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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-09
has ever known. Simon & Mosenfeld-

has ever known. Simon & Mosenfeld-
er's bona fide dissolution sale.
For your gentlemen's presents you
have a chance at the original dissolu-
ton sale to buy up-to-date Christmas
presents. Everything new. You know
us. The London.
Remember, Simon & Mosenfelder
guarantee every article, every price
and every statement that has been adj
vertised in newspapers and circulars.
Any merchandise not satisfactory. your
money will be refunded. Our motto:
Your moneys worth, or your money
back
We wish to apologize to the many
customers who were unable to be wait
ed upon during the first week of our
great bona fide dissolution sale. We
were surprised at the enormous amount
of goods that went out of our store.
We have engaged more extra help and
will be better able to serve our patrons
during the balance of the month. ST.
mon & Mosenfelder
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-09

the public with holly, green's. wreath
ing. Christmas bells. etc, for the holi
days.
| % per cent discount on all boys ant
little fellows overcoats. Sommers
Lavelle
Remember the Kings Daughters
cook book in making out your Christ
mas list.
Mems and boys winter caps. 5O-cent
values now % cents. Ullemeyer
| Sterling.
With every ascent purchase you ge,
ticket on a real steam locomotive al
Simser's.
Christmas bells, something new and
attractive, just out. Longview Floral
company.
Robert II. Johnston departs early
next week for an extended visit in
Colorado
Best patent leather shoes for men
ever placed on the market for $2.95
Lage-Waters.
Something new. Christmas bells, see
them at H. Meyers, the florist, Fiji
teenth street.
The stage of water was 2.2O at G
a. m. at the Rock Island bridge and
2.30 at noon.
Attend Simon & Mosenfelder's disso-
luton sale. the greatest Rock Island
has ever seen.
Get your Christmas wines and
liquors at Simon Lewis. largest stock
in the tri-cities
Choicest raisins, currants. citrons
and spices for your Christmas baking
at Kuschmann's.
20 per cent discount on mems trous-
ers; choice of any I'm the store Som
mers & LaVelle.
Go to the packing house market for
tenderloin, spare ribs, Boston butts
and pork tenderloin.
Removal sale. George F. Schmale,
1901 Fourth avenue. Low prices will
reduce this shoe stock.
Mrs. Austin's Pancake Flour. made
from the three great stats of life:
wheat, corn and rice
A nice display of fresh fruits and
vegetables at Passig Bros. tomorrow
Order your dinner there
Mems silk lined silk gloves. mostly
small sizes, regular price $50, spe-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-09

our wonderful anti-dissolution sale
Ullemeyer & Sterling.
Look all over town and see what you
can do, and if we don't sell cheaper
than all others, don't buy of u.s. Moth
ing marked up. The London.
New and up-to-date line of smoking
jackets and bath robe samples made
to order or ready made at Beal & Nc.
Carthy's, Illinois theatre building
"The Apostle of Sunshine" at the
Illinois Dec. 13, in Y. M. c. A. course.
Best cure for blues" yet. Get your
ticket tomorrow for 35 or so cents.
Christmas boxes of Hurd's and
Cranes stationery; diaries for 1905 !:
calendars. Christmas cards and post
cards, in large variety, at Kingsbury's.
John Voss. the Rock Island wrestler.
defeated John Murray. of Omaha. Neb.,
in a wrestling match at Geneseo Tues
day evening, winning two out of three
falls.
One-third off the price of boys and
children's suits, and you have the Sc
lection of the largest stock in the town
at the original dissolution SALE The
London.
DR.. Willis, the Apostle of Sun
shine" dispels dependency and gloom.
Affected? Better go, Tuesday, Dec. 13,
at the Illinois. Seat sale tomorrow, So
and so cents.
People are still coming from far and
near to get the benefit of the never be-
fore heard of low prices prevailing at
Simon & MOsenfelder's bona fide dis
solution sale.
That people certainly know values
when they see them is shown by the
way that the large bundles are going
out through both ends of our store.
Gustafson & Hayes.
We must unload-much easier to d.
vide money than merchandise You
get the benefit of the enormous reduc-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-09
REV. R. F. SWEET
REPORTED VERY
Low LATE TODAY

