The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-05
Watches, Diamonds,
Money and Jewelry
GIVEN AWAY Win
CANS OF TEA AND COFFEE.

The Merchants Tea Company. of New
York, have opened branch in Daven'
port at the corner of 4ih and Brady
Forests block
Their teas are put up in paper cans,
each can weighing, including contents u
pounds, and is sold, can and contents, al
the uniform price of $l.uO to one and
all
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 3 pounds; and is sold, can and con
tcn's, nj the same price as the tea, viz
81 90 per can.
The coffee is hard to beat gives salts
faction wherever used, and is worth a
dollar of anybo1y's money.
Every can contains souvenir of from
ten cents to $50 in cash, or gold or sill .
yer watches or lewelry, also genuine dia-
mond jewelry No blanks. The tea
and coffee being worth AT II 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 coifces 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 aud rapidly
growing trade. rs the superior quality of
| these goods become known.
Order1 hy mail promptly forwarded TO
all points of the United States.
Corner 18th and Brady SITS, FORESTS
block, Davenport Iowa. Price 81 90 per
can; q cans for $5. 90; IL cans for SO;
81 cans for 500
The following is IL partial list of fortu
nate purchasers who found valuable
souvenirs in their cans of tea and coi
fec:
Miss Addc Teelc, sos Perry street,
genuine d.mond ring; Mrs, s $. Stack
house, Eight and Lepage streets, genus
inc diamond collar button, Gusta Gran-
andel, Fifth and Iowa streets, steam
winding and setting watch; Mrs Noble,
! 10 west Fifth street, genuine diamond
ring; Miss Minnie Barraclough, llinrch's
china store. ladies chatelnine watch; John
Seims undertaken $40 west Third street,
stem windin4 and setting watch; Miss
Minnie Mills; heah waiter Ackley house,
ladies' chatclnc watch; J G.. Rasmussen,
photographer, Rock Island. genuine dia>
mond stud; Geo. Krabbcnfoeft. cigar box
maker, 430 west Third street; Mrs Oakes,
Eight and Iowa streets, ladys chatelaine
watch; Miss Edith Penleton, 500 LoClaire
street. genuine diamond ring; $. f. Cri,z,
Atlantic house, stem winding watch;
Moses Hobbs, G. r.. l. e. =. II. r., stem
winding and setting watch; Geo Il.
Jones, photographer, $50 Brady street,
genuine diamond stud; Mrs Brnnnell
Kent and Locust streets, stem winding
and setting watch; II. b. Hartford, gem
cral agent Moline Wagon Co., genuine
diamond stud; Mrs Lease, Brady street.
lady's chatclainc watch; Albert Nuckols,
city Till poster, stem winding and setting
watch Belle Robertson, Eighteenth aud
Brady, genuine diamond ring; a. r.
Mann, telegraph manager, stem winding
and setting watch; a Il. Sinsaleli, telr-
graph operator, stem winding aud setting
watch Miss Jnlia Dillon, Davis reetaur.
ant, genuine diamond ring; Miss Anmn
der, 1874 Davis street, genuine diamond
ling; Mrs Levitt. Fourth and Brady
STREETS. genuine diamond RIM; Mrs. J
NJ. Lcn2, Fourth and Brady streets ludys
chatclaine watch; J X. Buck, Federal
street, stem winding and setting watch