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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1842
Page
4
An 1842 advertisement extols Brandreth's Vegetable Universal Pills as cleansing the blood via the bowels to treat fevers, dysentery, rheumatism, ulcers, and various ailments. It links impurity in the blood to disease and injury, claims rapid healing when the pills are used daily, and notes agents in every county with Hazelwood and General details of distribution.
An 19th century advertisement touts Sherman's Camphor Lozenges for nervous and digestive ailments and coughs along with Sherman's Worm Lozenges for parasitic infections. It claims thousands of boxes sold and notes they ease symptoms without drying the cough. Also promoted is Sherman's Poor Van's Plaster as a superior strengthening remedy for back and joint pain. Sold by Geo. Howard in Tarboro on Feb 23.
A historical advertisement touts Dr William Evans Soothing Syrup as a safe, effective remedy for teething distress in infants. It claims to ease gum pain, prevent convulsions, fevers, and death during dentition, with testimonials and guidance for dosing and purchasing locations in New York Tarboro Elizabeth City.
An advertisement touts Dr Harrell’s Tomato and Slippery Elm Pills as vastly superior for fevers liver complaints jaundice headaches loss of appetite constipation female ailments and blood purification. It lists prices 50 cents per box 54 per gross and urges druggists and merchants to become agents while naming numerous satisfied customers across North Carolina and Virginia including Elizabeth City Pasquotank Windsor Portsmouth Randolph Macon College and Camden County with various ailments reported as cured.
A dated roster lists agents and representatives in multiple North Carolina towns including Tarboro Plymouth Edenton Hertford Tyrrel Washington Halifax Williamston Windsor Raleigh Newbern Ocracoke and nearby ports. Dated September 21 the document enumerates firms and individuals with regional duties.
GEO. HOIV.ARD. Tarboro becomes a supplier of Thompsonian medicines including Lovelia and various powders syrups tinctures and plasters. The notice lists numerous preparations such as Nerve Powder Bayberry Prickly Ash Slippery Elm Wormwood and Cholera and Dysentery Syrup with references to Thompson’s Guide Robinson’s Lectures and related items dated November 9.
An 1842 Tarboro notice extols Moffat’s Vegetable Life Pills and Phenix Bitters as purifying the springs of life and restoring vigor. It lists ailments claimed cured or relieved, including dyspepsia, costiveness, fevers, rheumatism, dropsies, worms, consumption, scurvy, eruptions, and colds, and recounts the inventor’s personal cure of piles after years of failure with other remedies.
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