ium, in Moline. where he has been a
patient several months, late this after
noon was to the effect that Rev. DR..
r. F. Sweet. for years the beloved pas
tor of Trinity Episcopal church in this
city, was very low. He has been in a
condition of coma several days. This
morning he suffered sinking spell.
but rallied from il. and rested COM
fortably thereafter. He is precarious-
ly weak, and the physicians at his bed
side are fearful that he can not much
longer survive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-09

tions at the original dissolution sale.
We are at" You know us. The Lon
don.
| AS fast as one lot of suits or over
coats is sold, we apply the knife deep
er in another of more value to take its
place. The entire stock must be sold.
no matter what the sacrifice. Simon
& Mosenfelder.
The Ullemeyer & Sterling anti-disso-
luton sale is bringing the clothing
buyers in from miles away. and they
are going home loaded with new. clean
clothing and furnishings bought at Ul-
lemeyer & Sterling's.
The greatest of all clothing sales. is
our third annual December sale. We
sell more high grade suits and over
coats at large discount than all the
rest put together Don't miss out on
this sale. Gustafson & Hayes.
Never before has such a high class
line of clothing been sold at so large
discount. The finest line of clothing
made in the world goes at % to so per
cent off on the dollar in the month of
December. Don't miss out Gustafson
& Hayes.
1t is expected that Santa Claus will
appear on the roof of the McCabe toy
store about 2 o'clock Saturday. and it
is limited that he is likely to throw a
lot Of toys and Christmas presents to
many of the good little children who
come to see him.
The Helpers Circle of the Kings
no,, hax
on sale by Mrs. Montgomery. 1909 Sec
ond avenue: Mrs. Warner, 1882 Fifth
avenue and Miss Dart. 21O6 Seventh
avenue. or they can be obtained from
any member of the circle
The Rock Island Ice company, Of
which Martin Weinberger is proprie
tor, has arranged to handle coal also
Their Office is located at 71S Fourth
street where they win be ready at all
times to promptly fill orders for the
best grades of soft and hard coal.
New phone. SAT-. old. 7S9-Y.
No accumulation of old and shelf
worn clothing, no ''humming birds"
thrown in, but a new, clean line of
mems, boys and children's suits and
overcoats are sold at % to SO per cent
off on the dollar Never before have
such values been shown anywhere, as
We are showing. Gustafson & Hayes.
George F. Schmale, the shoe dealer,
will on or about the 18th of this month
remove his shoe store from 1901 Fourth
avenue to 1905 Second avenue, opposite
the Illinois theatre. In order to remove
as little of the stock as possible a re-
mova1 sale has been inaugurated which
will continue until the time of remov-
al. Everything in the store has been
reduced.
Every vestige of clothing and fur
nishing goods is placed at the mercy |
of the public. Never has such an op-
portunity been given to buy such high |
grade merchandise at such ridiculous
prices. One-fourth, one-third and one
half off on our entire stock. Simon & |
Mosenfelder.
Every article in our clothing and fur
nishing goods department will be sold |
at one-half, one-third and one-fourth of |
the low prices we have always main |
tanned. Come and take advantage of |
the greatest of all sales Rock Island |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-09

