28 Sep 1903
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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1903
Page
1
The ad from 1607 Second Ave in Rock Island promotes affordable dental services. It highlights cheap fillings, gold crowns, and sets of teeth with a guaranteed first class result. A thin elastic plate is advertised as fitting all cases, with prices stated from five dollars upward.
Immigrants and locals figure in a Davenport column: Magdalena Plambeck aged 62 dies at 214 Warren. Rudolph Zabel, 33, dies at 722 West Fifteenth. performer Louis Kinsner hospitalised after a chest injury. Democratic and Republican nominations announced for county offices. two couples wed by Justice of the Peace. Miss Miller of Le Claire facing insanity charge with alleged links to a Davenport resident. Frank Flannery loses two fingers at Kuestman and Petersen factory. Rev Bauman bids Davenport farewell for Fairfax South Carolina contracting to lead large German churches in South Dakota.
A city pastor completed a two years and four month tenure and greatly endeared himself to residents. During his pastorate a new church was built and entirely paid for, marking a notable community achievement.
Local sports reminisce about Yousef the Terrible Turk who rose to fame here. Murdock Mattheson, returning from the northwest, recounts Yousef’s fall under a 7,000 pound threshing separator. He suffered severe leg injuries but was listed as rapidly recovering at the Larimore hospital.
Rail ads promote Queen and Crescent lines to Birmingham New Orleans and Asheville with multiple daily fast trains. The Rock Island offers round trips to Chicago Springfield San Francisco Los Angeles and more, with dates and prices including $6 to Chicago and $4.65 to Springfield, plus extensive multi city tours and depot contact information.
T H Thomas markets Mi-o-na with a signed refund guarantee on every 50 cent box, pledging to refund the price if buyers report no relief from stomach trouble, increased flesh, or restored health. The ad details the bond and claims Mi-o-na strengthens digestive organs and restores nerve function for better digestion.
The Ladies Aid of First M E church contracted for 210 yards of carpet for the Sunday school room while the Kings Daughters bought carpet for the audience room. Summer repairs to public schools, repainting tall flag poles by sailor Peter Ingwear, and a Chicago visit by Mrs H M Thurston and Mrs Anna Derr are noted. Governor Grout forecasts rebuilding the Moline Scale plant. St Marys confirms a large class. Frank Uhrus to wed Miss Jennie Show in Chicago.
A Leesville Indiana family faces death as a son travels 18 miles to fetch Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and lung troubles. W H Brown, once tormented by asthma, reports instant relief and lifelong rest now, endorsing the medicine for coughs colds and related illnesses with guaranteed bottles and trial samples at Harte Alemeyer’s drug store.
The Weet tee ee manufacturer Frank P. Lewis of Peoria II made the largest purchase of high grade tobacco ever recorded for a celebrated Single Binder cigar. A written guarantee stated the entire amount was fancy and of top quality, likely making the Lewis factory the largest holder of such tobacco in the United States.
Warning against dishonest dealers who substitute inferior preparations for Foley's Honey and Tar, Foley's Kidney Cure, and Banner Salve. The notice warns these counterfeit products threaten victims' lives and urges purchases only from reputable druggists.
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