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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1843
Page
4
Dr Hulls Vegetable Fever and Ague and Anti Fever twenty doses per box priced at one dollar. Claims a sure cure for ague and fever with relief within a day and notes success for bilious fever nausea debility and nervous weakness. Endorsed by physicians and users and offers contact via Geo Howard, agent, Tarboro.
An advertisement extols Dr Spencer's Vegetable pills as a superior remedy, citing strong testimonials from Isaac M. Thomas of Talladega Springs Alabama. Thomas reports long struggles with Sick Headache Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint alleviated by six months of use, claiming the pills superior to Beckwith Peters Champion's and Brandreth's.
An 1843 Tarboro ad proclaims a new tannin-based chemical to revive worn leather. It promises to restore softness, strength, and water resistance to old boots, harness, and carriage tops, claiming leather becomes like new and lasts longer. The notice cites Comstock & Co. and lists agents in Tarboro, Washington, and Raleigh with April 8, 1843.
A dated 1842 testimonial from C. B. Hassell of Williamston lauds Dr Sappington s Anti Fever Pills as certain and effective for fevers. It recounts past sales to a local agent network, notes widespread demand in 1834 41 and 39, and claims the pills cured Billions Ague and Fever when used per directions. Hassell says he would not trade them for any other remedy and endorses them for sale by local dealers in Warboro and Hamilton.
An 19th century advertisement from Tarboro dated April 20 promotes Dr McNeair's Acoustic Oil as a cure for deafness, along with Compound Chlorine Tooth Wash for dental care, Roach and Bed Bug Bone as insect antidotes, Spohn's Rue Pills with directions, Judkin's Specific Ointment for White swelling and related conditions, condition powders for various horse maladies, all attributed to GEO HOWARD in Tarboro.
An 1843 advertisement touts Dr Kolmstock's Vermifuge as a rapid remedy for worms, claiming to eradicate worms in a day at a quarter dollar. It cites success in St. John's Park area families, warns to buy only with proper engraving, and lists Comstock & Co. as agents with dates and names of agents in Raleigh and Washington.
A quotation heavy item noting beliefs about herbs that affect life and death. It frames discovery of harm as a great man’s work and immortality as worldly praise, and asserts bodily and intellectual faculties respond to certain herbs with power.
A 1843 advertisement touts Dr Brandreth’s External Remedy Liniment as a cure for pain sprains stiffness tumors sore throat and many external injuries. A letter from Major General Sanford praises its effects on his son's knee and a child with croup. Sold at 50 cents per bottle with directions. Geo Howard Tarborne listed as agent.
Letters from across the Union extol Dr Moffat s Life Pills and Phoenix Bitters as superior family remedies. They are claimed to heal fever, influenza, measles, coughs, rheumatic and chronic complaints, nervous and paralytic pains, and blood-related illnesses. GEO HOWARD, Tarboro agent, offers them for sale with testimonials and local references.
Improved plaster advertisement from 1843 touts HESE plasters for chest back and side pains. Claims relieve weakness, lameness, restore strength and warmth, and aid lung issues including incipient consumption and coughs. Recommends for children with Whooping Cough. Comstock & Co New York wholesalers. Washington contact Dr F Gallagher January 14 1843.
A Tarboro supplier notes Brandreth's Pills as a mild effective purgative for all ages and a preventive aid against sickness. It claims benefits for headaches and general health, urging genuine boxes show six signatures of Dr. Benjamin Brandreth on three labels. Fresh supply available from Geo. Howard.
A long advertisement extols a pill remedy for almost every disease, claiming rapid relief for headaches, dyspepsia, liver complaints, nerve issues, and female ailments. It asserts safety, universality, and superior efficacy, with a 50 cent per box price and testimonials. The notice cites widespread sales across three states in the past year.
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