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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1907
Page
7
Chicago markets show mixed wheat corn and oats figures with July and December delivery names. The article also reviews Liverpool wheat movements and Chicago receipts before turning to a Harper’s Weekly note on Prof. Fessenden and early wireless telephony developments.
Help wanted notices run across Chicago and Wisconsin from barber colleges to factory and housework jobs. Listings include male applicants for barber training at Maler Barber College and clerical and skilled positions at Segelke and Kohlhaus, Wisconsin Pearl Button Co, Funke Candy Co, and others, plus female roles at Cracker and Candy Co and household work. Many postings specify wages, locations, and steady work. I saw it in The Tribune.
Multiple rental notices describe eight room houses furnished rooms and flats for rent across streets including South Eleventh Cass Fourth North Sixth and South Ninth. Contact numbers and addresses provided for inquiries at 137 South Eleventh 801 Cass 709 South Fourth 326 North Sixth 420 North Fourth 423 North Sixth 929 South Sixth 139 South Ninth and 809 Johnson with monthly rates around 7 dollars.
Numerous buyer facing notices list for sale furniture office items including a home at 112 South Eleventh Street and a large frame house at Seventh and Vine as well as brick machinery for a steam brickyard, a small confectionery business, a Davenport, a small laundry, and a heating stove. Also found are a fire insurance tornado policy pitch and cut rate freight service from The Old Transfer Co. in Minneapolis.
Real estate column lists 7 room houses with bath and closets at 316 N 7th st and 8 room modern house at 22.00 a month. Lower flat at 330 Cass street for rent. For sale a 14 room brick modern house at 7,000, an 11 room modern brick house at 4,500, another 11 room brick house at 6,500. Double brick store building with fine fronts above, factory building store dwellings, several dwellings in city, 40 acres of farm land near PRET at 2,550. Insurance offered by 208 McMillan Bogs. C. F. KLBIN.
Be sure to Say Ty saw Tt in The MATTRESSES Renovated and made over as good as new at your own home if desired Address 12 Tribune. WANTED TO RENT A 6 or 7 room house with bath Call old phone 8193 908 South Ninth. HOUSES WANTED TO RENT In south part of city Give number of rooms and rent asked. C F Klein 208 McMillan Bldg AGENT WANTED A live one Can make 6 10 per day rapid seller exclusive territory may be purchased J F Wilson Genl Agent Chicago Spring Clovis Com pany At La Crosse Hotel Monday Tuesday and Wednesday Call evenings ee KRUEGER Baggage and Draying 420 Jackson New Phone 522 Green FARM FOR SALE OR RENT 300 acre farm in Mormon Coolie 100 acres under cultivation 100 acres meadow and stock pasture 100 acres sheep pasture 9 room brick house and other buildings Ideal stock and dairy farm Much second growth oak wood Frank G Roth Fourth and Pearl
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad sends E O Faulkner, head of ties and timber, on an overseas trip to Hawaii, Japan, and Australia to study eucalyptus. The line owns a thousand acres in California for poles and ties, hoping Faulkner finds superior varieties. It is unusual for a railroad to pursue agricultural explorations abroad.
The page catalogs multiple lost items including a pocket book with money, a silver watch, boys clothes, an owl figure, and gold framed spectacles with rewards offered. It also lists money to loan services, daily market prices for butter eggs flour oats and wheat, livestock quotes, and assorted produce at local shops from October 22, 1907. The entries reflect a busy town page with classifieds and commodity pricing.
The Cashton Record reports cold weather harmed tobacco in sheds, with some green-harvested weed freezing at the edges. No sales have been reported recently, leaving prices uncertain. Some farmers foresee high prices, while others expect only fair remuneration for their crops.
In a small drug store advertisement a tonic called Dr King’s New Life Pills is promoted as regulating the liver preventing appendicitis and establishing regular bowel habits. The copy notes the product costs 25 cents at O T Erhart’s drug store.
Madison Wisconsin A H Hayward of Janesville has been appointed deputy state bank examiner to succeed Captain Thaddeus Wild of Milwaukee. He will assume the new post on November 1 and will earn a salary of 1800 dollars per year.
