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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
15
Classified column lists jobs for men and women from barber trade to quarry work and delivery, plus Navy recruitment details. Numerous sale offers include engineering books, secondhand items, home goods, livestock, real estate, and seasonal tickets with locations in La Crosse and nearby towns.
Classified ads list multiple rental rooms including large front room suites and furnished spaces on Cass Street and South Fifth, with prices and amenities. Also notes a farm for sale, a double-store unit on North Front, and a river-didge road lost item notice for glasses. A cough remedy advertisement by W H Barker ends the page.
WANTED position for hotel clerk day or night experienced apply H M Adrian 646 E 4th Winona Minn also wanted two or three furnished rooms for light housekeeping centrally located care of Tribune wanted furnished house for winter by three ladies E T J Tribune at once five or six room house with or without barn address K C S Tribune and a collector who can furnish bond Metropolitan Life Insurance Company McMillan Building
Dane County Wisconsin proceedings invite sealed bids for main drain laterals tile drain and overall work. Proposals due October 8 1908 to George Hartlein secretary in Oregon Wisconsin with plans on file at Dane County clerk or via Hartlein. Commissioners reserve right to reject bids and verify bidder qualifications.
Lawyers for railroads filed petitions in Madison circuit court seeking to reverse two Wisconsin railroad rate commission orders. The suits challenge a Superior line permit and a Soo Line cross-track order in Douglas county. Judge Stevens granted writs of certiorari and set a 30 day return deadline for the commission.
Bryan cites Barretto of Manila reporting that the nationalist party in the Philippines, the largest group, favors the Democratic platform and independence, preferring Bryan’s victory over Taft. The Centro's July 12th convention unanimously endorsed Bryan.
Victoria BC September 19 All fifty aboard the vessel Acon from San Francisco to Sydney have been accounted for as safe. Earlier reports said the ship was wrecked off Christmas Island and passengers and crew including Chaplain Patrick of the United States Navy and his wife were marooned on Fanning Island. The steamer Manuka will call at Christmas Island next Tuesday to evacuate the wrecked victims. The vessel carried salmon and redwood.
Federal Judge McPherson refused United Breweries of New Jersey an injunction against the Davenport civic federation in Iowa. The case centers on interfering with a Princeton saloon closed for alleged violation of the Iowa mule law.
Tornado insurance offers $14.00 per thousand for three years and $6.00 for five years. Local ads advertise price cuts on varied items, new stock, and reduced freight rates across regions. Businesses named include Birnbaum's Cash Store in Gillette Street, Ad Transfer Co. in Minneapolis, and Weis' Book Store in La Crosse.
In the Wisconsin La Crosse County Court proceedings the executor Wm S Burroughs seeks settlement and final administration account for the last will of John Van Zandberger deceased. The matter to be heard at the regular term October sixth ten oclock a m at the La Crosse County Court House by order of County Judge John Brindley.
In Cincinnati on Sept 19 Col. Dan Ramsdell of Indianapolis serves as senate sergeant at arms and leads a special train. Rev. Johnson Wesley Hill of New York's Metropolitan Episcopal Temple travels with Taft along with Dr. J. J. Richardson of Washington, a threat specialist who accompanied Roosevelt.
A man becomes so emotionally stirred by a woman's marriage proposal that he convinces himself he actually proposed first, reflecting the power of affection and self-deception in romantic magic.
Classified notes list properties for sale with prices like $20,000 for a hotel near a city and $250 for building lots on a 25 acre farm. Other listings include a $2,100 ten room Berlin street home and a $1,100 home on fine lots on a line.
A cynical bachelor muses that married life is often unhappy because a woman cannot always distinguish between a man’s peace of mind and a piece of hers. The remark reflects wit about domestic harmony and gender roles.
A list of wholesale prices for produce and dairy from several items including apples cranberries lemons cabbage cocoanuts new potatoes peaches grapes pears oranges bananas celery plums prunes tomatoes and flour and feed. Prices are given per unit such as box, crate, bushel, and ton with varying figures from different sellers like Listman Milling Co and Henry Andregg.
Prices for vegetables fruits and dairy items listed from multiple vendors with quoted by A B Moll and H M Sieger. Market personnel include Julius Vollbrecht Phil Martin Joseph Bahr Ole Skroede Ben Ticke William Goode James Gellespie and A Senn with hog sheep oats and hay transactions noted.
Kansas City reports cattle steady with steers 4.50 to 7.40 and stockers 2.70 to 4.80. hogs steady with bulk 6.75 to 7.05. sheep absent but steady with muttons 3.75 to 4.10 and lambs 4 to 5.40. New York poultry unchanged. butter 23.5 to 23.9 cents. eggs 31 to 32 cents. cheese 13 to 14 cents. Chicago cattle and sheep steady. hogs 6.60 to 7.20 for lights and 6.85 to 7.365 for heavies. pigs 4.50 to 6.25.
Market notes show Dec corn at 99 to 101 percent, May corn around 102 to 104 percent, oats near 65 to 66 percent, with pork futures at 15.50 to 15.67 in October and September quotes around 15.55. Prices fluctuate within the listed ranges as traders watch seasonal yields.
The report quotes several firms urging caution or profit taking on stocks and grains. J S Bache sees cheap stocks but a long pull. Pringle Fitch backs wheat on recessions. Bartlett Patten notes an undertone with no further bull run. Local buyers deliver oats and hay consignments from St Joseph Ridge, Irish Coulee, and Salem Road.
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