Art shop advertises engraving and painting supplies
Local art department offers engravings watercolors pastels and platinum supplies with a wide price range. AP inspection invited.
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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1901
Page
7
Local art department offers engravings watercolors pastels and platinum supplies with a wide price range. AP inspection invited.
A Washington Star anecdote describes a bank clerk advising a customer to sign with the left hand for a certificate of deposit. The man returns a week later with a noticeably different signature, admitting he cannot write well with his left hand. He later reproduces a faithful facsimile after the clerk realizes the error.
The piece discusses plant lifespans and yields, noting tea plants produce 700 pounds per acre at age T, and palms need hot dry air with moisture at roots. It cites lifespans for ivy chestnut oak yew and mentions an oak with 700000 leaves releasing about 123 tons of water in five months. It also references Jaamite Indian shrub and a Ventura garden La Maarque with a trunk circumference and 21000 blooms in 1896.
A garbled OCR fragment shows inmates discussing a moment of abstraction and an incendiary device, with unclear names and a vague plan tied to an opening in a town. The text is fragmentary and lacks coherent details.
The piece notes how hat use evolved from royal salutes to accommodate wigs. It describes the prior practice of keeping the hat on at table in the presence of rank and how the rise of false hair reduced the hat’s protective role, shifting salutes to the hand.
An old advertisement fragment touts Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a cure for ulcers scrofula skin troubles and blood disorders with claims of 30 years tested and free trials of 10 000 kits. It also mentions Herbine Ballard's Snow Ointment Burdock Blood Bitters Dr Thomas' Electric Oil and a slate of tonics and ointments with varied prices and retailers in Moline Illinois.
Public notice invites all to view the X Ray inspection and treatment facility at no cost. Officials emphasize the exhibit shows how X Ray imaging will aid diagnosing patients and planning care.
Dr. J Alvin Horne in Rock Island unveils a Static and X Ray apparatus with imported tubes and fluoroscopes to examine and treat diseases. The device enables tuberculosis and rheumatism treatment without removing clothing and promises improved diagnosis and care at Mitchell Lynde Building office.
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