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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1907
Page
9
Help Wanted notices list many positions in La Crosse and surroundings. Barber college prospects, shop training, and diplomas offered. Gundersons and hotels seek help including cooks, waitresses, housemaids, nurses, collectors, and sales staff. Various firms and streets named for employment opportunities.
Multiple small ads list for sale and for rent items including houses rooms heaters and household goods. Names and addresses appear with daily notices and business references. The fragment mentions 516 West Ave North 1419 South Eighth Street 703 Pine Street 424 Badger St 722 State Street 726 North Third Street 214 South Seventh Street 320 North and 214 South Fifth among others.
WANTED driving horse between 1100 and 1200 lbs Inquire 116 North Third street KRUEGER Baggage and Draying 420 Jackson New Phone 522 Green WANTED Old feather beds will pay market price cash New phone 131R old 3954 W OC Pier e CUT RATES on housewvid goods to Pacific Coast and other points The Boyd Transfer Co Minneapolis Minn FIRE INSURANCE Just the time of year to take out that tornado policy that you have been thinking about Co S Van Auken 328 Pearl street.
Money to loan lost and a pin in a gold mounting are reported near the new high school area between Seventh and Pine. A lost package containing knitting work was left on the North Side car. Rewards will be paid upon return to 1402 Pine Street or the Tribune offices.
An undertaker denounces frugality that starves the living and preserves wealth for the dead. He recalls an elderly woman who saved $5,000 only for relatives to blow through in six months, while she herself lived in want. The tale warns against denying present needs for future inheritance.
Wholesale prices rise as butter reaches 28 to 30 cents per pound and creamery at 32 cents. Eggs gain one cent to 20 and 23 cents per dozen, with track prices at 5.85 per case. Hog and cattle figures show gains, while assorted produce lists include oysters, potatoes, carrots, and greens with varied per unit prices.
The piece recalls Saint Gaudens’ genius and generosity with a tale from Harper’s Weekly about the Nirvana figure in Rock Creek cemetery. It notes Hildegarde Hawthorne’s verses, Gaudens’ reply to a magazine editor, and a prompt to readers to read the poems for insight into the sculpture. The passage transitions to a long catalog of groceries and farm goods with prices and items.
Amid the launch ceremony crowds and bands, tallow salvors watch the slipway grease coat two inches thick with a mix of tallow and linseed oil. As the vessel slides into the water, boats hoist tallow from the keel and plates, the crew selling their bounty to soap makers for up to 2 or 3 pounds per launch.
Advertisement seeks a man of light weight who fears the Lord to drive horses and assist in a sober household. Responsibilities include waiting at table reading a Bible chapter, rising at seven, obeying master and mistress, and possibly dressing hair, singing psalms, or playing cribbage. Wages listed as 15 guineas a year.
In Wisconsin La Crosse County Probate the County Court will hear on October 22 1907 at 10 am the application of John Sroka to admit to probate the last will and testimony of Lucy Bernett of La Crosse deceased. By order of the Court County Judge John Brindleye Chas Miller attorney for estate.
A concise maxim notes that insight often comes from interpreting secondhand information rather than relying on original content. It underscores wit and prudent caution in handling sources.
A concise observation notes how a widow turns a man’s faults into perceived virtues, highlighting social perception and gendered judgment in intimate relationships. The remark implies ironic critique of framed character and resilience within spousal dynamics.
E P Oberholtzer notes Poe's deep romantic attachment to his wife and admiration for high literary ideals. Graham recalls Poe hovering over his ailing wife with tender motherlike care, and his sorrow at her death amid poverty.
The author argues reading should fuse with the child’s life, using conversation and dramatization to transform words into living thought. Effective lessons place the reader inside the setting, fostering imagination, vivid mental pictures, and natural expression, not mere mechanical decoding.
Daily rail timetable note listing service days with "day except Sunday" and "day except Saturday" distinctions. Reliable for historical timetable formatting and schedule conventions.
A brief notice outlines the Grace Bay and Western route connecting Green Bay Winona La Crosse Stevens Point Grand Rapids St Paul Minneapolis and points west and northwest. General J A Jordan LP is cited.
The remark notes that politeness is so uncommon that a man who is polite is viewed with suspicion, suspected of seeking advantage or deception.
The speaker compares pursuing legal action to foreign travel, noting the value of securing a return passage while funds remain available.
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