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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1908
Page
7
The Tribune urges readers to use the Lost and Found column to reunite owners with watches, purses, bank-books, bonds, and keepsakes lost in the city. Honest finders help restore thousands of dollars in goods, with the paper’s broad circulation aiding recovery.
Help Wanted men barber trade Army enlistment side line enamel ware salesmen piano and bicycle for sale kitchen range folding bed electric iron upright piano notices. Items from Tribune listings note job offers and equipment sales with locations La Crosse Chester W Va King street and 7th street.
Furnished rooms on second floor in Tribune Building. Furnished house at 403 W Ave South. Call between 11 and 12 o'clock. Small house at corner Main and 12th, inquire 113 S 2nd. Furnished room at 113 North Third Street.
Advertises a long lease for a desirable modern cottage in a central locale. Address reads A. B. C., care Tribune.
A lost bird of the Polly breed, described as a yellow head Mexican double, is missing. A reward of 16 dollars is offered for its return. Contact the finder if seen.
Cut rates on household goods to the Pacific Coast and other points. Superior service at reduced rates. The Boyd Transfer Co., Minneapolis, Minn.
The Steamer E. Rutledge can be chartered for excursions. For rates and dates, contact F. J. Fugina in Fountain City Wisconsin.
Christian Schmidt at 530 Berlin Street advertises a full range of painting and graining services with an old telephone contact 3411.
La Crosse Mortgage and Loan Company offers loans to salaried individuals for furniture pianos horses and wagons with no removal required and no publicity. Located at 822 Main Street upstairs.
Short classifieds list requests for a secondhand safe with dimensions and price, a $200 six month loan with security, a first class gas store or range, and a delivery horse from Reliable Steam Laundry. Addresses given include 332 Cass St City and 117-119 N 6th with names Leigh Toland and BB Tribune.
Fragmentary schedule line shows times 10 a m 6 10 p m c 10 am c 7 3 p m with no clear event, date, or venue. Unable to determine full context or entities from the OCR snippet.
A humorous exchange imagines Milady attempting garden conquest while her neighbor’s chickens scratch. The quip plays on noble pretensions and household duties as a playful domestic farce.
Davenport, May 25. Miss Bessie Johnson, a Davenport girl who taught in Princeton Iowa, sues four Princeton school directors for 40000 alleging remarks about her social life damaged her character. The board declined reappointment amid town turmoil and replaced the entire staff.
Miss Ollie Maw, 18, daughter of Thomas May of Long Grove, was trampled to death by the family horse in Clinton, Iowa. The horse, considered gentle, suddenly attacked after the girl returned from a drive and secured the animal in the barn. Authorities suggest a possible mad episode triggered by an insect sting.
Miss Johnson claims the board prejudiced against her on religious grounds, alleging slander to oust her. She has widespread local support and foresees a prolonged legal battle ahead.
New York May 25 London markets opened weak with a heavy stock selling that extended the Friday downturn and raised uneasiness over the speculative outlook. International issues including St Paul Reading and Union Pacific fell early but later stabilized as leaders advanced 1 to 2 points off the low. government bonds remained steady while wheat quoted around 65 13.57.
Reports from Wellington Kansas on Sumner county fly damage to wheat, chinch bugs in fields, and expected losses, with prices from markets and farm goods. Chicago convention HQ details center on Taft presidency, with lists of room assignments, delegates, and projections for the Republican nominating process amid market and weather chatter.
Chicago and New York markets report declines in cattle hogs and sheep with modest receipts. Cattle 5.90 to 7.25 per head. hogs 5.15 to 5.50. sheep 3.60 to 5.20, lambs 4.25 to 6.80. poultry and dairy prices steady to quiet with eggs at white 20 to 26 cents and cheese at 14 1/4 cents.
Cattle offerings 3,000 with steers priced 5 to 7 dollars and stockers 3.25 to 4.50. Hogs 11,000 with a 10 to 15 cent drop, bulk trading 5.20 to 5.40 and pigs 4 to 4.50. Sheep 6,900 steady with muttons 3.75 to 4.50 and lambs 5 to 6.25.
The Artemis club of La Crosse High School held its regular meeting Friday evening at the high school. Arrangements were made for a buffet supper next month. An invitation was extended to the Lincoln-Douglas Debating Society. A new program was presented and several new members were admitted.
Barnesville Minn May 25 The American Society of Equity schedules a series of Dollar Wheat rallies across the Red River valley this summer. The first meeting is in Barnesville on Monday June 1 with Glyndon Hawley Lake Park Detroit and Frazee following June 2 3 4 5 and 6 respectively. Ohioist C O Drayton will conduct and is authorized to hold seventy meetings in the valley.
Wet weather lasts into the weekend as farmers face difficulty in entering the corn crop while other farm work progresses. Market quotations remain unchanged and hay crop prospects look record breaking based on current conditions and rainfall.
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