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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1902
Page
6
Washington Star notes mourning rings regain popularity, chiefly among widows, with Parisian origins via Lalique. Rings feature black pearls, tarnished gasilver settings, and inscribed sentiments, often worn above wedding bands. Among buyers, affordable marcaselle posey rings and perfume rings gain favor, with de couture touches and various gem choices.
An old advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as curing female weakness and disease, claiming it restores health for women and improves complexion. It touts relief from inflammation and ulceration, plus general vitality for the delicate womanly organism.
A compendium of old time tips on cleaning dye, fixing screws, keeping shoes from slipping, and preserving lace. It also notes a March proposed law banning corsets for women under a threshold age with penalties, requiring sellers to log buyer details and possible confiscation for illegal sales.
A wise woman explains the difference in hospitality for male versus female visitors. She keeps meals simple for women, but goes all out to impress with the dinner for men, focusing on quality over ambiance.
A humorous anecdote from Youth's Companion tells of a Boston lawyer whose wit never deserts him. A visitor coolly observes his office is hot as an oven, and the lawyer replies that it should be, for here he makes his bread.
The exchange recalls Miss Screecher’s singing at a concert moving the audience to tears. Myer confirms the impact, saying they once lived nearby and her voice moved them to another block.
Dialogue fragment portrays two workers arguing over a broken tool or device. Pat teases while Mike urges restraint as the boss contemplates purchasing a replacement. Source notes humor from N. Y. Weekly.
A drug store sample advertises Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as easier to take and more pleasant in effect than pills. It claims the product does not cause the constipation often produced by pills. Regular size priced at 25 cents per box.
LaGrange Ga resident P A Danforth suffered for six months with a running leg sore. He writes that Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured it wholly in five days. Promotes ulcers wounds piles and claims cure. Sells for 26 cents at Clendenin’s Drug Store.
For sale are several properties including the New Moran corner lot on Fifth Avenue and Twenty fourth Street with seven rooms and space for two more houses. Also a 10 room double at 2523 Fifth Ave offering eight percent return. Additional building lots on Nineteenth Street between First and Second, near street cars, priced at 160 each. Two Nineteenth Street lots at 900 each and a lot at Atkinson Park for 310. A four room cottage at 3837 Eleventh is listed with other desirable city properties offered by EE L Fastman.
Real estate listing summarizes multiple properties in Edgewood Park and surrounding area. Includes a twelve room house on Seventh Avenue near Twentieth Street offered at 2600 dollars, with a note on two flats of six rooms each and modern conveniences priced around 2600 dollars. Other offerings include seven acres with a six room house and garden, 160 acres of farm land for 30 dollars per acre, and an eight room house at 1316 Seventh Avenue priced at 950 dollars with rent potential of 13 dollars monthly.
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