Carpenters Gas Point From Wolk Carpenters
Report notes a point from Wolk Carpenters regarding daily hours in the carpentry trade. The item outlines a shift or standard for work time and notes related regulatory or industry guidance.
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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1903
Page
5
Report notes a point from Wolk Carpenters regarding daily hours in the carpentry trade. The item outlines a shift or standard for work time and notes related regulatory or industry guidance.
Directors of the Modern Woodmen awarded the contract for the head office addition in Rock Island to John Volk & Co at 114 480 dollars. The project will be completed by July 1 of next year and Volk agreed to eight hour days with union scale after talks with the Rock Island Carpenters Union. Construction begins immediately.
Reports from Prospect park and Rock River Bottom detail widespread poultry thefts. Jarvis Fargo loses over thirty prize fowls and E S Shaffer is short about six, with other residents noting repeated raids. Authorities suspect an organized band and residents plan countermeasures.
Twelfth avenue was opened to the public Sunday after months of asphalt laying. The last work finished Saturday afternoon, creating a continuous boulevard from Fifteenth Street to Seventh Street then to Tenth Avenue and west to Sixth Street. A macadam driveway is laid within City hospital grounds.
Report from Rock River bottom notes coal haulers protest the lane to the bridge as a ditch to drain surface water has begun. Hauling sixty bushels is impossible with usual 70 to 80 bushels. road likely poor through winter. Ditch aims to ease traffic, but the timing worsens road damage and complaints grow.
A large crowd greeted Governor-elect Len Jordan Deneen as he spoke on political issues. The Chicago event highlighted tensions between city and state politics, with Deneen praised for his cordial manner and perceived abilities while no explicit urging for support was made.
The grand lodge of Winds 100 F opened at Springfield. Governor Yates welcomed visitors. Resolutions include a 5 cent per capita tax for the endowment fund a change of meeting place to Chicago election of trustees for Odd Fellows homes and $9840 appropriated to the endowment fund from the grand lodge fund.
A deed filed in Circuit Clerk Gamble s office shows Charles F. Johnson of Geneva Kane county transfers 655 acres bordering Meredosia in Rock Island and Whiteside counties to Alfred E. Westman of Chicago for 40000.
Henry Oldson and Emelia Fansin of Davenport Iowa Andrew Carlson and Josephine Larson of Moline Peter J Clark of Cable and Lillian Adams of Sherrard Ernest A Eckhart of Milan and Olive Lyness of Moline John Anderson of Rock Island and Amenda Stone of Galva James H Glimpse of Moline and Mary I Echelberger of Eric Clarence Freed and Clara Thomas of Moline
Chicago and New York stock and commodity quotes show Wheat at 119 today with 120 expected tomorrow, Corn 139 today and 100 tomorrow, Oats 110 steady, and various receipts for hogs cattle and sheep across Chicago Kansas City and Omaha. Prices for copper sugar and other listed securities appear with mixed early gains and declines, while dairy and produce prices such as butter eggs apples and potatoes are noted with regional figures.
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