Mrs N J Metcalf spent Friday and Saturday with New Albin friends. Robi Delaney an old resident of Wexford south of Lansing died at his niece Mrs B J Mullarkey home. He was a resident of Waukon before serving to Lafayette township. S P Pierce who recently purchased the Schock property on River street will erect a big chicken house and raise chickens on an extensive scale. The Willchock family will occupy rooms over Kerndals store. Ferryville sends many people to Lansing to trade and the ferry makes semi weekly trips. The local orchestra plans a short tour up the Preston branch with Hazel Stillman and a local singer. Mr and Mrs Snow of La Crosse visited the city from the Beach country. The carnival committee will pay off last year’s carnival debt and not assume more baseball bills. Lansing prepares for a heavy Christmas trade. Duck hunters north of town had good bags including 33 by Dr Yeoman and Herman Magnusson. Attorney Sperry of Owatoona Minn visits his father in law Dr Davis. wife and children have been staying. The band began practice in new quarters Tuesday. Mr and Mrs I obt Wittbecker of Garnaville are visiting relatives.
North McGregor residents report brakeman Phil Welsh killed Friday in Bridgeport Wisconsin after a blizzard accident. He exited the cab and was struck by the engine as forty cars passed over him. Funeral held in Prairie du Chien with burial back home. He is survived by two sisters and three brothers.
Local residents and visitors are listed with weekend calls and short trips among towns including Fond du Lac Mineota Sparta La Crosse Westby Cashton Viola Aber deen and La Farge. The United Lutheran congregation escorted their pastor Rev. M Gulbrandson to Westby for a surprise party and presented a monetary gift.
A witty exchange where a consul asks what to write opposite Distinguishing characteristic on a passport. The lady replies with a sly smile that the consul should note False teeth as the distinguishing trait, alluding to dental prosthetics humorously.
The defunct Mankato Malting Co now in receivership has not paid any dividends since starting. A 10 percent dividend declared last summer was never paid, while Red Wing Malting paid dividends. Receiver Osmundson expects Oscar Bierbauer to return Oct 26 for bankruptcy proceedings. Bierbauer’s family fears mental distress and worries for their large stockholding stake.
A large Canadian lynx was shot dead in Crookston Minnesota near Main and Robert Streets. The animal fled Munch's Park across the Red Lake River, swam ashore, and charged spectators before Frank Morrisey killed it. The lynx measured over four feet long and stood about two feet high.
Sauk Rapids Minnesota elevator paid out 3518 dollars for ten loads of clover seed priced at eight dollars per bushel. Des Moines Iowa John Cain surrendered claiming the shooting of Charles Morris and E C Johnston was accidental. Congress member Hull says army lacks men and overworked regulars. Grand Meadow Minnesota a twenty year old man, naked in a barn, refused clothing until forced by an officer. he says he is from Knox county Nebraska and has been in Minneapolis. Des Moines Iowa legal fight over price regulation continues as physicians challenge habeas corpus in Charles City. Iowa supreme court sought to rule on whether medical services fall under price regulation rules.
A vintage pharmacy advertisement certifies druggists will refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure a cough or cold. It claims to stop coughing, heal lungs, prevent serious outcomes, and guard against grippe, pneumonia, and consumption. Contains no opiates. genuine yellow package. Refuse substitutes. O. T. Erhart.
The saying warns that seeking comfort from a nostalgia-tinged elder reveals optimistic days ahead. It notes that praising an enemy to provoke dislike shows how people react negatively to flattery, a pitfall of social judgment and politicking.
Oct 22 report from Duluth notes the coal situation improving with lighter cargoes and better receipts by boat, while labor scarcity hampers loading. Increased orders from the west and more men needed to unload boats. ships sit idle as trains and crews struggle to move coal to county and region markets.
Pierre South Dakota October 22 A number of holders under 200 are in town to file their selections. The southern half of the reservation draws First choice men, within six miles of Presho on the St Paul road and on good level land. It remains uncertain where No 1 will select as No 2 will choose first since No 1 already owns more than a quarter section.
A compact quip notes the irony of a busy person whose friend acts like a loafer, highlighting contrast between effort and lax companionship in a witty line.
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