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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1842
Page
4
An 1842 advertisement extols Brandreth's Vegetable Universal Pills as a cure by purifying the blood and drawing impurities to the bowels. It links impurity to fevers, dysentery, rheumatism, scarlet fever, and others, claims faster healing after injuries, and notes official agency in every county with certificates signed by B. Brandreth, M.D.
Sherman’s lozenges advertised as relief for nervous disorders, headaches, heart palpitations, despondency, sore throat, bowel complaints, fainting, chest oppression, cholera, and fatigue. Claims include revival after dissipation, restored tone, and safety across numerous conditions with certificates and 400,000 cases cited. Also promotes Sherman’s Cough Lozenges to ease coughs, colds, consumption, asthma, and related symptoms, with notes on worm remedies and a plaster product.
A dated testimonial letter praises Dr William Evans's Soothing Syrup for teething pain in infants. It claims rapid gum relief prevents convulsions fever and fatal outcomes, urging use from four months and warning against counterfeits. It lists exact New York address and agents Geo Howard Tarboro and M Russe Elizabeth City with January 14 date.
A block of ad copy promotes Gray's Patent Ointment for multiple external ailments and Lee's bilious pills for bilious fever and digestive issues. Fuller’s Ethereal Tooth-Ache Elixir and The Afflicted Man's Friend ointment claim broad healing of scrofula, eruptions, burns, and ulcers. The text touts sales by Have Been kin a to permanently in three weeks, with testimonials and physician-approved notes.
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