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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1908
Page
11
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Widespread help wanted notices seek male and female workers for barber trade ready in weeks, with wages and catalogs. Several listings call for a soldier’s daughter?. recruitment office at Hotel, Wisconsin. Multiple ads offer work ranging from farm hands to office boys, freight handlers, and room seekers in La Crosse and Milwaukee, plus sale listings for seeds, books, and furniture.
A pocketbook lost between a sausage factory and 4th and Cass offers reward if found at the sausage factory. A gold watch with chain and topaz ornament missing at the fair grounds with reward for return to 520 So. 5th. A white English setter puppy with a black spot and face missing since last Thursday with reward to Otto Munz at Security Bank. A Navy blue velvet hat lost by Willie and two other boys who picked it up at 16th and Market must return it to Mrs. C. A Olberg at 16th and Ferry for a reward.
Owner urged to call Pitzner's Dye Works to claim lost lap robe. Advertisement promises nothing like it worth dollars, costs cents. Also promotes H. W. Baker's Cough Remedy and Runckel's Drug Store as local notices.
For rent and sale listings at 415 South Fifth Street and Cameron Street, including a 11 room brick house and flats with city heat. Fine residence on West Avenue and various city properties offered by real estate agents F Klein and architectural firm Schick and Roth with contacts at 208 McMillan Building and Batavian Bank Building. Includes fire insurance bonds notarial services and loan money.
La Crosse Mortgage & Co. offers loans to salaried people on furniture pianos horses wagons with no removal or publicity. Coast Shipments provides reduced rates on household goods with Pacific Coast and other points via The Y4 Transfer Co. Minneapolis Minnesota.
Multiple brief ads seek a sash repair job and painting, missing Tribune issues from 1907 in 10 cent per issue payments, room and board at 1230 Ferry, storage land near a railroad, a housekeeper or companion position for an elderly lady, and various rental or employment inquiries.
ISRAEL H. ADY DIES AT SPARTA VIROQUA Wis Sept 29 Mr Israel H Ady died at Sparta Sunday Sept 27 The deceased was once a resident of this city but moved to Sparta He leaves a daughter Miss Belle D Ady of Sparta a daughter in law Mrs L W Ady and two grandchildren Effie and Will H Ady at this city He was in his eightieth year Mrs John Dawson was called to Sparta last Thursday for the illness of her brother S H Ady Funeral held Tuesday with many relatives from this vicinity attending
At a bankruptcy hearing in New York it emerged that A O Brown gave a 70000 automobile to a Miss Hopper. Edna Wallace Hopper, the actress, later admitted she was the recipient of the car.
Beloit Wisconsin September 29 A gas plant workman Lewis Bliss received a severe chest wound when the shovel handle was thrust into his side as an explosion occurred near the furnace door. His condition is reported critical.
Miss Alta Benson of Viroqua married Edgerton's Martin Keegan at St Marys church in Viroqua with Grace Morrison as brides maid and Daniel Keegan as groomsman. A dinner followed at the bride's parents home and the couple will reside on Main Street. Also notes of visits and a tin shower for Miss Atta Bens and a birth announced for H L Gardner's family.
In McGregor Iowa on Friday the Old Heads defeated the Old Fellows by 7 to 5 in a local batting contest. Miss Helen Hunting fell on roller skates and broke her wrist during festivities. A large crowd enjoyed the North McGregor dance and many residents reported a good time.
A group of Prairie du Chien youths and graduates plan to pursue higher education in state and regional universities. Margaret Paris heads to the state university for junior year, while Tom Wallin and Le Grand Duke return as sophomores. Other students enter Northwestern, Marquette, and Des Moines state normal school, with several relatives visiting or relocating.
The market remains quiet in the cold spell though rain helps. Tokay grapes fall 25c from 1.75 to 1.50 as the drought ends revive pastures. farmers seek continued warm weather for better gains.
A collection of dated price quotes across produce, meats, dairy, and fuels from multiple vendors. Items include cranberries, peaches, apples, lemons, cabbage, and bananas with per bushel, per box, or per ton rates. meats list hogs, lambs, and cattle. butter eggs hay and wood prices also shown.
Retail flour quoted by Listman Milling Co at 1 4-bbl sacks 1.60 and 1.55. Vegetables listed by A B Moll include Hubbard squash 10 to 15 cents, onions, summer squash, eggs fresh 23 cents, butter 28 cents, cabbage 0.5 cent, potatoes 75 cents per bushel, lettuce two bunches 5 cents, peppers 20 cents a dozen, turnips 1.50 per peck, tomatoes 20 cents per peck, mushrooms 75 cents, pineapples 25 cents, egg plant 2k cents, peaches per dozen 20 cents, watermelons 2 units, green corn 12 cents per dozen, cantaloupes 5 12 cents, pears canning 50 cents per peck, among others. Further lists show fish prices from H M Sieger and J C Bananas, with items including trout, salmon, herring, halibut and various fruits like bananas, oranges Valencia, lemons, apples, coconuts, tomatoes, grapes, peaches, and damson fruits with varied per-unit pricing.
Chicago livestock listings show cattle 7000 steady beeves 5.10 to 7.60 stockers 3.60 to 4.75 hogs 18000 ten cents lower light 6.40 to 7. heavy 6.70 to 7.20 pigs 4.50 to under 5 native sheep 3.25 to 4.25 lambs 2.23 to 5.50. New York stocks open strong then drag with Union Pacific leading declines, government bonds unchanged and other issues steady.
In New York on Sept 29 live dressed poultry remained quiet. Butter and creamery butter traded at 25 to 25 1 2 cents per pound. Nearby white eggs sold 32 to 34 cents. Full cream cheese ranged 13 1 4 to 14 1 4 cents, skimmed milk at 10 3 4 cents.
Cattle totals reach 25000 with steers 5 to 7.30 dollars and stockers 2.80 to 4.80. Hogs 20000 with bulk 3.40 to 6.00 and pigs 4.25 to 5.50. Sheep 15000 steady with muttons 3.40 to 3.60 and lambs 4.25 to 5.15.
Chicago markets show Wheat for Dec and May trading around 100 and 103 near values. Corn for Dec and May fluctuates around 65 and 64 with fractional quotes. Oats for Sept hover near 49. Pork for Oct and Sept trades around 15.25 and 14.90 with similar levels.
Chicago logs and grain houses say buying remains favored on forced breaks. Sellers in London mood drive prices. if London turns down, U.S. stocks may rise concerns. Brokers warn markets look tired and may edge lower, but a fair decline offers buying opportunities.
Milwaukee court action blocks license committee report and immediately rejects four saloon licenses. John Obermeyer Alfred Johnston Fred Dupuis and Ben Rutkowski see their applications denied as the common council acts swiftly with support from Attorney S W Dalberg and Court Commissioner Adolph Kanneberg.
Thousands drown as floods inundate the Deccan region. Towns are wiped out and vast areas become lakes. Victims are found in trees along swollen rivers. Haidarabad reports say the situation is the worst in years in this densely populated area.
In Northeast Texas, cotton night riders post warnings against ginning cotton until permission is granted. Notices appeared on five guns in the area, and growers report great unease. The story notes readers can learn from experienced voices about incubators.
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