Quack Patent Medicines and Liniments in 19th Century Ad
A catalog of assorted patent medicines and salves claiming cures for ulcers wounds fevers and animal ailments alongside tonics for humans and beasts. Products include Harrison s Ointment Li e s genuine Windham Pills Fullers Ethereal Tooth Ache Elixir Gray s Patent Ointment and Carter s Embrocation with printed directions and sales notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE Uutehings & Co
Baltimore
Lee
Windham
C. Fuller
Gray
Beckzwith
E. Bernard
Carter
Piles Disorder Notice Offered for Attention
A brief notice from a subscriber requests attention for those afflicted with a troublesome disorder. The message emphasizes the discomfort and seeks consideration or remedies for sufferers of the piles.
James Weddell & Con to Close Dues at Tarboro
In Tarboro January 23, 1841 James Weddell and Company announce a new firm name James D Towels is associated in business with them. Creditors urged to call and settle dues as the subscriber aims to wind up all business quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Towels
James Weddell & Con
J. IF
Tarboro
Fose
Edgecombe County
Tarborough
Ferrell
Lewis DE Arquer
The Soothing Syrup Dentition Advice Urges Use
A 1640 advertisement extols Dr Evans Soothing Syrup to ease infant teething pains. It claims prevention of convulsions and fevers, with testimonials from parents and directions for rubbing gums, plus agent notes for New York and Tarboro and Elizabeth City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Evans
Tomato and Slippery Ela Pills Prominent Cure Claims
An advertisement extols Dr. Harrell's Tomato and Slippery Ela Pills as superior to other medicines, claiming cure for fevers, liver issues, jaundice, headaches, loss of appetite, constipation, female complaints, and blood purification. Prices listed, agents sought, with numerous local residents named as cured or endorsing the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pryuer E
Harrell
A. Harrell
Elizabeth Cry
N.C
Peelps
United States
Texas
Canoas
GR Phelps
M. D
Hartford
Agents list with regional reps in 1839 notice
A dated September 21, 1839, enumerates regional agents across North Carolina and nearby Virginia. Names include James M. Repmann Geo Howard Tarboro RB Emerson Norfolk WIlliam Badham Edenton W Fessenden Plymouth M S Berry Hertford D Clayton Tyrrel H D Machen Washington F Marshall Halifax N C N B Hassell Williamston S Small near Woodville S Hall Newbern W G Howard Ocracoke W Mason Raleigh S Small near Woodville and S Hall Newbern listed as agents with locations in North Carolina and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Repmann
Geo. Howard
Tarboro
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Marks
Samuel H. Marks
Petersburg
Messrs. Spotswood & Robertson
Susscriber
GEO, Howard
Acext
Bine
Moffat
New York
Broadway
Volice
James Weddell
Louis Offon Goelicke
Germany
Europe
Stanhope
Nashco
Farboro
Wm. Eva
Chatham St
M. Rossen
Elizabeth City
HIE
Thompson
L Binson
Vereyte
Teomato
Slippery Lin
Charles Bright
Pasquotank Co
Josiah Prichell
N. C
Charles Harrel
Capt
J. Smith
Windsor
G. M. Keesee
Portsmouth
Joseph Ramsey
Plymouth
Robert Simpson
Iliartheen
Horatio N. Williams
James Cartwright
Esq- Pasquotank Co
James A. Riddick
Randolph Macon College
Zion Culpepper
Joseph Turner
Elzabeth City
Joseph Sharber
Camden Co
N C
Robert Pool
Bullard
Primitive Baptist
Howard
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