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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1903
Page
2
A compact loan offer from Siegel's Loan Office at 320 Twentieth Street invites customers to borrow against a wide range of items including unredeemed goods. The ad emphasizes cash loans for belongings and advertises a special bargain in a 4 k diamond ring.
Fragmentary OCR text references travel routes and street names in Peoria area including Second Avenue and Twenty street. Mentions "Frank H. Plummer" and "Moises & Omana" with unclear context. No clear event, date, or coherent details emerge.
The German Pioneer society of Scott county will hold its regular annual meeting at Washington Park on Tuesday September 8. The session starts at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and will be followed by a banquet at 5 o'clock. The event is commonly known as the German Old Settlers’ festival. The city also reports a death in Davenport after a three month illness, and notes various local developments including telephone exchange upgrades, a minor building fire, and community notices.
Illinois Central Railway offers free travel to stockholders to attend the annual meeting at its Chicago headquarters. Only holders listed as of September 21, 1908 may apply for a matching round trip ticket valid to and from Chicago during the four days before and after the meeting, with proper counter signature and stamping in the Chicago office. Applications must include stockholder name, address, certificate number and date, sent to the company president in Chicago.
An advertising pitch touts Mera-Na as a remedy for thinness and indigestion. It claims strong weight gain, better digestion, and a money back guarantee if promised results aren’t seen. Thomas Wille, a local dealer, offers to cover the cost if no improvement occurs.
An old advertisement claims youthful appearance is essential for work and warns dandruff signals a germ harming hair roots. It promotes Herpicide as a cure and hair dressings, offering a sample for 10 cents from Heephile Company Detroit and local dealer T. A. Thomas.
Warning to consumers about unscrupulous dealers selling substitutes for Foley's Honey and Tar Foley's Kidney Cure and Banner Solve. Dishonest sellers may push worthless preparations to gain profits, risking lives. Prompt notice that these medicines are sold by all druggists.
At a city council meeting Chief Kittilsen faced questions about renting his own horses for city health wagon work and related revenue. Officials argued the city had long owed debt yet owned the horses used by public service, with care as the sole expense. The report noted the chief bought the first patrol horse when city rates were higher and the force relied on wagon use.
A garbled ad praises Dr Kings New Life Pills as relief for pain and bodily distress. It claims gentle effects and cheap price at 25 cents with a guarantee by Harts and Ullemeyer, using misspelled phrasing and period newspaper tone.
A startling notice proclaims a preventive tonic to curb despondency that leads to self destruction. The ad claims Electric Rivers strengthens nerves and the system, warning that it guards the liver and kidneys. Harte & Ulemeyer druggists offer the remedy for 0 cents with satisfaction guaranteed.
Mrs M J Gooking of Lomax Nebraska sends 60 cents for a box of Kid-Ne-Oids claiming dramatic improvement from four months of Kid-Ne-Dids and a near death before a supposed new kidney discovery. The note asserts King Torley's Kidney Cure avoids operation and is promoted by ad druggists.
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