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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1902
Page
2
An advertiser claims electricity as nature's remedy for many diseases and offers free consultation to diagnose suitability, promising rapid relief and potential cures for female weakness tumors cancer goitre kidney liver trouble and other ailments. Also includes an Administrator's Notice for the Magdelin Kien estate with claims deadline and about repayment.
Grand-niece of ex president James K Polk addresses Mrs Pinkham detailing years of marriage without a child and ongoing female troubles and pain. She asks whether Lynx? Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound could help and seeks free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Chicago area dental office advertises money savings on fillings crowns and sets of teeth with guarantees of first class work and a thin elastic plate that fits in all cases. Prices begin at one dollar for silver fillings and rise for gold fillings crowns and full set options. Permanent location listed.
Frank Traeger replies in nuisance injunction case denies operating a saloon seeks dissolution of injunction. Gov Cummins reportedly suspended George Robb sentence from 1899. Bicycle dealer Arthur G. Francis declares bankruptcy with assets $500, liabilities $1700. Local marriages and a recent divorce noted. Scott County Teachers Institute session under President's guidance. registrations strong. Judge Enzeroth dies aged 67. burial planned in Quincy. Marriages: Ida Augusta Weetle to Henry Schoen. Rosy Schroepfer to Joseph Happsbeth. Davenport Savings Bank sues parties for $2000 on note due 1902.
A Madison Wisconsin resident H L Howarp reports relief from insomnia after using Dr Miles Nervine and says the problem did not return. The testimonial notes immediate improvement and lasting absence of the ailment.
Advertises Northern Pacific Queen & Crescent routes to Chattanooga Birmingham and New Orleans plus through cars to Asheville. Northern Pacific travel guide promotes Wonderland 1902 with prints and proofs. Rock Island and Grand Trunk offer round trip fares to Minneapolis, Niagara region and Providence with extended return dates. M & St P Railway and RL & BP advertise Fourth of July excursion fares within 200 miles with return validity. S. B. Stoddard and P. L. Hinrichs listed as agents.
Old remedy once used by a nurse at the Children's Home in New York now offered in drug stores as Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children. The harmless, milk like powder claims to ease feverishness constipation headache teething and stomach disorders. 25 cents. Sample free. Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy NY.
A child died from burns after a lamp toppled by the mother. Golgin H Marsh 36 from 1721 Fifteenth St ill with smallpox. quarantine imposed. Local weddings include Eversole Rader and Nellie Deatz at First Methodist parsonage. Holt and Cox wed at home of the bride. Brunstrom wed Morgan in Chicago. they plan a future visit to Moline. City assessments show total valuation up for 1902 by several hundred thousand dollars. John Benell jailed after multiple morphine attempts. police kept him overnight and he received 120 days. A stallion injured by collapsed pavement. damages sought from the city. Stanley Skinner and wife return from east. Wheelock party heads to Denver. Kneberg funeral observed with military burial. Daws injures left foot with ax. coroner probes inquest into Magnus Sandine’s death from epilepsy. Three wandering cigar makers treated after eating toadstools. two improved, one critical.
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