Painters Confer Over Wage Scale and Contracting Terms
District Deputy Campbell with Will Eyck and Henry Senalbaugh met the Moline Auction of Master Painters and Decorators to discuss a new wage scale effective April 1. Journeymen push 37½ cents an hour, masters offer 35. eight hour day agreed. overtime at time and a half, double on Sundays. Arbitration, transportation outside city limits, and union labor rules approved. contracting disputes linger over who sets prices and who gets private contracts, with arbitration to settle.
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Campbell
Clinton
Will Eyck
Henry Senalbaugh
Moline
Union of Painters
Tera
Master Painters’ Association
Studying a Different Ratio
A Philadelphia Ledger quotation contrasts past and present interests, noting a man who was once fired and later became fixated on odd notions of generosity and lunches, with references to 1896 and casual shifts in focus.
February Declared Ideal Winter Month In Record Review
Weather Observer Shelter reports February as a strong month with 28 degree average sea us temperatures 68 high and 6 below zero low. The month saw 4.6 inches of snow 11 clear days and frequent clouds with light precipitation. Winds mainly northwest and notable halos on February 18 and 20.
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Weather Observer Shelter
Dailey resigns as Moline Journal editor to farm near Denver
Roy Dailey of Moline Journal resigns to pursue fruit farming in Colorado leasing a ten acre parcel four miles from Denver along the Interurban Highway to Golden. He plans a trial first year and eventual permanent move with his wife and son to Denver. Dailey, a longtime newspaper man, departs around the 19th after service at the Dispatch Davenport Times and Journal. Frank Gilns dies at about 36 after feet freezing complications. no friends or family located. Body held at J F Rose undertakers for identification.
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Roy . Dailey
Moline Journal
Colorado
Dailey
Denver
Golden
Rock Island
Vman DaNev
Zuma
Davenport Timea
The
Journal
F G Allen
Allen
Frank Gilns
City Hospital
Gilns
Tri City Railway
J F Rose
Burglary at Rock Island Home Reported
Value estimated at 200 dollars. Entry gained by forcing the storm window of the dining room. Thieves ransacked the house of J H Trimble at 924 Twentieth Street. A list of plunder includes silverware, two overcoats, a green purse, two gold pins, a Rock Island high school pin, and a monogram pin.
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Twentieth Street
Rock Island
J H Trimble
Rock Island High School
Union Store Change in Hull Management
The Union Store announces a management change with Howe & Burgeton resigning after years in charge. Hall succeeds Burgston, who retires for health reasons. Burgston has long history with the city’s dry goods trade and previous links to the old Boston Store.
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Union Store
Hull
R Burgston
Howe & Bucgeton
Hall
Burgston
Cne
Boston
F E Howe
Dull
Hol Bros
Fisk & Loosley
Lundt & Berg Und Ce
Preventive Treatment Cuts Corn Pest Losses
Dr Forbes reports 161000 acres of Illinois corn damaged by three pests including the corn root aphis. He details a seed corn treatment using oil of lemon and wood alcohol that raised yields by about 27 percent in tests and possibly 50 percent overall.
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S A. Forbes
Illinoie
Athols
Forbes
Quincy
State Farmers’ Institute
Chemists propose ant repellent for corn fields
Dr Forbes recommends a corn seed treatment using wood alcohol and lemon oil to repel field ants and root lice. The mixture, costing under ten cents per acre, may protect 45 acres and should be tested in a strip for comparison with untreated rows.
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Forbes
Erickson Fatally Struck by Passenger Train at West Liberty
Helmer Erickson of Moline a fireman on Rock Island freight No 72 was killed at West Liberty Io when struck by eastbound passenger No 28 on a second track incident occurred after the engineer left to eat and returned obscured by a coach. He died at about 1 o clock. Erickson aged about 45 leaves a widow and a mother with two Swedish sisters. He had lived in Moline two decades and was active in Swedish Methodist church revival services. He was born in Sweden September 22 1880 and came to the United States at age eight. He joined the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and had worked in Moline since 1905.
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Helmer Erickson
Moline
Rock Island
West Liberty
Leclock
Ericsson
Endison
Stix
PBC Ap Tse
Erckson
Moyne
Erickson
Cbniel
Biedarno
Tremblay brothers to share downtown bluff medical offices
Dr Fredo Tremblay buys the W A Jones brick building on Fourth Avenue from Lydia Knight for 10 000 and plans a downtown office on the second floor. His brother Dr Fred Tremblay will join from Canada to practice with him, adding offices downtown and on the bluff.
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de J Tremblay
Fourth Avenue
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Streets
W A _ Jones
Lydia Knight
Kansas City
Donahoo & Sheppard
Trembltass
Tremblay
Fred Tremblay
Canada
Haas and Weld Form Partnership in Law
Haas and Weld form a new law firm Haas & Weld by J L Haas and H A Weld prominent Rock Island county bar members Haas former Rock Island city attorney Weld worked with J K Scott in the state's attorney office They have engaged the Bengston block office formerly Sweeney & Walker Wr Hees and Weld have been associated in several important cases in the courts.
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Haas & Weld
J L. Haas
H A Weld
Rock Island
Haas
Weld
J K Scott
Bengston Block
Sweeney & Walker
Wr Hees
Bridge to Close Late Summer After City Conference
Arsenal officials and contractor Bayne and Hewett meet with Colonel Blunt, J. Porter, J. Lardner, and engineer Modjeska to plan a new Rock Island Arsenal bridge. Steel orders to be placed with American Bridge Co.. construction of piers to begin once cement is secured. traffic closure expected late summer, not May.
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Chicago
Colonel Blunt
Prominent Davenport Merchant Wadsworth Dies in Indianapolis
Wood reached Davenport on February 8 and W OC Wadsworth prominent Davenport bath er and dry goods merchant died in Indianapolis after a period of illness. He was 80 and had lived in Davenport for about 50 years. He served as a director and longtime president of Citizens Savings bank before its merger. Survived by his widow a son Will B M of New York and a daughter Miss Mary H of Davenport. The funeral will be held tomorrow at Edwarda Congregational Church with burial in Rock Island Rock Island cemetery.
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Davenport
Indianapolis
Wadsworth
Vic Wadsworth
Mary Wadsworth
Rock Island
C A Moore
Edwarda Congregational Church
Wille
Chippanpuch
Moctery
Dav ‘Nport
Citizens’ Savings Bank
German Savings Bank
Will BM
New York
Mary H
Nome
Progressing Youth Speak On Changes In The City
Progressive young residents discuss modernization in Detroit as elders warn against rapid shifts. The piece contrasts hopeful energy with cautious views, highlighting community programs, new businesses, and the ongoing debate over urban renewal efforts.
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Painters’ Union
Master Painters Association
Philadelphia Ledger
Continent
New York Herald
Hull Bros
F A Burgston
Asaend FA
A. Forbes
Tella
Rock Island Road
Fredo Tremblay
Haas and
Partnership IN Law
Col. Blunt
Arsenal Commandent
Modjeska
Bayne & Hewett
Tully Railway
Ile Waihe
Plecs
W C Wadsworth
Indianapol
Wood
Bather and
Dv Goode
Skiddoo
Detroit News
Rogtas Pros
Boldlo
O-L” Addres
Sloans Liniment
Euragia
Sloan
Earl S. Sloan
Albany St
Mass
Ilustra
Europe
Yeniaeit
Oxiffota
International Art Association
Reed
Ani
Severs
S Roosevelt
Panama
San Francisco
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