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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
11
Classified notices offer barber trade training positions US Army recruitment sales agents and various jobs in La Crosse Wisconsin. Listings seek tinners mortgage loans deliveries night school students and a manufacturing business investor plus housing rooms and homes for rent or purchase.
Classified notices advertise multiple positions for girls at American House and Modern Steam Laundry. Jobs include house work, chocolate dipping and packing at Funke's Candy Co. and sewing machine operation at La Crosse Clothing Con, with contact phones and company addresses listed.
Numerous classified sale notices include houses barns vehicles farms boats books and securities. Listings reference 1322 Pine St 1227 Denton 1453 Kane St 1633 Mississippi St and 4124 old phone with items from engines books furniture and a half interest in a boat house plus season Inter-State Fair tickets and potential trades or cash deals.
A collection of rental notices listing furnished rooms with various amenities. Properties include a large front room for two at 326 Cass and other furnished rooms in the Tribune Building and at 415 So 5th, 618 Cass, and 513 Ferry. Some ads mention board, steam heat, modern conveniences, and contact details for Aug C Rhode and C Lynch Ettrick Wis.
Mrs. Joe Barney has moved to Bay City where her husband is section boss. Hon. Judge Lees is very ill and doubtful to recover. Mr. John Skrief has gone to La Crosse to attend school. Miss Clara Eberle, who worked in La Crosse, returned home. Miss Ruby Nagle went to Cand o North Dakota with sister Mae guiding to St Paul. Mrs. More of Winona was an Alma visitor.
A conversation features Miss Beard declining to sing before breakfast due to superstition. She says she has always been told she is unlucky and cannot sing in the morning.
Official notice lists November 1908 election to choose President and Vice President, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, U S Representative Seventh District, State Senator for the Thirty second, two La Crosse Assembly districts, County Clerk, County Treasurer, Sheriff, Coroner, Clerk of Circuit Court, District Attorney, Register of Deeds, Surveyor, and amendments to state constitutions. Also includes joint resolutions on constitutional amendments and date and official signatures.
Wisconsin Circuit Court in La Crosse County orders a public auction of the Weber's Addition parcel in La Crosse on October 3 1908 at 10 am. The sale inventory includes Lot 7 and the associated right of way over parts of Lot 5 and Lot 4, Weber's Addition, as described in mortgage Vol 50 page 290. A. P. Parsons serves as referee.
The Franklin club petitions against Speaker Cannon accusing him of stifling legislation for trusts and gagging members. A jury in a debating society labeled Cannon a poor fit for the Republican party and favored officials Schulze, Reymer, and Rasky as jurors.
Sparta Wisconsin reports its football team aims for the state championship with many returnees from last year. Captain Jefferson and other veterans back, plus new players Abrahamson Mayfield and Austin showing promise. Also notes a 300 dollar bump in saloon license from 500 to 800 and street paving delays due to brick shortages. Company L prepares for Fort Harrison maneuvers to uphold Wisconsin's Third regiment.
Miss Verna Hemstock hosts a Tuesday card party for about fifty guests honoring newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. George Whitfield and Miss Am by Hulbert of Barron. The column lists numerous local residents traveling, visiting, and working, plus market price updates and assorted remarks.
Chicago markets show cattle at 5.00 to 7.40 for beesves stockers 3.50 to 4.30 hogs 10 000 down 5 cents light 6.60 to 7.25 heavy 6.90 to 7.45 native sheep 4.25 lambs 3.25 to 5.75 poultry dairy etc New York poultry unchanged butter 23 to 23 1 2 cents eggs 31 to 32 cents cheese 13 to 14 cents New York stocks market strengthens after London buying Erie highest gain two points government bonds unchanged other issues steady
Kansas City cattle sale on Sept 18 with 2300 head steady steers $4.50 to $7.46 stockers $2.70 to $4.80 hogs 6000 head up 5c bulk $6.60 to $7 pigs $4.50 to $6.25 sheep 3000 steady mullon $3.75 to $4.10 lambs $4 to $5.40.
Chicago firms including Finley Barrell & Co and Pringle Fitch & Co debate wheat outlook. Traders expect occasional rebounds on breaks with firms buying on dips while caution lingers over a sustaining bull run amid large receipts and potential price spill risk.
An array of locals from Chipmunk Coulee Piney Creek French Island Mormon Coulee South Ridge and nearby areas traded loads of hay oats and rye in the city. Individuals include Henry Walter McArthur J Abbott W Proksch William Moldenhauer Dan Williams Sweeney Nelson Carpenter Rohraf Atkinson Horahan Kindhammer Sprain with transactions recorded Thursday and yesterday.
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