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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
9
Classified notices show numerous help wanted items including male messenger roles at Western Union and female shop kitchen and sewing positions at Allen hotel and Migs Schye. Also available are sale items like steel tanks, bicycles, cement vases, and farm pasture. Several rental notices and a few business opportunities appear alongside.
A Batavian Bank Building unit is advertised with a large front office and a small vault space available for rent, plus another small office option nearby.
London Spectator notes Lichfield's name reputedly means the field of the dead and ties it to a massacre of converts. It claims the city seal shows corpses and that the cathedral close endured three sieges with irreparable damage, worsened by Wyatt's restoration of Salisbury cathedral.
Before Plymouth settlers arrived sixteen men led by Captain Miles Standish explored the country. They found hillocks believed to be Indian graves but uncovered buried corn ears. The discovery sparked curiosity among the party about its value and use. The passage ends with a proverb about affection and treatment.
The London Daily Telegraphs Pekin correspondent reports Yuan Shi Kai, new president of China, is nearly a prisoner in the Forbidden City. Though commanding 150,000 troops and facing external views of control, he dares not move amid terrorist threats and must govern constitutionally or risk his death warrant.
The page lists varied market quotes for produce and livestock, including bananas in two dollar per bunch ranges, lemons priced per box, grapes, oranges, strawberries, pineapples, and apples. It also covers dairy items like butter and eggs, lard and hams per pound, dried beef, dressed hogs, and wholesale grain and feed prices, with quotes attributed to multiple market sources.
New York stocks opened dull as professional trading dominated the first hour with many issues lagging under selling pressure. Copper stocks improved slightly into the day while Canadian Pacific remained under pressure amid slow buying and a Berlin rumor. Pennsylvanian stock volume showed strong loan demand with 1 32 noted for stock use. Money on call stood at 2 1/2 percent with time money at 4 1/2 percent for six months. Silver prices were London 27 11 64, New York 60 3 cents, with sterling at 4.86.
Kansas City Missouri May 29 cattle receipts 2000 steady prices steers 7.00 to 8.65 cows and heifers 4.00 to 8.40 stockers and feeders 6.50 to 8.10 calves 6.50 to 10.50 hogs receipts 8000 strong bulk 8.45 to 8.60 heavy 8.45 to 8.55 medium 8.50 to 8.60 light 8.55 to 8.65 sheep receipts 10000 steady lambs 7.00 to 8.50 ewes 4.25 to 5.75 wethers and yearlings 4.50 to 6.75
Chicago IL May 29 hogs receipts 20 000 market steady mixed and butchers 8 35 to 8 65 good heavy 8 25 to 8 60 rough heavy 8 10 to 8 25 light 8 40 to 8 70 pigs 6 50 to 8 30 cattle receipts 3 500 market slow and steady beeves 7 00 to 8 80 cows and heifers 3 60 to 7 80 stockers and feeders 5 75 to 7 90 Texans 6 85 to 7 50 calves 7 50 to 10 73 sheep receipts 14 000 market slow native 5 10 to 5 85 western 5 25 to 5 85 lambs 5 80 to 6 50 western 5 65 to 7 50
Chicago report lists butter exports at 274cc with firsts 25 to 26 cents and 24 cents for other firsts. Eggs prime firsts 18 and ordinary 18. Cheese Twins 14 and Young Americas 15. Potatoes 40 to 48 cents, Michigan 47 to 50. Live poultry Fowls 15 to 15.5, ducks 16, geese 10, spring chicks 6.2 to 5 cents, turkeys 15 cents.
Minneapolis barley ranges 50 to 62 cents, flax at 1.295 dollars. Chicago barley at 68 cents, Duluth flax at 1.305 dollars. Local markets show firm activity across the Midwest grain trade.
Chicago reports morning price levels for wheat corn and oats with multiple grades. Wheat ranges include No 2 red 1 05 to 1 07 and No 2 hard 93 5 to 95 cents. Corn shows No 2 white 59 5 to 59 75 cents and No 4 yellow 57 5 to 57 cents. Oats list No 3 white 39 5 to 40 cents.
Chicago at the start shows firmer wheat on drought fears in the southwest. By late morning Liverpool liquidations and better abroad crop news push prices lower to near yesterday's close. Corn shorts cover early gains as wheat softens while oats firm then weakens on belt news.
ER. G. Hadden Co. offers grains and prov, puts and calls. Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce member. La Crosse office at 417 McMillan Building. N. E. Wheaton, manager. Old 345 and New 983 telephones listed.
At noon prices held from yesterday's close while heavy hog purchases supported the market. Wheat firmed slightly in the afternoon with fractional gains. oats and corn unchanged from noon. Provisions remained near unchanged as commission houses stayed active buyers.
The Milwaukee grain market for E. G. Hadden Co. operates from Room 417 of the McMillan Building with observed open high low and close figures. The listing indicates ongoing activity in the local grain trade and price movement during trading hours.
May 28 at Union Stock Yards Illinois show hog receipts 35,000 with a slow lower market. Pigs 6.50 to 9.50. Cattle receipts 19,000 with weak prices. beeves 7.00 to 8.65, cows and heifers 3.60 to 7.85, stockers 5.75 to 7.80, calves 7.25 to 10.25. Sheep receipts 24,000 with slow lower market. natives 5.10 to 5.85, western 5.20 to 5.85, lambs 5.80 to 6.50, western 5.65 to 7.55.
Hogs receipts 22,000 market slow and steady mixed and butchers 8.40 to 8.72 good heavy 8.30 to 8.65 rough heavy 8.15 to 8.30 light 8.50 to 8.75 pigs 6.60 to 8.40 Cattle receipts 13,000 market steady beeves 7.10 to 8.90 cows and heifers 3.80 to 7.90 stockers and feeders 5.80 to 7.85 Texans 6.75 to 7.70 calves 6.50 to 9.25 Sheep receipts 18,000 market slow and steady native 5.40 to 6.10 western 5.50 to 6.19 lambs 36.00 to 7.60 western 6.00 to 7.60
Ethel and Edith discuss a plan as Ethel reveals Harry will teach card games, specifically solitaire, to prepare for marriage. The brief dialogue appears in the Boston Transcript.
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