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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1941
Page
2
A nostalgic lament asks where Grandma’s battered suitcase filled with old fashioned remedies has gone. It wonders if the family still relies on carbolic salves and flaxseed poultices for common ailments like earache, croup, or chicken pox.
Granny embraces modern defaults by relying on a local druggist for nationally sold medicines and branded health items. The piece extols the druggist as professionally trained, trustworthy, and aligned with medical standards, contrasting homemade remedies with store bought products. The Sikeston Herald presents this as a citywide acceptance of professional pharmaceutical care.
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