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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1889
Page
4
A collage of advertisements touts Ely's Cream Balm for nasal catarrh plus other tonics and tonics like Acker's English Remedy and King’s New Discovery. It touts cures for dyspepsia, indigestion and stomach disorders, with claims of safe, guaranteed relief and trial bottles, featuring physicians' endorsements and local shop listings.
An advertisement extols a German Syrup as the only sure way to clear clogged air passages and tubes in the lungs. It claims the remedy cures cold cough croup pneumonia and related throat nose and chest ailments. It asserts the product is widely sold and guarantees relief even when other remedies fail.
Petition to form a corporation by H Pumpley J Pumpley Thomas Brooks and others to raise livestock manufacture meats real estate and related agricultural and transport activities in Bainbridge Decatur County Georgia Albany Circuit Court seeks charter with capital stock $75000 of which $55000 paid in. Principal office in Bainbridge and authorities to erect buildings telegraph lines stage lines and operate as a general merchandising company. Court filing dates April 8 1889.
The petition of E Donaisin, B B Bower and B ycland shows they formed the Georgian Naval Stores and Lumber Association to manufacture spirits and tar creosote lumber and related products in Bala bridge and Decatur County. It seeks to own mills, rails, real and personal property, borrow and lend money, form contracts, and operate a railroad network with a capital of 250,000 dollars. Filed 1889 with Wimberley Clark & C. Hawes, attorneys.
An old newspaper fragment promotes Dr King s New Discovery for consumption and Ely s Cream Balm for catarrh. It touts cures for liver and stomach troubles, references patent remedies by Pierce and others, and includes testimonials and retailer notices. It also mentions reductions of the surplus and public health claims, with various local endorsements and a trial bottle offer.
Fragmentary advertisement touts a "New Discovery for Consumption" as a life saver and claims a patient recovered after doctor’s care. It promotes free bottles at L. Zacharias' and urges readers to try the remedy sold at the drug store with prices 50c and 1.00.
Tee Nerpicd Enantmone W. D. Sault a druggist from Bippus Indiana testifies that Electric Bitters is the best remedy with every bottle giving relief in every case. One man reportedly used six bottles and was cured of rheumatism. An unnamed experienced man with twenty years in practice also endorses the product.
Fragmentary OCR text praises Electric Bitters as pure and effective with vague claims of consistent results and no special needs required. The surrounding context is unreadable but centers on product endorsement and quality assurances.
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