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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1844
Page
4
Dr Hulls Vegetable Fever and Ague and Anti Fever Pills claim to cure ague fever bilious fever nausea debility and nervous weakness. Physicians endorse them and users report chili fever relief stomach head free strength appetite restored and rapid health return. Pills are botanical with 20 doses per box priced at one dollar. Agent Geo Howard Tarboro.
An 1842 advertisement touts Dr Spencer's Vegetable Pills as a public blessing and superior to other medicines. It cites a Talladega Springs testimonial from Isaac M. Thomas praising relief from sick headache dyspepsia and liver trouble after years of trial with Beckwith Peters and Champion's pills, calling the Spencer remedy the best for lingering complaints and urging universal family use.
An 1843 Tarboro advertisement touts Oil of Tannin as a leather restorer. It claims tannin from bark reanimates old, dry, brittle leather, restoring softness and strength, waterproofing boots, harness, and carriages, with a signature of Comstock & Co and Geo. Howard as dealer.
A Patterson era letter from C B Hassell of Williamston, N C, dated Sept 20 1842, extols Dr John Sappingtons Antifever Pills as a certain effective remedy for fevers. Hassell recounts repeated purchases by agents Stephenson and others since 1834 1838 1839 1941, declares the pills invaluable and claims they cured fevers when directions were followed, with local sales by Geo Howard Tarboro C B Hassell Williamston and Joseph Waldo Hamilton. May 4 1843.
A Vermont reader details a personal experiment with Jaynes Hair Tonic. After skeptical starts, using multiple bottles produced a visible recovery, including new hair growth and increased confidence, supported by observations of friends and acquaintances.
An old time advertisement claims Dr Kolmstock's Vermifuge can rid children and adults of worms rapidly, converting fevers and other illnesses into worm expulsion. It urges cautious purchase with engraved label and Comstock & Co. as agents, noting sale in Tarboro by Geo. Howard on January 14, 1943.
A Tarboro advertisement from January 17, 1843 extols Dr Moffat Life Medicines as a universal family remedy. It cites cures for fever influenza measles and inflammatory disorders and claims benefits for rheumatism paralysis nervous pains chest bones and blood purification. George Howard, agent, offers them for sale in Tarboro.
An 1845 advertisement promotes PUEse plasters as greatly improved and highly recommended by doctors for invalids with pains in the breast back or side. It claims relief of weakness and lameness, restoration of strength, and warmth, urging lung and liver ailment sufferers and children with whooping cough to wear a plaster daily. Sold by Comstock & Co in New York with agents in Tarboro Raleigh and Washington.
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