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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1903
Page
2
In need of dental work call first for savings and guaranteed first class results. Offers thin elastic plate that fits in all cases when others fail. Prices include cleaning free and various fillings and crowns from a dollar to five dollars for a set of teeth starting at five dollars. Permanent location appears to be incomplete.
Davenport reports outline the plan to build a natatorium as advocated by the Duggleby Brothers after discussions with City Council. Attendee F Dickinson Letts relays the decision and the community congratulates the entrepreneurs for pursuing the project despite obstacles. Neighboring items include a rail wreck near Capron, a 35th annual schuetzen fest at Schuetzen park with events and a banquet, and notes on local misconduct and court actions.
Hundreds of veterans arrive in San Francisco to attend the Grand Army encampment. The report notes other items such as a marriage involving Miss Kuehne Beveridge, the granddaughter of ex Governor Beveridge, and a United Statesan in Johan nesburg, South Africa.
TL HM Thomas promotes Mi O Na flesh forming food with a money back guarantee if digestion and weight goals are not met. Customers deposit 50 cents for a box and can withdraw with no questions if results fail. The promotion sparked chatter as clerks sold the product amid Thomas’s confident claim of patient gains.
At Fisk's farm near Prospect park a company picnic was planned with the plant bearing all expenses. Committees were formed for transportation grounds and refreshments and medals will be awarded to contest winners. Also a Labor Day picnic was decided for Concordia park and a new industrial association election held that week.
An old advertisement touts Bucklin’s Arnica Salve as preventing fatal outcomes from burns, sores, ulcers and piles. It claims even minor injuries can carry death if untreated and promotes the product as essential, available for 25 cents at Hartz & Ullemeyer’s drug store.
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