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Local Notices and Patent Medicine Ads From Red Bay Era
A stream of short items notes local health remedies and warnings. Dr King’s Life Pills and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve are sold at Jourdan’s Drug Store. Red Bay census: population 602, all white but 11. Ballard’s Horehound Syrup advertised for coughs. A war veteran Kemp, Texas reports recovery after Dr King’s New Discovery. DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills promoted for backache and urinary issues. Electric Bitters praised for renewing health. Whites Cream Vermifuge marketed for child worms.
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Kemp
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Dr. King
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Model Drug Store