The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-07
Watches, Diamonds,
Money and Jewelry !
GIVEN AWAY WITH
CANS OF TEA AND COFFEE.

The Merchants Tea Company. of New
York have opened 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 l J
pounds, and is sold, can and contents, AT
the uniform price of 81 90 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 3pounds, and is sold, can and con
tents, al 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 anyboly's money.
Every can contains n souvenir of from
ten cents to $50 in cash, or gold or sill
yer watches or jcwelry also genuine dia.
mond Jewelry. No blanks. The tea
and coffee being worth at 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 cofIces 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 II large and rapidly
growing trade, as the superior quality of
these goods Income known.
Order by mail promptly forwarded to
all points of the United States.
Address MERCHANTS TEA Co,
Corner 4Ih and Brady SITS, Forests
block, Davenport Iowa. Price 81 90 per
can; & cans for IS 90; 13 cans for SO;
81 cans for $50
The following is il partial list of forlu
nate purchasers who found valuable
souvenirs in their cans of tea and cof-
fee
Alfred Il. Moor, farmer, $50 in gold; II.
p. ErpNn turnkey city Jail, silver watch;
Edward Logger, gardner, 1921 Locust
street, stem winding watch; Miss Mary
Holt snleslady, gents gold watch; john
&. Johnson, brakeman Rock Island rail-
way, ladies' gold hunting case watch;
Clarence putuur, travelling salesman, $50
in gold, Anircw L Stern, wholesale
liquor dealer. st. Louis, Dair solitaire dia>
mnnd ear drops, J. NJ Ashley, l,l9 Rock
Island street. c.. II | IL =. railroad
brakeman, stem winding and stem scitint,
silver watch; Ii Srhillingcr, OF Rock Isl
and stem winding and stem setting silver
watch; Miss Bell Brown, 3l2 Main street,
ladies stem winding and stem setting sill.
yer watch; Jas McMadur, corner Seven>
teenth and Ripley, stem winding and stem
setting SILVER watch: Miss Stella Hall, Goa
Main street, genuine diamond ring; Mr..
Daniel Ryan, contractor, Seventh and
Farnam, stem winding and stem arttiDg
silver watch; Miss Matlhev. 1903 Prospect
lane. genuine diamond ring; j. d Miller,
of Rock Island, stem winding and stem
setting silver watch; Mrs. Lord, Sixth and
Perry, genuine diamond ring; Miss Mag
gle Kccl, corner Sixth and b, adv, genus
inc diamond ring; Mr. John Auckland.
railroad man, SEQ in gold; Mrs Daniel
Carroll, lU1l Harrison street diamond
ring; Mrs. CLARK Richards. cnrne, Fourth
and Br dy streets genuine diamond ring;
o. Il. MARSH, fine silver watch, Acklry
house.