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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1888
Page
4
The passage warns sailors, tourists, and traders to brace against storms seasickness and Inland discomfort with Hostetter's stomach Bitters. It touts its protective value for emigrants, malaria prevention, and relief from dyspepsia constipation liver complaint kidney troubles and general vital power weakness.
The item lists various patent medicines including California Fig Syrup and Rangom Root Liniment with prices and sellers. It notes four counterfeiters arrested at Lloydville, Pa on the 4th. A short tale mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla promotion and a jail lodging in Portsville for a woman masked as a boy in May.
In readable ads a Richmond era promoter touts a cure for consumption with two bottles offered to readers in exchange for addresses. Separate notices promote Madame Reveres Female Pills, a laxative from California Fig Syrup Company, and a San Francisco based remedy sold through McFarland's City Drug Store.
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