solution sale and save dollars. Ulle
meyer & Sterling
Bleuer's jewelry store is open every
evening till 10 o'clock
Lage-Waters have a complete stock
OF Christmas slippers.
Fresh nuts. figs. dates and other
fruits at Kuschmann's.
At Bleuer's a small deposit will Sc.
cure any article for you.
White clover honey in comb and
strained at Kuschmann's.
Plenty of fine dressed chickens a;
the packing house market
The Crown patent leather SO shoes
for $2.45 at Lage-Waters'
Dressed turkeys. ducks and chick
ems al H. Tremann's Sons
Nobby caps for boys. 35 and so
cents. Sommers & LaVelle.
Fresh dressed turkeys. ducks. geese
and chickens at Schroeder's.
Just arrived today. Christmas trees
at the Fifteenth street florists.
You can save 80 TO 80 per cent by
buying your shoes at Finne's.
A pair of slippers will keep him"
home nights. Battles has 'em.
we go them one better" on low
prices. Ullemeyer & Sterling.
Turkeys. chickens. geese and ducks,
alive OF dressed, at Hess Bros.
Christmas handkerchiefs for fancy
work al Ullemeyer & Sterling's.
Nicely dressed turkeys. chickens
and ducks at Harris tomorrow.
Attend the removal sale OF George
r. Schmale. 1901 Fourth avenue.
Slippers make an appropriate gift
for Christmas. See ours. Battles.
Velvet slippers for men 40 cents at
Lage-Waters'. 1903 Second avenue.
Great souvenir spoon sale next Tues
day afternoon from TO at Bleuer's
Wailine G. Hamilton. express and
transfer. Old phone 1910. new 1854
W. ii. Siemon will do your tin work:
1927 Sixth avenue. New phone STAG.
Peanut candy and taffy 10 cents per
pound at Petersen's, 1914 Third ave-
nue..
The Kings Daughters cook book
will make an attractive Christmas
gift.
A pair of slippers and pipe make
a man happy. Battles has the slip
pers.
Y. NJ. c. \. course Tuesday, Dec. 49,
DR.. A. A. Willis. the dispenser of sun
shine.
Bargains in mems overcoats. See
us for low prices. Sommers & La
Velle.
Leaf lard, spare ribs. pork tender
loins and neck bones at II. Tremann's
Sons
A fresh supply of fine Milwaukee
sausages has been received at Passig
Bros
Attend the great removal sale of
George F. Schmale and save money on
shoes.
A bottle of fine wine free with every
purchase of 81 or over at Simon
Lewis
The Longview Floral company is
better than ever prepared TO supply
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-09
JONAS BEAR MADE MEMBER
GRAND LODGE COMMITTEE
Receives Appointment from J. A. LII.
cas-, Newly Elected Master of
the Odd Fellows Society.

Jonas Bear. of Ucal lodge No. sos,
/. o. o. F.. today received notice from
]. A. Lucas, the newly elected grand
master OF his appointment as a mem
Der of the committee on state of the
order. of which Charles S. Harris
past grand master. of Galesburg. is
chairman. Another member of the
committee Is Gen. Alfred Orendorf
of Springfield. also a former grand
master. The appointment is for a
year. The next session of the grand
lodge will be held at Springfield the
third Tuesday in November of 1905.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-09
cial for Saturday CO cents at Young
McCOmbS'

