The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-17
Watches, Diamonds,
Money and Jewelry
GIVEN AWAY WITH
CANS OF TEA AND COFFEE.

The Merchants Tea Company, of New
York, have opened a branch in Daven>
| port at the corner of 4th and Brady
FORESTS block.
Their teas are put up in paper cans,
each can weighing, including contents / ]
pounds, and is sold, can and contents, at
the uniform price of S1.OO to one and
ali.
The tea itself is of an excellent quality
and well worth the money.
The coffee is put up in paper cans,
each can weighing, including contents,
about 3pounds, and is sold, can and con-
tents, at the same price us the tea, viz:
81 90 per can.
The coffee is hard to beat. gives salts
faction wherever used, and is worth a
dollar of anyboly's money.
Every can contains a souvenir of from
ten cents to $50 in cash, or gold or sill
yer watches or jewelry, also genuine dia-
mond jewclry. No blanks. The tea
and coffee being worth at a fair retail
price more than asked without any re
gard to the souvenirs. This company
takes this method to advertise their
goods, and after thirty days these teas
and coffees will be sold wholly on their
merits, by their agents at the same price,
but without the souvenirs. This com
pany has appointed over fifty agents in
various cities, none of which are now
giving souvenirs, the time having expired,
yet each agent has a large and rapidly
growing trade, as the superior quality of
these goods become known.
Orders by mail promptly forwarded to
all points of the United States.
Address MERCHANTS TEA CO.,
Corner 4th and Brady sts., Forests
block, Davenport Iowa. Price $1.00 per
can; 6 cans for S. 90; 13 cans for $40;
81 cans for $50.
The following is partial list of fortu
nate purchasers who found valuable
souvenirs in their cans of tea and cof-
fee:
f. c. Townsend, 1882 Iowa street,
genuine diamond stud; DIR. II. o. Rogers.
Pleasant Valley, ladies' solid gold II. G.
watch; Ii. Cheney, farmer of Pleasant
Valley stem winding and stem setting
watch; Miss Jessie Walcott, 408 East
Fifteenth street. genuine diamond ring;
james Wallstein, Iaborcr on Marquette
street, $50 in currency; Mrs. Jones, Rock
Island, genuine diamond collar button;
Mr. jerome butcher, p. NJ. Linwood,
Iowa, stem winding and stem setting
watch; Mr.. Henry Consture, tinker, Col
legc avenue. $50 in gold; w. II. Blair.
corner Ninth and Brady streets, stem
winding and stem setting watch; Margaret
O'RouIke, washerwoman, S15 i'll silver;
Mrs A.. J. Allen, wife of editor of Scott
County Blade, Buffalo, Iowa, genuine
diamond ring; James Allen, tcamster, 416
Front street, stem winding and stem set
ting watch; Mr.. II. Martens, night cap
tain of police. ladies' chatalain watch,
John Kahl (blacksmith) Third and War
ren, genuine diamond ring; Moses Hobbs,
foreman of round house, c., r.. |. & p.
stem winding and stem setting watch,
Gustave Miller. Myrtle street, $40
in silver; Henry Trapschuh. black
smith. genuine diamond stud; John
Christensen, of Moline. H., carpen,
ter. gents solid gold II, c. watch;
John Carroll, brakeman, c.. X. |. 4 p.
X. r., genuine diamond. ruby and sap
phre ring; George G, Bowser, deckhand
$40 in gold; Bridget O'Connor servant
girl, genuine diamond eardrops, Thos.
Longslreet. Belle avenue, S. bill; James
Launceston, ladies solid gold Fl. c.
Watch, John Petersen, farmer. Rocking
ham, stem winding and stem setting
watch