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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1844
Page
4
Dr Hulls Vegetable Fever and Ague Pills claim a certain cure for ague and fever and are used for bilious fever nausea and nervous weakness. Advertises rapid relief with first day cure of chill fever and improving strength appetite and digestion. Purely vegetable with 20 doses per box priced at one dollar. Geo Howard Tarboro is agent.
Testimonial from Isaac M. Thomas of Talladega Springs Alabama praises Dr Spencer's Vegetable Pills for curing Sick Headache Dyspepsia Liver Complaint and Constipation after years of failures with Beckwith Peters Champion's and Brandreth's pills. He says the pills gave more benefit than any prior medicine and would pay five dollars a box.
The notice from Geo. Howard of Tarboro announces fresh supply of Washington manufactured tin wares including coffee pots buckets measures funnels pans cups pails milk strainers water coolers lanterns and more sold on reasonable terms. Old copper brass pewter beeswax furs acceptable in barter. Orders for gutters conductors and linware to be attended to promptly. April 3.
An advertised patent leather restorer claims to revive tannin treated hides. It promises to renew strength, softness, and polish, making leather impervious to wear. Sold by Cornstack & Co with a fake signature, available in Warboru by Geo. Howard, April 9, 1844.
Mothers and nurses are told that teeth eruption causes mouth and gum irritation. Symptoms include swollen gums, excessive saliva, crying fits, wakefulness, spasms, and sharp shrieks. If untreated, convulsions may follow, risking infant dissolution. Dr William Evans's Soothing Syrup is urged as relief.
A facsimile advertisement presents letters from Rev. Pat and other clergy, plus J. W. Lawken and Dr Quinty praising Jayne's Hair Tonic for restoring hair. Letters claim baldness reversed and hair thickened after use, with endorsements from Philadelphia physicians and local agents.
Advert announces Dr Kolmstock's Vermifuge claiming to expel worms in days, curing fevers and illnesses misattributed to other causes. It cites authorities and local use near St John’s Park, urging cautious purchase with engraved label and Comstock & Co. attribution. states sale by Geo. To in Tarbotu in January 1849.
Physicians widely recommend IPRHESE plasters for invalids with chest back or side pain. They claim immediate relief of weakness and lameness and restoration of warmth. The ad touts benefits for lung irritation, liver complaints, coughs and colds and urges use for whooping cough in children. Sold by Comstock & Co in New York with agents in Tarboro Washington Raleigh and dated January 14 1843.
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