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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1902
Page
2
An assorted 19th century classified page lists SEARLE & MARSHALL, MITCHELL & LYND E bankers, and attorneys offering loans on good security. It also features Dr CORA EMERY REED and Dr OSTROM, oculist and aurist, with office hours and addresses in Rock Island and Davenport. Additional listings include JAMES F MURPHY lawyer, JOAN K SCOTT city attorney, and GEO M Kerns florist with contact details.
Obsequies for Mrs Patience Van Tuyl and G N Black scheduled, will be led at Grace Cathedral and Douglas Court homes. Will of Thomas Quinon filed. disputes over bequests surface among heirs. Police report Chinaman John Suey briefly detained after a laundry fire. smallpox cases rise with Miller family contract. Invitations issued for Ed Meyer and Hettie Burch nuptials. Local deaths, marriages, and a Notre Dame Purdue Indiana tri college shot put record noted. Hypnotist Stahl faces police intervention during a grave-digging stunt.
Travelers tips announce the Rock Island and Peoria line selling one half and one third fare with return options to April 7. Kept alongside are advertisements for various rail routes to Washington Oregon Idaho and Utah via several lines including the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Pacific routes through Iowa Minnesota the Dakotas and beyond with depot details at Third Avenue and Seventeenth Street Davenport. Also medical ads tout Hall's Catarrh Cure and Foley remedies noting mercury free formula and cautions against substitutes from dishonest dealers.
A Moline meeting chaired by Charles Larson and secretary W C Wilson nominated a slate for local offices including supervisor L Jodaihos town clerk Larson assessor Newlands collector Sant highway commissioner district 2 George Butard constable Hamer. Free Lodge 108 celebrates first anniversary at K P hall with a social and dance. Rev Alex Brunner and Swedish declamations mark the event.
An advertisement proclaims absolute assurance of a perfect cure for chronic nervous and private diseases for both sexes. It emphasizes the guarantee and its reliability, aiming to remove any doubt in potential patients.
An advertisement extols a 20 year record of “perfect success” in curing many diseases using electricity as the “most powerful curative agent.” It promises guaranteed results for women’s ailments nervous disorders and various bodily ills. The copy lists extensive claimed cures and urges readers to write for treatment hours.
A marketed treatment promises painless cure for varicocele without surgery. It claims to restore weakened veins and prevent mutilation, presenting itself as a life preserving method. No verifiable medical claims or endorsements are provided.
An early 20th century notice promises free X ray examinations for private ailments including debility private diseases of any nature stricture hydrocele rupture acquired blood poison kidney reflex urinary diseases and female diseases. It offers free private counsel and a written medical opinion mailed to patients who cannot visit in person, urging investigation of a claimed cure and inviting symptom descriptions.
J Alvin Horne MD lists rooms 49 50 51 53 54 55 in Mitchell Lynde Building Rock Island with office hours 9 to 12 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 pm Sundays 9 to 11 am.
Davenport health officials warn that consumption and related diseases cause most deaths in Davenport and surrounding areas. The German-English Specialists claim to cure numerous catarrh conditions with their appliances, urging proper treatment.
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