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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1842
Page
4
An advertisement for Conqueror of Physicians offering 3 Cose of the Sanative with dosing for adults children and infants. It notes the medicine’s inventor and a price of $2.50 per half ounce, listing agent Geo. VICE of Stanhope Nashco N C and Geo. Howard of Tarboro as distributors with dates in 1940.
An 1860s style notice from GEO. HOWARD of Tarboro dated November 15 announces approved patent medicines for sale. The brief item lists products and promotes the medicines with standard claim language of the period.
Sherman's Worm Lozenges claimed to have proven success in over 400000 cases and to cure worm-related ailments with one dose. The ad promotes Sherman's Poor Man's Plaster as a strengthening, fast-acting remedy priced cheaply, with about a million units sold annually and sold by Geo. Howard in Tarboro on February 23.
An advertisement extols Dr Evans Soothing Syrup for teething pain in infants. It claims to prevent convulsions, fevers, and death by opening gums, easing inflammation, and quieting distress. Attested by a parent, it urges timely use at four months, cautions against counterfeits, and lists New York and North Carolina distributors.
A Tarboro notice from March 5, 1842 promotes Vegetable Life Pills by Moffat. It lists numerous patients from Pasquotank, Elizabeth City, and Camden along with cures for headaches bilious complaints dyspepsia and indigestion and details about dropsies worms asthma and skin conditions. The ad claims rapid relief and urges trial results over newspaper praise.
A historical notice lists agents and contacts across North Carolina and nearby ports including Tarboro Portsmouth Plymouth Hertford Tyrrel Halifax Windsor Raleigh Newbern Ocracoke and Woodville with date Sept 21 and names such as Janes Repwonp Howard Emerson Bull & Co Badham Fessenden Berry Clayton Machen Hassell Webb Capehart Mason Small Hall and more.
Botanic medicines for sale include Lonella various preparations, Nerve Powder, Ahein Bird Pepper, Bayberry, Balsam Fir, Balmony, Green Osier, Myrrh, Unicorn Root, Ginger, Golden Seal, Prickly Ash, Slippery Elm, Barberry, Cholera Syrup, Dysentery Syrup, Rheumatic Tincture, Woman's Friend, Strengthening Plaster No 6, Thompson's Guide, Robinson's Lectures, syringes and more. GEO. HOWARD Tarboro November 9.
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