cial for Saturday CO cents at Young
McCombs'
| Boys hid and mocha gloves. regu
lar price so cents for Saturday, sc
| cents at Young & McCombs'.
Trunks and suit cases included in
our discount sale. New lines just re
| ceived. Ullemeyer & Sterling.
Mems all wool cashmere sox, reg
| ular price % cents for Saturday 1t
cents at Young & McCombs'.
$3.50 mems patent colt blucher
shoes, as long as they last. at $3.50
| at Finne's, 1901 Second avenue.
Stock must be reduced before re.
moval. Every shoe included. George
F. Schmale. 1901 Fourth avenue.
Diamonds, diamonds. Bleuer. has the
best variety and asks less for them
than any other place in the tri-cities.
All off-the profit on our mems
suits. If you are seeking bargains
they are here. Sommers & LaVelle.
Some more of those delicious home
made coffee cakes at McCarty's tomor-
row, 324 Twentieth street. both phones.
Order your Sunday dinner at Hess
Bros. tomorrow. They will have a
complete line of fresh vegetables and
fruits.
Bleuer is going to give away free a
lady's SIS solid gold watch. Every dol
lars worth you buy entities you to one
ticket q.
Tenderioin, leaf lard. spare ribs,
pork tenderloin. pork trimmings. and
Boston butts at the packing house
market.
calf and vici kid shoes. lace. heavy
sole. Saturdays price at Finne's, $1.20
per pair.
Mems all wool shirts and drawers,
broken sizes, regular price $1.25 Sat
urday special 60 cents at Young &
McCombs'
To have delicious. brown cakes for
breakfast, mix only cold water with
Mrs. Austin's pancake flour. All gro
GERS sell it.
We are cit" Buy your clothing at
the original dissolution sale. Every
thing sold at enormous reductions.
The London.
Cleaning and pressing done with
care and promptness by Beal & Nc
Carthy. Illinois theatre building, old
phone ZIG l..
Fancy pattern child's sets. knife.
fork and spoon, fine silver plate, so
cents per set, Saturday at McCabe's
jewelry store.
You will find a new line of leather
novelties for the den. Water colors
for any room, and fancy picture frames
at Kingsbury's.
A full line of new pure drugs, ETC.,
at Steiner's Fifth avenue pharmacy.
success or to B. H. Bieber. Prescrip-
tons a specially.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Harris. of Taylor
Ridge, and Mrs. Fred Titterington, of
this city, leave tomorrow to spend the
winter in California. $50.
Miss Elnora McQuade and George
Schaum, both of this city, were mar
ried yesterday by Magistrate G. A.
Johnson at his Office.
We have only new clothing and all
our suits and Overcoats included in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-09
CITY CHIT.

Battles for shoes.
Battles for slippers.
Battles for footwear
Finne sells good shoes.
Fancy apples at Harris.
Call for Improved Zazaro.
Fancy apples 1T Weckers.
Buy n home OF Reidy Bros.
For insurance. f. J. Burns.
Christmas trees at Simser's-
Holiday slippers at Battles
Lage-waters for fine footwear.
Oranges IL cents at Weckers.
Buy your groceries at Weckers.
Comfortable shoes at Dolly Bros.
Tri-City lowell Supply company.
For bus. baggage, express. call Robb's
Go TO LACE Waters for shoe bargains
Try Lage-waters for your next shoes
Holly and evergreen at Passig
Bros.
For real estate and insurance, E. j
Burns.
Slippers from 10 cents to $3.50 at
Battles.
Special bargains at Lage-Waters
shoe store.
Ladies' fine patent leather shoes at
LageWaters'.
Imitation alligator slippers 80 cents
at Lage-Waters.
Fresh oysters and choice celery at
III. Tremann's Sons
Our mems suits at big reductions.
SommerS a. LaVelle.
Christmas slippers at Lage-Waters'.
1903 Second avenue.
one-fourth off on all boys suits.
Sommers & LaVelle.
You can buy of us with confidence.
knowing you will see only new suits
and oyercoats. Attend our anti-dis-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-09
Mr.. and Mrs. Utke Surprised.

AT their home last evening Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Utke were taken by sur
prise by company Of friends. Re
freshments were served and an enjoy
able evening was spert by all. The
guests presented the couple china
tea set.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-09
SPECIAL LINE.
OF TaiIor-Made Suit and Overcoat
Patterns Made to Your Measure
at $40,

Remember, We use the best of work
manship in our garments and they are
guaranteed to fit. Do not buy clothes
made for someone else. bought In car
load lots and glued" together. Call
and see us.
BEAL & MCCARTHY,
Illinois Theatre Building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-09
FIVE POUNDS SUGAR rs CENTS
At the Home Tea Company Timor-

Five pounds of sugar for 25 cents.
with a purchase only. all day tomorrow.
HOME TEA COMPANY.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-29
A RACE FOR LIFE.

