.S. Army enlistment for able bodied men 21 to 35, English literacy required, recruit at Hotel Grand Lacrosse. Various sale notices include pianos, bicycles, kitchen range, folding bed, and electric iron with prices and contact details.
Readable lines show notices for a girl search at Hotel Foley 501 Mill St and Pear Sts and at Reliable Steam Laundry 119 North 6th St. Also a sale ad for a sideboard dining room set and Majestic range at 316 Mile St.
For sale nine room house with barn water and good condition inquire 1322 Pine Street. For sale upstairs New household goods 803 South 4th Street cheap. Barber shop fixtures telephone New 538C. For sale lot on Redfield Street $400 near West Avenue inquire Horton 1042 Denton. For sale store including property fixtures established business centrally fed. Agdreys J this office.
Multiple rental ads list furnished houses, rooms, and small homes with street addresses. Entries include 403 West Avenue South 113 South 2nd 421 South Seventh 809 South Fourth 113 North Third 26 Avon Street 801 Cass 448 South 20th Street and a summer furnished eight room house. Inquiries directed to Tribune or phone 596A.
A display promotes Bacycle bicycles described as the largest selling high grade wheel in the world at Weis Book Store on Main Street.
La Crosse School of Music lists instruction in piano voice violin pipe organ guitar mandolin harmony counterpoint history repertoire interpretation. Located at 209-11 South Fifth Street.
La Crosse Mortgage and Loan Company offers loans to salaried individuals for furniture planes horses wagons with no removal and no publicity required. Located at 322 Main Street upstairs.
Pasturing season opens May 10 at Hartley Farm Pastures with separate pastures for mares colts yearlings and aged horses. Good fences and water. Personal inspection every morning. Charges reasonable. Phone 8107. Also shoemaking repairs offered by E Anderson 932 Caledonia St. Newphone 761M. SCHICK ROTH Batavian Bank Building Telephone 290.
A newspaper classified listing seeks several teams of horses light and heavy. C M Dalton at 131 S 9th St advertises horse needs. Also a 32 year old ex saloon hotel keeper seeks a steady position, speaks English German Bohemian, bonds possible. Other notices include a private family position sought by a man of good habits at 325 N 9th and a furnished room at 718 State.
A brief railroad timetable note appears noting daily schedules with an exception for Saturdays. The readable fragment lacks full details on routes or times but indicates routine daily operation and a Saturday omission.
Ad seeks long lease for a desirable property. Respond to A. B. C. care Tribune with details.
A sequence of lost notices requests returns and rewards. Glasses with gold bows, a white puppy with dark ears, a yellow Mexican parrot named Polly, a black purse with money, a dark black braided broadcloth jacket, two tall cats, and contact points at Tribune offices, 317 So. 9th, 916 Division, 1514 King, and 149 South St.
Carpets taken up cleaned and delivered at 3 and 4 cents per yard with satisfaction guaranteed. Rugs made from wornout carpets offered. New phone 968R, old phone 8951. Oriental Rug Co at 520 Mill St. Enos E. Johnson, Manager.
Minneapolis firm advertises lower household goods and other point shipping rates with superior service. Remedy ads promote H. W. Barker's Cough Remedy and Runckel's Drug Store as trusted sources.
A torn personal note reveals a wife’s fear of deception and potential scandal as she contemplates meeting an anonymous lover. She fears her husband discovering the truth and begs the recipient to destroy the letter to avoid ruin.
Rail timetable reads trains from GCG B and Q Gepor with full service from morning to evening on weekdays and Sunday operations limited to arrivals and departures at the terminal. Sunday only schedule shows special operations.
Teheran reports the Shah fears for life after speeches in yesterday morning and Wednesday's assembly. He moves troops into the capital and surrounds himself with loyal bodyguards. An ultimatum from General Swarski of the Russian forces in northern Persia demands indemnity for raids into Russia. A renewed disorder is feared.
Clarence J. McNair of Northwest Paper testified before a House committee on print paper prices denying a manufacturers' combination and any price threats. He noted General Paper's contract with the Scripps McRae league and said profits fell from 10.58 to 2.60 per ton between 1904 and 1907.
William Jennings Bryan will speak in Madison next week. He is brought to the city by the Jefferson club led by Hubert O. Wolfe, president, brother of Attorney W. F. Wolfe. Wolfe will introduce Bryan. Earlier attempts to bring Bryan to La Crosse failed due to scheduling.
A delegation from Grant county urged Col O G Munson to seek the Republican nomination for congress in the Third district at Madison. Ailey Peterson of Soldiers Grove and Judge D O Mahoney of Viroqua have also announced as candidates.
In San Francisco on May 22 the Ruef jury failed to reach a verdict and was dismissed by Judge Doolin. The jurors stood six to six, ending their deliberations yesterday afternoon.
