Helmbold's Catawba Grape Pills advertise medicinal purgatives
An 19th century advertisement touts Henry T. Helmbold's Compound Fluid Extract and Catawba Grape Pills as pleasant purgatives that tone the stomach without nausea or griping. It claims rapid invigoration of the system, stresses non sugar-coated pills, and asserts the remedy is prepared by pharmacy rules rather than being a patent medicine.
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H. T. Helmbold
Hoofland
Germany
The Blood Purifier Claims Health From Sarsaparilla
An 19th century advertisement extols a sarsaparilla based blood purifier claiming to cure long standing complaints from scrofula to chronic rheumatism. It asserts superior purifying power and promises clear complexion and restored well being, including relief from ulcers sores and skin diseases.
HEALTH CURE CLAIMS BY HELMBOLD AND OTHERS
A dense vintage advertisement bundle touts Henry T Helmbold’s Extract Bucha and Rosewash for urinary, prostate, and female ailments, plus Hoofland’s German Bitters and Tonic for liver and digestive ills. It cites multiple products, broad efficacy claims, and extensive distribution across New York Philadelphia and beyond with depots and addresses.
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Henry T. Helmbold
The Crystal Bell and the Hopsketch Tavern Tale
A seedy stranger at the Leming/Hominy House tavern befriends a wary patron. The man leaves a crystal bell as a test of truth, triggering jealousy and a dramatic confrontation with his fiancée Annie Gray, ending in a dreamlike dinner reveal and a return to normality.
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Sam
Dubbley
Annie Gray
Rubyn
New York
Annie
Harry Rubyn
Mr. Rubyn
Hoofland Remedies Featured in Patent Medicine Ads
An advertisement list highlights Hoofland's German Tonic Hoofland's Podophyllin Pill and Hoofland's Greek Oil as patent medicines promoted in the publication. The items are presented as cures or tonics with no accompanying clinical claims.
Lunatic Loudly Dismissed From Senate Gallery
A disturbed man forced into the Senate gallery during a rambling debate was escorted out by the sergeant at arms who told him he was out of place. He replied that he should be on the floor with the Senators. In a separate note, doctors warn that India rubber tubes used for nursing bottles are very bad.
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Hoofland
Bacchus
White House
Leming House
Dubbley
Hominy House
Hopsketch
New Jersey
Lafayette
Gen
Dubbiey
Gen. Dubbley
Annie
New York
Lieut
Strain
Olympus
Peter Cartwright
Brother Cartwright
Senate of the United States
India
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