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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1903
Page
2
An OCR fragment describes dental services offered by a Chicago company. It mentions cement fillings, silver fillings, gold fillings, and gold crowns with prices, plus sets of teeth. The text is garbled but indicates a dental practice offering treatments and dentures at modest costs.
The notice lists a location at Office 1607 Second Ave in Rock Island near Speidel's Drug Store, indicating a shop or business address in the downtown area.
Articles note Town Publishing filings with the recorder fixing capital stock at 850000, mainly map making and lithography, with Hue bingers as incorporators. Wires for Union Fleet and Johnson Telephone connected, allowing rural Davenport communication pending district court decision. Brief items cover arrests, marriages in Clinton, IA, underground cable work for Camewell tire alarm, and various local incidents and appointments in Davenport.
The article reports a shift to an eight hour day with a uniform wage of 2.50 per day for first class journeymen plumbers, down from 3.40 for nine hours. It also details Knights of Columbus state council officers elected at Columbia hall, plus a reception at Library hall and plans for the next convention in Dex stories, with local notes from Port Byron about illness, visits, and community events.
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a healthful flesh former for both ends of the weight spectrum. It claims the product builds solid flesh, not temporary gain, and stresses it is a food medicine containing whole cod liver oil emulsified for preservation of properties. The copy promotes suitability for weak and wasting bodies and positions the product as a tonic rather than a stimulant.
Union workers resume a five shop strike with weekly benefits from the national fund, payouts reaching over 700 dollars as castings patterns are shipped out of town. Widespread activity includes safety and municipal notices, with educational work and local meetings detailing coinvested efforts and community impact throughout Moline.
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