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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1909
Page
7
The Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in New York praises actors and the new Jerome play The Passing of the Third Floor Back. He argues Christians often ostracize performers yet many actors are fine citizens and can do good through theatre.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, famed polar explorer, arrives in Detroit from Milwaukee to lecture on his dash to the top of the world. An official welcome reception and dinner will be held despite Detroit’s baseball headlines.
Intense suffering grows from the labor conflict now a lockout of about 60,000 workers in Stockholm. Funds for idle workers are scarce, and discharged laborers find it hard to resume wages. Manufacturers welcome the shutdown, using it to cut surplus stocks and improve finances.
The Daily Markets reports a wholesale price dip with potatoes at 70 cents on the retail market, a drop from Saturday. Other quotable lines list varied prices for beef, pork, cattle, and lambs, with receipts for sheep at 1,500 and steady value ranges across multiple categories.
A long list of market prices for fruits vegetables and dairy items from various markets. Includes lemons oranges cabbage potatoes bananas peaches grapes and berries with per unit or per crate prices. oyster dairy eggs hay and livestock notes. plus legal notices and market summaries from Chicago and New York with price ranges and brief market commentary.
Mrs M D Helgeson under care at Mt Sterling. Thomas Wallace conducts services in Viroqua Christian church. Help wanted for general house work at $3 50 weekly. Funeral for Mrs J Henry Tate held at home with burial in Viroqua cemetery. Teachers from Soldiers Grove granted two days holiday for Gays Mill fair. Cassin and Shilling families depart for Carson City Nevada. Cardie Taylor injured by a pencil in Cashton incident.
Livestock summary from Chicago reports hog receipts at about 4,000 head with prices 5 cents higher on the day. The market range shows generally steady to firmer tones as buyers and sellers adjust to the volume.
Chicago market note lists butter at 26c firsts and 26c extras, eyes at 27c prime firsts 24c, cheese Twins 14 to 15c, 15% to 15c. Live poultry turkey 16c, chickens 12 to 12 1 2c, ducks 12 to 13 2c, potatoes weak 19 to 42e.
Kansas City markets show cattle receipts around 2000 with steady to 10 cent gains across classes. Hogs receipts near 11990 with steady demand and prices mainly 7.30 to 7.75 for bulk, 7.60 to 7.80 for heavies, and 6 to 6.59 for pigs. Sheep receipts about 10009 with weaker tone, muttons 4 to 5, lambs 5 to 5.75, range ewes 2.90 to 4.80.
Chicago receipts show 21000 hogs with price ranges from 5.75 to 8.15 and mixed and heavy categories. Cattle receipts reach 25000 with beeves from 4.25 to 8.80 and Texas western stockers, cows, calves, and feeders among listed values. Sheep receipts total 49000 with natives and western lambs and yearlings priced across multiple bands.
Chicago grain prices for wheat corn oats listed with multiple grades and bid ranges. Wheat ranges from No 2 red 115 to 118 down to No 3 spring 102 to 104. Corn No 2 60 1 4 to 1 2, No 2 white 60 3 4 to 61. Oats No 2 white 40 1 4, No 3 38 1 2, standard 39 1 4 to 40 1 4.
Chicago wheat futures advanced as buyers absorbed sparse offerings and aggressive local bills despite large world shipments ample visible supply and persistent bearish factors. Traders noted stampeding shorts being absorbed and hedging sales lacking, signaling a shift in sentiment.
Wisconsin La Crosse County Court schedules Oct 19 1909 hearing at 10 am on petition by Jessie G. Ryan seeking executors order to convey real estate of Jo hanna McSorley deceased. Notice to pendency published for three weeks in The La Crosse Tribune. County Judge John Brindley signs order.
State of Wisconsin County Court La Crosse County notice is given for a regular term on November 2, 1909 at 10 a m at the La Crosse court house to hear the application of Daniel Shane administrator of William Shane deceased Burns for adjustment settlement and allowance of final account and for assignment of residue of estate to entitled persons by order of the court attorney J E Higbee.
Mr Sam McKown visits son Al fred McKown family. Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Charles Wolfe home with many attendees. Ida Dobrunz returns from La Crosse after visiting the McKowns. August Radesk and Minnie Roscen depart for Montana to visit relatives. Perry Brown returns from South Dakota where he ran a threshing engine. J W Donehower leaves for Rochmond visiting friends. Ed Culver returns from Winona after jury duty. Helsaple family travels to Galesville for Raleigh Turnbull funeral. Manda Martin and son Frank visit B Dodge relatives in Winona.
Samuel Gompers head of the American Federation of Labor returned to New York with Mrs. Gompers and their daughter after an extended European tour. He spoke on the coming international labor federation and praised England’s budget struggle as democratic progress. He contrasted American labor favorably with Europe and declined comment on a central bank of issue. He said the AFL opposes ship subsidies and would remain opposed.
In a weekly high school debate the question resolved was whether Senator Fowler's open letter to Speaker Cannon was justifiable. The affirmative, Brandenburg and Stevenson, won after a heated controversy with jury decision. Swennes and Krause argued for the negative. Sorgel Fehlberg and Berg served as jurors. No meetings for two Fridays due to an Artemis club lecture and a Western Wisconsin Teachers' Association meeting prompting school adjournment.
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