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Broad Ads About Cures and Remedies Marketed Locally
Multiple medical patent medicines are advertised with claims of cures for skin eruptions, piles, coughs, asthma, bronchitis, consumption, and urinary issues. The notices promote Kemp’s Balsam, Electric Bitters, Dr King’s New Discovery, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, and others sold by P. H. Diehl and related shops with money-back guarantees and trial bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Backlin
LL. Diehl
T. U. Diehl
Diehl
Dr. King
Druggiata
G. J. Rhodes
Safe Harbor
Davee
Mishler
Commerce St
Philadelphia
Parror’s
Chamberlain