.SbwTINg his iadfid horse to renewed
efforts when the animal should be re-
freshed with proper food and rest, is
about as sensible as prescribing nerve
tonics, alcoholic compounds. coca mix
lures and cocktails which only spur on
the already weakened nervous system.
Neither does it do to put the nerves
to sleep with narcotics. When you
feel worn-out, broken down, faded, and
feel the effects of brain tire as well as
nerve weakness, sleeplessneSs and IA
tigue, take DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, a tonic which will do YOU
lasting good, build you up. increase your
appetite and strength and improve the
condition of the blood. When the blood
is impoverished the nerves feel the effect.
Nervousness in nine cases out of ten is
the vcry OF the starved nerves for food. -
Feed the nerves on pure rich blood and
all nervous manifestations will cease
The man who lives an out-ofdoor life,
who earns his living by his Drawn and
muscle, IS a being who can defy bad
weather and all kinds of hardsiips
He is quickening The heart, driving
the blood through unused channels,
fastening the breathing and increas-
ing the secretions of the skin He
may be able to abuse his stomach,
drink or smoke to excess and vet be
healthy. His red blood corpuscles will
still keep their shape and color. But
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-29
COSTLY PRICE FOR A BATH
Ii Was So Much a Pound. and the
Woman Was Heavy.

When ! was connected with the
hotel at Lake Mirnetonka several
years ago." remarked a hotel man,
"we had as 4 regular summer guest
woman from the south who was re-
markably stout, weighing something
over 2O0 pounds. One day she called
bell boy and inquired:
What do they charge for a
bath?'
4 don't know said the boy. but
I'll find out
AFTER being gone short time the
boy returned and said:
Seven cents pound
What
Seven cents a pound said the
boy second time, while the woman's
face became scarlet as she made her
way to the clerks desk.
1 want my BILL she exclaimed.
4 have been grossly insulted and
shall leave your house
''She stated her grievance, the boy
was sent for and explained:
She asked me what they charged
for bass. / told her | didn't know,
but would find out. / asked the stew
ard and be said cents pound
''As the ludicrous blunder of the
boy dawned upon them both the clerk
and the guest made the hotel office
resound with their laughter."-Mil-
waukee Sentinel,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-29

the person who does not live thus close
to nature, who works and sleeps confined
III an ill-ventilated room, Is risking his
life in commercial habits that are ruin
ous TO the stomach and heart, such as
lunches consumed at racing speed, over
work and late hours, and will have fewer
red blood corpuscles and an increase of
white corpuscles. The stomach, heart,
and nervous system of Americans are
being sorely overtaxed. Our people are
overworked and overstrained in schools,
Offices and workshops, and this is the
growing evil of America. Sleep is often
broken; the ill-used brain will not per-
nit one TO enjoy rNature's sweet re-
storer sleep in bed.
The blood is slow, sluggish and filed
with white corpuscles. Stagnation of
the blood causes headache, constipation,
bad colds, coughs and a pale counte-
nance.
RICH RED BLOOD
is gained by taking a medicine which is
close TO natures way for making up for
the abuse OF the body, such as stated
above
To gain in fat is nearly always to gain
in blood, but to fatten person does not
depend merely on the food eaten; some
thing more is wanted in the way of a
digestive and tonic to enable the person
TO prepare and appropriate the food tax
en- in. That Is what the rGolden Med
ical Discovery" does. The blood-rnak-
ing glands are assisted in their work, the
poisons driven out of the body. the liver
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-29
Seemed the Proper Thing.

