05 Feb 1839
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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1839
Page
1
Prepared for wholesale and retail at the Drug Warehouse in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania this vermifuge is promoted as a safe effective worm expeller. It claims years of trial success in real cases and attestations from hundreds of respectable persons. The preparation is described as mild in operation and safe for infants and suggests families keep a vial.
Letters from doctors, merchants, and families across Ohio Kentucky and Pennsylvania laud B A Fahnestock’s Vermituge for worm expulsion. Reports claim 15 to 200 worms expelled per dose, with one case of dozens of inches long worms in a child. The dealer issues safety cautions about counterfeit imitations and insists on authentic labeling.
Advertisement for Sears American Hygiene Vegetable Renovating Pills claims a remedy for bilious and liver complaints from stomach and bowel issues. Announces B A Fahnestock & Co as sole Western agents for sale and wholesale inquiries.
A historical notice from Chambersburg dated May 17 1826 promoting Anti Bilious Pills prepared by B A Fahnestock and Co and sold wholesale and retail in Pittsburgh. A testimonial from John Stouffer extols their efficacy for bilious fevers indigestion dropsy dysentery colic and other ailments and compares favorably to German or Keyser s Pills noting cheaper price and better relief.
The subscriber announces a large stock of Pall and Winter goods arriving from Philadelphia and will be sold for cash at lower prices than elsewhere west of the mountains. Those seeking cheap goods are invited to call and judge for themselves. October 1848. Dougherty.
A brief notice notes blankets available, mentioning a charity or local group and a call to readers for donations or distribution. The fragment references brothers and a wakeful purchase, but details remain unclear in the OCR, with emphasis on blanket items and aid.
The Majority on Banks and the Currency urges reform to curb moneyed power and restore safe banking. It endorses individual liability for bank directors and stockholders, creation of a Bank Commissioners board, mandated bank disclosures, and a plan to close insolvent banks, while arguing against a national bank. It cites precedents from New York Massachusetts Rhode Island and historic state sovereignty.
A bill provides for a three member Board of Bank Commissioners to regulate banks in Ohio. Members serve staggered six year terms. vacancies filled by the Governor. They must bond for twenty thousand dollars and inspect every bank at least semiannually, auditing books and comparing with state statements to determine each bank’s condition and capacity to meet obligations.
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