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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1908
Page
9
A travel through Tribune Want Columns promises money making chances and fast sales. Read the ads today, answer those that interest you, and await replies by the next mail for prompt results.
FOR SALE-Three stores 20 ft. x 0 ft. at No 207 209 211 Main Street also Burlington hotel 108 No 2nd St Inquire of Joseph Boschert Trustee Fay Estate Farm 220 acres good land two barns and stable known as the John E Jones place south of Rockland Write or call E D James Rockland Wis FOR SALE Two bedroom suits 117 N 10th St Saturday diploma granted write fe ogue
La Crosse store offers mail order service for Pictorial Review patterns with prompt filling of orders. Weis' Book Store located at 509 Main Street.
Classified notices seek storm sash repair with glass set and painting optional. Contact A. and C. Johnson at 221 Main for work inquiries. Also offering five cents each for missing Tribune issues from 1907 to 1908 with a boarder listing at 1230 Ferry.
Excursion business has been good with Captain Fugina noting steady crowds on Saturdays and Sundays aboard the Ideal. River traffic is mostly done for the year though unseasonable days keep some trips possible, while other boats push rafting and dam work along the La Crosse to St Paul stretch.
The speedboat built by Winona Machine and Launch Works exceeds owners expectations and is considered the river’s fastest craft. It runs easily at 25 miles per hour and is expected to reach 26 or 27 mph.
Taft replies to Senator Foraker criticisms in a brief statement. He defends nominating Judge Doyle for judge based on Doyle's professional merit and character. He says he used a private car he paid for and rode a boat provided by the Middle Bass club where he was a guest.
Chicago on Sept 28 Adolph Gehrmann a noted bacteriologist shot and killed a burglar who entered his home He waited with a Winchester rifle after hearing a window open and fired wounding the intruder who died minutes later The burglar aged 45 remains unidentified
Oranges drop to 3.50 per case from 4.20 with a wholesale orange market at 53.90 per case and 7.75 per barrel for cranberries. Michigan peaches quoted 1.50 to 2.25 per bushel retail, market quiet Sunday with few changes noted.
This item catalogs numerous commodity prices including fruits vegetables and staples. Entries list cranberries peaches apples lemons cabbages coconuts potatoes grapes onions pears and more with per bushel box crate or pound pricing. Also includes mill feed grain livestock poultry dairy and wood prices from multiple suppliers.
Charles Hofmeister, on leave from Camp Esch, caused a disturbance in La Crosse after drinking. Officer Thomas McDonough was insulted and assaulted when attempting to arrest him. Hofmeister was taken to the station and charged with assault and battery on an officer. hearing set for 4 p.m. today.
The big Holley pump will be stopped for repairs tomorrow as the Board of Public Works aims to restore the machine to first class condition. A temporary shutdown is expected to last about a day, with the smaller pump supplying the city in the interim.
A. E. Large sues the Independent Order of Foresters for the policy sum alleging misrepresentation by the deceased's daughter during medical examination. C. L. Hood represents the plaintiff, McConnell and Schweizer defend for the insurer.
President John Elliott reports that 38 colored players from Minneapolis Keystones, led by manager and captain Jack Johnson, will attend the games on Saturday and Sunday, October 3 and 4, with the Colored Gophers also set to play.
Local bowlers meet Thursday evening at Hunt's alley to reorganize for the winter season. Several teams have already been formed and the official games and schedules will be announced that night.
Cleveland Sept 28 The weather man joins the league leaders debate as showers threaten the Cleveland Philadelphia game. Fans express unprecedented interest in baseball with rain forecasts casting doubt on today’s schedule.
In Chicago on September 28 Albert Anderson, 35, lies dying after a midnight brawl with Martin Wnuck in a hay loft. Wnuck allegedly struck Anderson with a pitchfork tines, fracturing the skull and stabbing him in the stomach before hiding under hay until police found him.
New York stocks show a strong tone after a brief dip as several prominent speculative issues rise, with the rest of the list posting fractional gains. Government bonds steady. other bonds dull. In Chicago, cattle run strong with beeves $5.10 to $7.65, hogs steady $6.50 to $7.25, sheep $2.20 to $4.20, lambs $2.25 to $5.50.
Kansas City market snapshot from Sept 28 shows cattle 22 000 with steers 4.40 to 7.30, stockers 2.80 to 4, hogs 11 000 ten cents lower at 6.40 to 6.90, pigs 4 to 5, sheep 12 000 steady with muttons 3.40 to 3.90 and lambs 4 to 5.10.
New York on September 28 lists dressed poultry with turkeys 19 to 22 cents per pound, chicks 12 to 24 cents, fowls 11 to 15.5 cents. live geese 19 to 12 cents, ducks 12 to 13, turkeys 14, chickens 14. Butter creamery extra 25 to 25.5 cents, eggs nearby white fancy 32 to 33 cents, cheese full cream 131.4 to 141.4 cents, skims 101.2 cents.
Local sentiment remains bullish with last days' gains, while analysts warn of an irregular uptrend as weather maps show killing frosts across Iowa North Dakota and Minnesota and heavy frost in Kansas and Missouri. Brokers advise profit taking on bulges and potential reentry on pullbacks as Argentine crop prospects shape futures.
Matthew Kurath, 15, son of John Kurath of 711 Milwaukee street, was killed when a touring car from Richard Gove's garage at 54 Biddle street, driven by William Gaston, a Black man who had worked there, struck him at about forty miles per hour. Gaston, said to have stolen the car, is under arrest.
The notice lists per dozen prices for bananas twenty cents oranges Valencia fifty cents lemons two dollars nine cents apples per peck and damaged entries for cocoanuts cabbage and peaches. It also shows prices for peaches damson fruit michigan peaches and several grape varieties by the basket or pound with totals and baskets priced around four dollars to five dollars.
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