The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-06
EARLY CLOSING TIME
MERCHANTS WILL CLOSE AT 6
P, M. AFTER SATURDAY.
ALL MERCHANTS INCLUDED
Under the Original Agreement Made
December 90, 1s9S-The Clerks Are
Rejoicing-Ladies Will Have
to Shop During Day.

Under the agreement made on Dec
l28, 1898, the different stores of the city
will on next Saturday inaugurate early
closing again for a period of three
months. All the stores have signfied
their intention to follow the original
agreement and the clerks will get
much needed rest during the evenings
of July, August and September. The
agreement and the stores included in
it's provisions are as follows:
Kenosha, Wis, Dec. 20, 1928.
We, the undersigned merchants of
the city of Kenosha, recognizing the
benefits to be derived from, and the
necessity for shortening the hours OF
labor both for ourselves and employees,
do hereby express ourselves as faVoring
and endorsing any move which will
tend toward the closing of all stores at
6 o'clock p. III. on three evenings OF
each week, viz: Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday, during the months of
January, February, March and July,
August and September, of the year
1899, land ensuing years if trial is found
beneficial to all concerned). All other
evenings not specified above to be des-
ignated as g open evenings" and en-
ployes to report for duty as usual.
This expression of endorsement to
be considered in no wise binding upon
any merchant signing same, and in DO
way pledging him to close his place OF
business on the evenings named, unless
every merchant engaged in a kindred
or competing line shall have signed this
endorsement of shorter hours OF LABOR,
of which case of unanimous kindred or
competing endorsement. Such mer-
chants or firm finding their signature
in list which shall contain the names
of every merchant or firm engaged IN
his or their particular line of business
shall consider himself or his firm COM
mitted to the policy of shorter business
hours for employer and employe and
shall close his place of business during
such time as is above named.
Dry Goods-R E Sutherland Il Co,
per Harry Skinkle; VIM F Fisher,
Barden & McArdle, 81 L MOlitOr & Co,
6 The Fair" Il Feiges (Kenosha Dept
Store).
Hardware-C A Dewey, 81 c Schulz,
R9deker, & English, Charles Skidd,
Bode Bros, Geo W Fay.
Clothing-A B Ames, Isermann Bros,
B Hermann & Co, Schmitz & Lauer,
Eichelman Bros. 81 Feiges (Kenosha
Dept. STOREY.
Plumbing-Chas Il Goodman, q G
Schulz.
Millinery-A F Weiskopf. VIM F
Fisher, Fl sFeiges (Kenosha Dept
Store).
Furniture-Terry Furniture Co, Bode
Bros.
Jewelry-T J Dale, A Weskopf.
Harness-Wallace, Smith & Co, j G.
McHugh.
Laundry-H Z Remer, P Fl johnson.
Coal and wood-Jno O'Donnoll, per
E O'Brien.
Bicycles-C A Dewey.
Boots and Shoes-F Fl Lyman, E j
Huck, c Gronquist 4 Co, Math Huck,
J A Petersen, John Berens, Fred
Goerndt, H Feiges (Kenosha Dept
Store).
Wall Paper, etc-G M Melville.
Observation-Disclosures & Theirs,
Brown & Schroeder.
Drugs Starkweather q Co, 81 E
Tanner, L E Hackley & Co, G L Cam
eron, W S Lamb, Woodward Drug Co,
| G. 81 Hurd.
Under the foregoing, the dry goods,
clothing, boots and shoes, hardware
and furniture lines have agreed to close
their stores at p. N. The drug
stores, under special arrangement
among themselves will close at p. N.