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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1901
Page
2
A compact page fragment lists various professionals including attorneys at law Mitchell and McEniry of Island Illinois, Dr John Ke Scott focusing on diseases of women and children and ENT, veterinary surgeon services for horses and cattle, dentists Dr M A Hollingsworth and Dr C W Grafton, and an architectural and superintendent firm Bodwoo Architects and Superintendents in Rock Island.
An artist Durand courts and marries the former tenant who moved in July with her child and furniture. He finishes a portrait while she quarrels, then agrees to stay for moving day. Their furniture issues resolve as the two households unite and he becomes her husband.
A South American tribe in the Amazon feeds silkworms on native leaves to produce silk used for garments. Caterpillars crawl over naked bodies for eight weeks, then spin threads around the wearer to create clothing. The process transforms a nude savage into a clothed figure, admired yet unsettling.
A Rock Island resident attests to kidney pills curing sluggish kidneys with colored secretions and odor. The testimonial cites Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co. The ad also touts Allen's Foot Ease for shoe comfort and a One Minute Cough Cure for incurable coughs, claiming fast relief and universal cures.
John Volk and Co offer sash doors blinds mouldings veneer and hardwood flooring. Dealers in single and double strength window glass polished plate glass and art glass. Located at 811 829 Eighteenth Street Rock Island.
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