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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1920
Page
9
Listing shows bed springs and mattresses with various prices and specials from Nelsons at 206-208 Main St and Gheen side goods on 13th. Also a two hour horse for sale and a Sunshine Poultry bale offer. Read as early sale ad with mixed hardware and livestock items.
Readable fragments show flour prices per barrel and per sack, creamery dairy items, apples grapes and vegetables with assorted weights and prices. Wheat, corn and barley futures are listed for Chicago grain markets with bid and ask figures. livestock receipts at Chicago open with uneven strength.
Daily markets note Liberty Bond prices with bids and quarters. The report lists 92.94 for Third War Bond and 88.62 for Fourth issue, plus 98.02 for Victory bonds and 98.10 for another Victory issue, reflecting intraday shifts and dealer quotes.
Turbulent early trading sent oil, steel, and equipment shares lower while some popular issues showed partial recovery. British strike delays weighed on sentiment as traders opened with a more aggressive stance, lifting certain rail, chemical, and tobacco items.
Bearish views on the wheat market pressured prices in Chicago today as strike developments lagged. Reports of larger Canadian imports, weaker British coal talks, and a Baltimore railroad embarg o influence bulls, while corn and oats followed suit with declines. December and March contracts fluctuated, closing unsettled with modest losses, and Nebraska corn plans offered slight price support.
Daily commodity update notes mixed cattle futures and live stock prices with calves and feeders rising modestly while hogs steady. Grain and potatoes show receipts strong with weak regional quotes, Chicago produce lists indicate higher butter and varied poultry prices amid Minnesota flour and grain movements.
Sylvia Pankhurst was sentenced to six months in prison on a sedition conviction arising from editing and publishing a issue of The Workers' Dreadnought on October 1. The case notes letters to Lenin were in government hands, with one quote about hunger strikes and revolution.
The Trades and Labor Council schedules a Friday night session at the Labor Hall to finalize last minute election campaign details. Ward workers will be assigned to GOTV, remind absentee voters to mail ballots, and mobilize women voters for Tuesday. Every union should send at least one representative, with family women invited to attend.
Funeral held for Joseph Murthy who died after a hunger strike in Cork jail. Brief UK and Ireland wire notes mention wrestling title bout in Cedar Rapids won by Jack Reynolds over Louis Nelson of Brooklyn and a Paris foreign office update.
Washington reports the interstate commerce commission has suspended action until further notice orders destinadd to ate. The official notification notes Britain withdraws the right of confiscation of German property in the United Kingdom, affecting ongoing regulatory measures and related commerce controls.
Fragmentary note from Havana cites renewed diplomatic relations between Cubs and Germany as a point of interest while mentioning Lake Erie porte and supply of meads to the northwest.
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