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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1903
Page
2
The ad from the Chicago Dental Company offers dental work at low prices with guaranteed quality. It touts elastic plate dentures and various fillings and crowns, advertising a permanent office at 1607 Second Ave. Rock Island near Speidel's Drug Store and free cleaning. It stresses savings by choosing their services over competitors.
The Davenport entertainment at Schuetzen park is cancelled and postponed due to soaked conditions with no immediate rescheduling. Plans for a summer show include a Redrowan sham battle and other features. Meanwhile the first free public library in the city nears completion in the old Howard building at Sixth and Brady, with Miss Freeman signaling it will open soon. Also noted are a Davenport road race with prizes and the death of Henry Mittelbusher, an elderly resident, after a brief illness.
A minister encounters parishioner John on a village street and learns the man is sipping broth with a smoky chimney. After an interruption by a quarrelsome woman, the minister reveals their home chimney also smokes. The club woman remarks she has no duties and plans to tidy up and enjoy a quiet day.
A vintage appeal touts Scott's Emulsion cod liver oil as a palatable food aiding weak stomachs and helping mothers sustain nourishing milk. It promotes strength for mothers and rapid tissue building, offering free samples from Scott & Bowne of Pearl Street, New York.
A disputed election postponement and a new election order loom over Moline amid military oversight. Meanwhile plans advance for department council events, chivalry decorations, and a fencing exhibition. A recent cyclone damage near Masonville prompted evacuation as farm loss and property destruction spread. rail and hotel preparations in Moline push for a June opening to accommodate crowds.
A reader from Reutorville Via cites three years of illness improving after using Dr King’s New Discovery. Hart Alemeyer druggists announce trial bottles free and regular sizes 50 cents and $1 with claims of effective relief for coughs colds and related ailments.
An old advertising blurb urges readers to buy and try a box of Cascarets Candy Cathartic tonight. It emphasizes genuine tablets stamped C C C and notes they are never sold in bulk with a price of one dollar at all druggists.
Across the upper Mississippi a high water stage disrupts clam digging and shell cutting. Factories near the river bank risk submersion, halting production for weeks as crews lose outfits and shells, with several plants already shut and more idle as floods persist.
An old advertisement touts Kodol Digestive Cure as enabling digestion and blood formation, claiming it supports nerves, organs, and overall body function. It names Harper House Pharmacy and A D Riess Drug Store at a corner and mentions monthly dosing and a Rocky Mountain Tea remedy.
Mrs M J Gooking of Lomax writes that she sent 50 cents for a box of Kid-Ne-Oids and reports remarkable improvement after four months. She claims the medicine saved her from needing an operation and credits a new discovery, Kid-No-Oids, with the cure.
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