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Health ads and tonics crowd first page puffs
The page blends patent medicines and tonics urging bowel regularity and digestive aids. It promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and Dr King's New Life Pills, with claims of relief from indigestion piles and dyspepsia. Local merchants Walters Co and Van der Las Arends advertise real estate and groceries alongside medical cures.
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Chamberlain
Walters & Co
van der Las & Arends
Westerhavers
Dr. Caldwell
I. B. Huntef
Lime Ridge
Wis
T. Li. Martin
Dixie
King
Waltera & Co