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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1903
Page
2
Fragment from a travel guide lists times and prices with unclear numbers. It hints at bus or rail departures and a fare around 75 currency units, but the sentence is garbled leaving key details unread.
Chicago Dental Company advertises affordable dental work with guaranteed quality. It promotes a thin elastic plate that fits in all cases and claims free cleaning plus low prices on fillings and crowns. Permanent location noted but details are incomplete.
W J Martin formerly a Milwaukee department and advertising manager takes charge of the Fair department store in Davenport. Edward Emerson to rest and hand over management. Also reports of family misfortune, property condemnations, racing entries, and local business changes including livery firm reorganization and hotel improvements.
One hundred miles shortest to Chattanooga via Queen and Crescent route with through car line to Asheville North Carolina. Service Cincinnati to Atlanta and Jacksonville marketed as the best in the country with two fast trains daily. Excursions from August 1 to 14 price 50 dollars to San Francisco or Los Angeles. 47.50 to Portland Tacoma Seattle or Vancouver. 26.75 to Denver Colorado Springs or Pueblo. 12 to St Paul or Minneapolis. Contact Phone 1150 at Depot Twentieth street and Second avenue.
An Argus report notes T. J. Thomas sells Mi o na with a money back guarantee if no cure. It promises to aid digestion, increase flesh, relieve indigestion headaches and low spirits, and claims a 98 percent success rate with lasting stomach health benefits. Thomas cites numerous Rock Island customers as proof and offers to refund the price if no improvement occurs.
A vintage advertisement extols Newbro's Herpicide as a cure for dandruff and thinning hair, claiming a parasitic root causes flakes and hair loss. It promotes scalp health, offers a 10 cent sample by mail, lists Detroit as origin, and notes sale by T. H. Thomas. Also mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup used for teething with a 25 cent bottle price.
Prof H C Calhoun named Latin instructor at Moline High School and noted baseball coaching prowess. Other items include Rev Erlander to lead Swedish Lutheran congregation, King Philip Tribe growth, concrete work on circular tank, attorney Odell relocating to California, and bids for Seventh Street paving in Rock Island with Clark’s local improvements board seeking bids August 10, 1903.
A terse appeal touts Bucklin's Arnica Salve as life saving for burns sores ulcers and piles. It claims minor injuries can be fatal and urges keeping the salve on hand. Sold for 25 cents at Hartz and Ullemeyer’s drug store.
Indigestion sufferers are urged to eat freely using Kodul Dyspepsia Cure. The remedy aids stomach reception retention digestion and assimilation of food and helps convert it into healthy blood. Sold by Harper House pharmacy and A. Jd. Reiss drug store at Seventh Avenue and Twenty seventh Street.
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