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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1922
Page
7
Multiple marine craft offered including a 54 by 12 by 2 feet tow boat with stern wheel and a 72 by 1 by unknown depth vessel with stern wheel driven by engines. Also an 18 foot launch with missing parts and other gear listed alongside contact notes and prices amid a cluttered sale notice.
Used car sale features Fords Buicks Chevrolets Studebakers and others with prices from 60.00. Special Ford ton track with pneumatic tires body and cab offered at low price. Auction style listing reflects regional dealer promotions and bargain emphasis.
ARF offers a Light Six Studebaker Roadster selling for 850. Contact L. B. Martin at Room 215, interrow evening, after a five week purchase from Essen and Philips agency. Car described as excellent and available for viewing near 938 North. Buick also mentioned in brief.
Missing item notices from a garment company list an air tag or label reads B Karty on back. Reward offered if returned to 15 Peart 52g 29 inches, with phone 2433 A and address 216 N 3th. Another aluminum teakettle with Cass label and no Cass Se Retirn 2183 Cass, reward offered.
Disrupted market snippet shows Liberty bonds trading levels with references to several bond series and prices like 98.98 and 99.86, indicating a fluctuating postwar debt market. The fragment mentions third and second series with varying quotations and a brief glimpse of other bond notes.
Broad stock gains mark the opening of the week with rails and oils advancing while industrials, machinery, and textiles push higher. Notable moves include Reading issues, New York firms, and Mexican petroleum rising, with Merger talks buoying independent steels and copper plays amid a strong overall session.
Market gains on talk of a billion dollar loan to Germanys, but volume stayed light. May deliveries reached 995,010 bushels with new BLO carloads arriving, but later selling sent prices down. Corn firmed while wheat eased, and the close was weak with slight losses. Provisions followed the grain rally.
Receipts show a mixed cattle market with top steers around 9.30, cows and calves steady to higher, and hogs fairly active with tops near 11.50. Sheep receipts about 20,000 with lambs mostly down 25c, good native ewes around 10.00, and potato and grain prices varying by region.
A jury ruled Adena Hopkins mother failed to exercise ordinary care in allowing her son to possess dynamite caps. The case, brought by Florence O’Brien against Fred Kroner Hardware, questioned causation and negligence after the caps exploded injuring and killing the boy. The jury awarded nothing for pecuniary loss, but later increased medical and funeral costs to eight hundred dollars, with the verdict favoring the defendant.
Applications for marriage licenses were filed by William McMahon, 29, and Fr Bordei, 20, both of LaTr Elmer Groh, 40, Rising Sun, Crawford County, and Margaret Brophy, 30. The notice includes a miscellaneous quote from E. Gladstone.
The second Scout Rally was held Saturday evening at the Normal Scout grounds. Dr W R Bungen spoke, John C Byrns received his commission as Scout Commissioner, and Troops 18 25 48 competed in knot tying fire starting and bandaging contests with top teams winning prizes and praise.
Fragmentary record shows William Smith and Dory Smith transferring multiple parcels to N Doive for 2449 and William J Smith plus Lucy Smith to Christopher J Burns for 800. Mentions various blocks and additions and notes unsettled actions among several parties including Holbeck Hothek and Bean with auctions upcoming.
A Black man near Brentwood, Wayne county, was struck by a mob and died after being attacked on a Sunday. Two other men were wounded, and local authorities, including farmer B. W. Moly, are cited in connection with the incident. The case remains under review as residents describe the event as a serious disturbance.
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