Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-30

II H.
The New Yogk Mail and Express has
undertaken a special mission OF distrib-
u;ipc the blessings OF the Morrell Liquor
cure, v Sc fountain head it may be said
is in Rock Island. In al issue of Sept.
"a the paper quoted says:
Recogniz ng that the liquor habit is
nov considered by many OF the best
Authorities 10 be a disease, requiring
med cal treatment as mich as any other
human al m4pt, the Mail and Express has
arranged for the opening OF number or
institutes for the treatment Of this DIS
ease IN this city These institutions are
TO be known as the Mail and Express
Horrejl L quor cure, u cure that stands
preemiaepIlv above all Others.
Those afflicted with the habit will be
furnished with ample proof of long
standicg OF the efficacy of the treatment
and Of the freedom from sore arms or
other deleterious effects to the system II
they will call at TO m los Mail and Ex-
press building, or No. 1875 Grand street
Six other Mil and Express institutes will
be opened in New York and suburbs
within the next 80 days.
These institutes are now being opened
bv DR.. Morrell in person. He is drilling
3 large CLASS VI uNe4NidIo IL ~ IA tAE>S
charge OF the institutes as fast as they
open. The two already opened will be
gratis to the poor who have cards from
The New York missions or the Nail and
Elk press.
The above article published in the New
York Mil aud Express was noticed ty
THE Argus, and a reporter was sent to
interview the directors of the company in
Rock Islsnd and Moline.
1t appears that the directors have kept
their plans for the extension of the Nor
rell cure concealed from the public up to
time. but now that their efforts are
crowud with success they are willing to
explain fully the situation. At various
times during the summer. FIVE OF the di-
rectors have made one or two trips each
to New York and other eastern states
with a view Of establishing institutes
throughout the country. A number OF
prominent citizens OF New York City in>
Guiding Morris F. Jessup and DR.. Schauf
Ter, became interested in the cure, not in
q financial way but philsnthropicslly
These gentlemen and others connected
with the New York board of missions
conceived the idea that the establishment
OF such cures in the eastern cities, would
be the mos, practical temperance reform
they could engage in. A thorough IN
vestieatiou of the merits OF the Aorrell
cnre was made at Chicago, Dubuque and
in the three cities, from which these gen
tleman became convinced of the superb
ority Of this over other cures, because OF
lis Instability, of the freedom of sore
arms and the absence OF any dele'erous
effects, advantages not possessed or even
claimed by other cures, and which ena-
bles the Morrell cure to be established in
the heart OF cities where il is accessible
to the laboring classes. The dir ectors
of the New York City mission desired
such an institute where they could send
their subjects of charity and have them
permanently reformed instead of remain
ing q constant burden to them.
The attention of Col. Elliot F. Shep-
herd, proprietor of the New York Msil
and express, WIS called to the
efforts of the board of ms
sions, and with view of assisting
the Morrell people to reach wider field
and in order to practically assist the tenn
perance cause all over the world, be de-
cidei to make an arrangement whereby
the name of his paper should be con-
nected with the Morrell cure in New
York, Brooklyn and the adj AGENT cities,
and elsewhere if afterwards thought de-
sirsbe. Through him and his paper the
good work of the Morrell cure will: be
made known to the public from time to
time until the superiority OF this cure
over all others is generally conceded. be
has given for the use OF the Morreii PEG
pie two large rooms in his elegant new
building for the Mail and Express. the
finest newspaper building in the world.
The work of the directors during this
summer has no. been confined to New
York. Preliminary arrangements have
been made FOR the Introduction of the
cure in Boston. The western portion OF
Massachusetts has been sold to local
company. Local companies have Sc.
cured the right to administer the cure in
the following cities in Maine: Portland.
Augusta. Bangor Bar Harbor, Ellsworth,
Lewiston and North Arson. The states
of Florida and Michigan have also been
sold.
DIR. Morrell is at present in New York
city training large class of physicians
to take charge of the work in the east,
but in about four weeks he will return to
Rock Island, which is to remain the per-