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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 19, 1898
Page
7
A jumble of testimonials promotes Parmelee's Pills and Holloway's Corn Cure for ailments from indigestion to skin sores. Letters from Syracuse New York and St Marys Ontario praise cures and urge readers to try the remedies, including a staged anecdote about a girl drawing a cat and a boy with sores improving after Burdock Blood Bitters.
An old ad copy touts Agnew’s Ointments as relief for tetter scald head eczema barber’s itch and other eruptions. The product promises soothing effects and a near magical cure for baby humors, priced 86 cents and sold by A. T. Brown.
A host of witnesses describe cures with Dr. Agnew s Catarrhal Powder and Scott s Emulsion benefits. Advert claims include weight gain from emulsion, improved digestion, and a food tonic effect with pre digested oil and hypophosphites. Distributed by Scott & Gowns Toronto.
A sensational claim describes heart disease patient nearly dying then saved by Dr Agnew's treatment. The article frames the cure as miraculous and cites extraordinary timing as proof of effectiveness.
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