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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1920
Page
11
Four Amy planes under Captain St. Claire Street will depart Nome, Alaska, Wednesday morning for the last leg to Mineola, as engines were overhauled Tuesday. The page also includes brief letters to the editor and a garbled nurse dispatch.
Market session described as small scale with moderate oversupply, led by Liberty bonds and industrials. Notable mentions include American Tobacco Leather and tobaccos, oils, coppers, and rails. several major issues such as International Paper, Reading, Nickel Plate, and Bethlehem Steel seen under pressure or mixed. Strong emphasis on representative schools and equipment demand with uncertain trade conditions amid broader market reversals in London and U.S. rail and steel sectors.
Wheat values slipped amid weak sentiment and reports of farmers being urged to sell. Prices opened lower with December at 2.07 and March at 1.98, then fell further as selling and liquidation dominated. Cash grain mixed with oats and rye showing modest gains and broader market weakness spreading to livestock in Chicago.
The report lists mixed commodity prices with beef hogs and dairy items. Receipts and prices span cattle hogs lambs butter cheese eggs and poultry, noting steady to lower trends and notable bulk lots for buyers in Chicago Minneapolis and Plymouth Wis. The snippet also mentions a jail chaplain’s sermon and a note about a grand concrete arch to be built in Minneapolis.
A scanned market listing shows varied prices for flour, bran, oats, butter, apples, cider, lemons, oranges, grapes, bananas, celery, oysters, peanuts, sweet potatoes, cheese, and dairy items. Entries reference items like Wheat Flour per barrel and per parrel in different sack types, butter quotes, apple varieties, and standard market numbers though many lines are garbled.
Small house and two lots for 1400 on South 14th. Sixer room house near 4th Street and M.C. Read priced at 2500 with 250 cash and balance to suit. 2-room rooming house with large lot and barn on South 4nd Street listed at 6500. Deream brick with large lot and barn on South Ath Street asking 3900. Six-room brick with heat and full east front lot on South Sun at 3800. T-room house with east front lot near 23rd and Cass priced at 2850.
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