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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
7
Classified blurbs advertise property and vehicle sales in Rockland Wisconsin and nearby towns, plus rental offerings in Tribune area and Bangor divisions. Items include an eight room frame house with land, a 3160 acre farm near Bangor, an elegant automobile for sacrifice, and several furnished or partially furnished rental rooms or flats in Tribune Blog region.
In Davenport on September 3 the Universal Chiropractors association held a convention with attorney F. H. Hartwell of La Crosse urging public advertising and legislative action. He argues against the medical trust, stresses organization, and urges chiropractors to build public sentiment via newspapers to win legal recognition.
FOR RENT 11 room full modern brick house 705 So 5th St 35. 5 room house 1510 La Crosse 8. Office suite in Beck block call my office. Store building 810 Farnam St. FOR SALE A large variety of city and farm properties. A small confectionary in good location for 300. Insurance notary public and loans. Co F Klein 208 McMillan Bldg La Crosse Wis.
Miscellaneous wanted ads seek a city based solicitor with commission, two to three unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping, a first class second hand camera, and a Colt or Smith West on revolver or deer gun. A bookkeeper with five years experience seeks a position. A six or seven room house is sought within nine blocks of the post office. A brown cow is stray and claimed by Frank Jolivette.
Grand Forks North Dakota September reports L B Gibbs president of Gibbs Grain and Fuel company and former North Dakota Milling association chief shot himself after weeks of talking about death by action. He left a note citing business troubles and carried large sums of money suggesting he would be unarmed. His daughter Mrs George Keenan gave him a revolver and he fired in the bathroom, dying instantly.
An old medical ad notes most victims have chronic constipation and promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup. It claims to stimulate the liver and bowels, restore natural action, and be mild and pleasant to take with no nausea or griping. O. T. Erhart endorses refusing substitutes.
A woman who cannot admit an enemy’s clothes are shabby calls them loud rather than plain. The remark reveals social signaling and gendered language in evaluating attire and honesty.
Malaga and Mushat grapes are on the market at 15 cents per pound. Cocoanuts by the crate are off the market as are Alberta peaches. Early frost not unexpected by farmers. No other changes noted.
A long price sheet lists assorted fruits vegetables and staples with per box crate bushel and ton prices. Items include lemons oranges peaches grapes coconuts apples pears bananas and many others with brand notes and unit costs. The list also covers flour feed grain and livestock prices from various local sellers and mills.
Market sheet lists flour in sacks at 1.60 and 1.56 per 1 4 bbl. lot. Vegetables include summer squash five cents, carrots five for a nickel, beets five cents per bunch, and cucumbers lettuce peppers tomatoes mushrooms and other items with small price points. Fresh eggs and creamery butter priced per pound, with potatoes and wax beans also shown.
Foreign market activity centers on Germany's Morocco policy as trading opens in New York. Arbitrage players dump large blocks, with Union Pacific and Southern Pacific among big sellers while American Smelting remains weak. Regional livestock markets show varied prices in Kansas City and Chicago amid softer overall demand.
In New York on September 3, market notes show butter at 23 cents and eggs 29 to 30 cents, with cheese ranging from 12 to 13 cents. The report records unchanged overall prices for poultry and dairy goods.
Delegates of the Grand Army begin internal business after the forty second encampment events in Toledo. Women's Relief corps Daughters of Veterans and Ladies of the G. A. R. hold separate meetings at Valentine theater to review reports from top officials and committees as morning sessions proceed, with aims to finish elections tonight.
E H Harriman the railroad king will address gatherings in Oregon after leaving Pelican lodge where he has stayed for a month and is reported in good health. He plans to travel to Portland today to begin the engagements.
Charles B. Roberts of Baltimore, the victim in the board walk shooting mystery, is reported at City hospital improving and expected to make a full recovery with no doubts lingering about his health.
Mrs Myrian F Colfelt wife of New York financier T H Colfelt attempted self harm in a Paris hotel on avenue Kleber at midnight. She fired three shots into her body and lies in a precarious condition at Beaujoy hospital with her fate uncertain.
A dialogic snippet shows Master John Servant Yes sir and a vow to meet at 4 o clock. Wedderly recalls a penny match with his wife over a bonnet or a hat and the uncertain outcome of the draw.
The remark suggests a critique of people who pursue self serving fairness by imposing their own perspectives on others, framing integrity as manipulation when agendas override equal treatment.
A garbled OCR list shows various fish and fruit items with prices. Entries include pickerel, pike, trout, salmons, herrings, halibut, perch, and numerous fruits such as bananas, oranges Valencia apples cabbage plums peaches pears Tokay and Concord and Malaga grapes with per dozen or per basket prices. Some lines show distorted or repeated text but indicate a market price sheet style notice.
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