Uncle Jerry's city cousin, who
scarcely knew hog from a hippo
potamus, felt impelled to say some
thirg complimentary of the live
stock in the barnyard.
"You have some nice hogs here, he
observed.
Nice hogs" said Uncle Jerry,
"These are razor backs
They look like strapping fine ami
mails, anyhow" rejoined the city
cousin, catching at the word and be-
ginning to feel surer of himself
Chicago Tribune.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-29

Billy Jones, un in Hickory Grove
t>wnship, wrote on the blackboard:
Billy Jones can hug the girls better
than any boy in school, The teacl =
er seeirg it, called him up, william,
did you write that:" Yes ma'am. =
said Billy. Wen, YOU can stay after
school, said she. The children wait
ed for Billy to come out when they
began to guy him. Got licken,
didn't ye?" Nope. said Bill. Get
jawed:r Nope" What did she
do?~ they asked. "Skan't tell" said
Billy, but it pays to advertise
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-29
HISS roR RIcHr LIvINc.

ity, lack OF appetite and sleep vanish
quickly after using tins nourishing tonic
and blood purifier.
HINTS FOR RIGHT LIVING.
One man who has done more TO teach
the American people how 10 care for
their bodies than almost any other, is
DIR. r. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, y. Y, the
Author of the Common Sense Medical
Adviser He SAYS: v II IS not the guam
tity of the food eaten which produces
strength and health for some people
can keep strong on a-very meagre dietl,
but it is how much food is assorted and
assimilated by the blood and carried 10
nourish every organ Of the body. IL IS.
therefore, vitality necessary for the body
that the stomach be in a healthy state.
II disease of the stomach, or what is
called stomach trouble" prevents prop
er nutrition then the heart, liver lungs,
and kidneys do not get proper food
they are not fed on rich red blood, and
In consequence, begin 10 show signs of
distress. Outwardly these signs may be
pimples and eruptions on skin, pale face,
sleepless nights. tired languid feelings,
or. by reason OF the nerves not being fed
on pure blood, they become starved and
We receive a 5odyUfHg in the pain we call
disease. After years of practice and
study DIR. Pierce found that one of his
prescriptions made from the extracts of
several plants, invariably brought about
a tone to the system, an increase i'll the
red corpuscles of the blood by helping
the process of absorption of the healthy
elements in the food, casting out the
poisons from the blood. This Alternative
Extract he named DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery
Cures Others, stTX eHre JoH. We do
not ask you to believe it on our asser-
ton, for the proprietors and manufacture
ers of this rAiedical Discovery" offer
$1,000 reward for any case where they
cannot show the original signature Of
the individual volunteering the testimo-
NAL below, and also of the writer's of
every testimonial among the thousands
which they are constantly publishing,
thus proving their genuineness.
-This IS to ces,ify that have used DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery aud
think it's the grandest medicine IN the
world writes Mrs. V. NJ. Young. Of Weir.
West Va. II took down sick six months
ago and called in our physician and be
gave me medicine but / grew worse. He
said had dyspepsia in its worst form. /
decided to try your medicine and began TO
improve. I used FIVE bottles. two OF the
Golden Medical discovery and three of
Favoriie Prescription and now I am do
ing my own housework number Of my
lady friends also are using Dr. Pierce's
medicine and they recommend il highly.
May God bless and prosper you in your
grand work
To gain knowledge OF your own body
in sickness and heaith-send for the Pee
pies Common Sense Medical Adviser. A
book of 1908 pages. Send II cents IN
stamps for paper-covered, or, 81 stamps
for cloth. bound COPY. Address Dr.. K. v.
Pierce. Coz Main Street. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-29
An Apology.

mo, shall not take that coat un-
til you have done a better job of
cleaning than that. l can see from
here that number of spots are still
there
Excuse me, SIR said the propri-
etor of the renovatory, Il got you
confused with your brother, who is
easy.-Baltimore American.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-29
Bargains Wanted.

''It IS true" asked the female of
more or less uncertain years, who
was preparing to work the leap-year
privilege for all it was worth, that
every man has his price,"
~ guess it is" replied the vener-
able sage, but no woman who is true
to her sex will consider it unless he
knocks off two cents from the even
dollar.