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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1840
Page
4
Primitive Baptist works by Elder Jos. Biggs and Elder Joshua Lawrence, plus pamphlets and histories, several bound volumes and lettered bindings. Also writing supplies including paper, ink, quills, blanks, pencils, wrapping paper. Tarboro April 25.
Turner and Hughes publish a digest of Statutes Common Law and Supreme Court decisions for Justices of the Peace and public officers. It claims value for public service and general readers, priced at three dollars with bulk discounts. Raleigh printers offer copies for sale through GEO HOWARD.
The Pills, once doubted, now claim wide adoption across the United States, Canada, Texas, Mexico, and the West Indies with over twenty thousand certificates and more than five hundred from physicians. They are touted as mild yet effective for bilious fevers, dyspepsia, liver issues, headaches, colic, female obstructions, and numerous digestive ailments. Testimonials include Dr Eli Todd and Dr Joseph Priestly Peters, with patient Theodore James praising recovery from fever and ague after two boxes.
Moffat's Life Pills and Phenix Bitters are promoted for cleansing the stomach bowels kidneys bladder liver and lungs with claims of curing issues from Lysespy sia to fever and ague and a range of ailments. The pamphlet urges strict adherence to directions and notes availability through agents in the U S and Canadas with John Moffat's signature on labels.
An 19th century notice touts Dr Harrells Tomato and Slippery Elm Pills as a万能 cure for fevers liver complaints jaundice headache loss of appetite costiveness female troubles and many diseases. It claims superior effects as cathartic appurient tonic alterative and blood purifier with testimonials from residents of Elizabeth City Pasquotank County Windsor Portsmouth Plymouth and Randolph Macon College. 50 cents per box and 54 per cross. Agents sought via post.
A long list of names and addresses appears from Norfolk to Ocracoke. Notable entries include H. Bal & Co of Portsmouth and Webb & Capehart of Windsor, with dates around September 21, 1839. The fragmentary text cites individuals in Raleigh Hertford Edenton Plymouth and New Bern among others.
An 1840 pamphlet extols Brandreth’s Pills as a potent purifier of the blood and remedy for varied ailments. It claims superiority over mercury, praises gentle daily use, and asserts broad U.S. adoption with agents listed in several states.
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