In Sparta Wisconsin P E Rumsey loses a wallet containing twenty dollars on the way to Westby. Local residents Mr. C A Nute Ms P A Sattier Miss Lottie Taylor Dr G A Ford and others transact city business visit relatives or return home. Sparta High School defeats Business Men 3 to 2 in a fast paced game led by directors Ray Graves and Jefferson with final lineups listed.
May 22 Baltimore report on the fifth ballot for Methodist church bishops shows no election. Rev. M. C. B. Mason withdraws after 241 votes on the fourth ballot, hinting at a cross delegation agreement with the German bloc. J. L. Nelson wins on the second ballot amid competing totals from Hughes Lewis Smith and others.
Japanese ambassador Takahira told the May 22 peace convention that Japan is ready to submit to arbitration of international disputes. The remarks opened the morning session as General King of Brooklyn criticized peace advocates as pipe dreams and warned against disarming the United States military.
Coroner Hoffman reports R C P Holmes purchasing agent for Commonwealth Edison was murdered Thursday morning by slugging. Chicago police search pawnshops for watch and jewelry, sending circulars about the jewels. Authorities believe a planned crime by crooks mingling with electric men delegates led to the killing and disposal of the body in an alley.
President Roosevelt has asked Secretary Cortelyou for an opinion on whether to sign the public building bill. The decision hinges on national revenue prospects to cover a $32 million measure, with the treasury deficit widening daily and Congress weighing the bill’s fate this session.
The Mount Union college faculty investigates the largest class fight in the school's history. Fifty seniors and sophomores rushed a banquet hosted by juniors and freshmen last night. The dining room was wrecked and many students were bruised. Several attackers were theology students from whom volunteers serve in nearby villages.
Chicago March 22 Workmen at the J C Wintermeyer box factory ruins after a fire yesterday recovered a charred headless body. Police report three other men died and about thirty were injured. Three missing men have not returned home. The Twenty third and Throop block was wiped out with losses around 290000.
In Kansas City on May 22 the 120th Presbyterian general assembly readies a long move toward uniting all Presbyterians into a single church. Reports on denominational unity and harmonizing branches will be delivered to the assembly late this afternoon.
May 22. The hearing of Editor Harden's appeal from the prison sentence imposed in January for attacks on the Knights of the Round Table began in the supreme court here today. Harden is already serving his sentence but seeks moral vindication.
Chicago May 22 cattle and sheep were about steady with light receipts. Hogs advanced 5 to 10 cents. Cattle 1,500 beeves 6.00 to 7.25 stockers 3.40 to 5.35. Hogs 10,000 light 5.40 to 5.80 heavy 5.60 to 5.80 pigs 4.40 to 5.30. Sheep 6,000 natives 8.75 to 5.25 lambs 4.25 to 6.90.
New York, May 22. Poultry unchanged. Butter creamery 23c. Eggs nearby white 20 1 2c. Cheese creams 14 1 2c.
Kansas City market notes show cattle 2 000 head steady with steers 5.00 to 7.00 and stockers 3.25 to 5.40. Hogs 12 000 head 5 cents higher with bulk 5.45 to 5.60 and pigs 4.00 to 4.50. Sheep 4 000 head steady with muttons 4.00 to 4.75 and lambs 5.50 to 7.00.
New York May 2 The up move at the close yesterday sent stocks higher for a period with most active issues rising 1 to 2 points as shorts covered. Union Pacific and Reading gained 1 percent while many others climbed before profit taking trimmed gains. Government bonds were unchanged and other bonds fluctuated.
The page lists numerous produce and grocery prices quoted by regional dealers, including cucumbers at 50 cents to $1.00 a dozen, apples and oranges with various box and case prices, strawberries per quart, and lemons per box. It also shows livestock, poultry, and dairy item prices, plus hay, wood, cheese, and coal-related figures from local suppliers and handlers.
Lawson Grain reports fair Prome wheat crop west to Kinsley. Chicago traders foresee foreign events shaping wheat later. July and September wheat purchases favored on weak spots. Prices may jump if Europe buys, as floating wheat leaves the market. Iowa and Kansas reports note variable crop conditions and abundant hay. Simonds Shields revises Kansas outlook to less optimistic. Oklahoma wheat starter cut reported.
New York firm Finley Barrel Co recommends buying on all soft spots but urges taking reasonable profits as gains emerge on subsequent soft spots.
Fred Harris brought a bull weighing 1690 pounds sold to Langdon and Boyd. Edward Legen visited town for trading and reported good crop conditions. Lawrence Stritmatter delivered potatoes from St. Joseph's Ridge. John Smith of St. Joseph's Ridge is installing a large scale for farmers to weigh produce before city markets.
Rain yesterday kept farmers from working their corn and spared crops from damage. Markets show no notable changes as the local scene remains quiet amid broader world events.
A quip from a spring philosopher asks what the sign means as a man, fleeing chores, jokes about escaping to the tall timber after a woman wraps a towel around her head and broom in hand. The exchange hints at domestic friction and comedic relief.
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