Books and Stationery for Sale by Geo. Howard Tarboro
An inventory listing Primitive Baptist books including A concise History of the Keekokee Association by Elder Jos. Biggs and The Patriotic Discourse by Elder Joshua Lawrence. Also writing paper, pink and straw note sheets, ink, quills, blank cards, red pencils, wrapping paper. Tarboro date April 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Primitive Baptist
Keekokee Association
Jos. Biggs
Joshua Lawrence
Geo. Howard
Tarboro
North Carolina Justice book sale notice
Advertises a legal reference titled North Carolina Justice containing statutes decisions forms and precedents for Justices of the Peace and public officers. Turner Hughes Raleigh announces the work costs three dollars with discounts for resellers and GEO Howwird offers remaining copies. Published December 1539.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Turner & Hughes
Raleigh
Geo Howwird
Pills that cured fevers and digestive ills praised
An 1840s testimonial ad extols PPSUESE Pills as a universally trusted family remedy. It lauds wide adoption in the United States and abroad, citing thousands of certificates and physician endorsements. A letter from Theodore James and a Connecticut doctor’s note vouch for safety and efficacy for bilious fevers dyspepsia and related complaints. The pills cost 59 cents per box and are sold at the Post Office and Printing Office in Varoro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canadas
Texas
Mexico
West Indies
Augusta
Peters
Mer
Theodore James
Varoro
Moffat's Life Medicines Promised to Restore Health
The Life Medicines from Moffat claim to purify the stomach and bowels removing impurities and hardened feces. They cleanse kidneys bladder liver and lungs, improve blood and health, and treat dyspepsia flatulence headaches and fevers. The pamphlet Moffat's Medical Manual explains their theory. price 25 cents. sold by agents and at Geo. Howard Tarboro April 1840.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moffat
Geo. Howard
Tarboro
Harrell tomato and elm pills praised for cures
A Victorian era advertisement extols Dr Harrell's Tomato and Slippery Elm Pills as superior to other tonics for fevers liver complaints jaundice headaches and digestive issues. It notes their cleansing and tonic properties and lists male and female testimonials from North Carolina and Virginia plus a long line of agents across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrell
A. Harrell
Elizabeth City
N.C
Brandreth's Pills touted as universal remedy and blood purifier
A 1840 advertisement extols Brandreth's Pills as a universal medicine. It claims purgative and blood cleansing properties superior to Sarsaparilla and Mercury, cures for diabetes, dysentery, constipation, rheumatism, and other diseases. It lists U.S. offices and multiple regional agents, urging public confidence and noting Maryland and Virginia connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Brandreth
New Yo
Broadway
Ft Street
Bowery
Houston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Swalwts
North Carolina Justice
Thompson
Robinson
Geo Homard
Sid
Samuel H. Marks
Petersburg
Messrs. Spotswood & Robertson
Geo
Ard
Eli Todd
Medical Svcety
Connecicut
Prue Pal
Lartford
Joseph Priestly Peters
Yale College
GEO. Homard
Auewust
Edgecombe County
Tarborough
Verrell
Lewis DE Arquer
Raleigh Road
J.C. Knight
Cokey
J. D. Knight
Samuel D. Procter
Mopfpfat
Vegetable Life
Mopfifat
Life
oWii's.ell, Co
Florence
Algiers
Charles Bright
Pasquotank Co
Josiah Prichett
N. C
Charles Harrel
Capt
J. Smith
Windsor
G. M. Keesee
Portsmouth
Joseph Ramsey
Plymouth
Albert Simpson
Horatio N. Williams
James Cartwright
James A. Riddick
Randolph Macon College
Zion Culpepper
Joseph Turner
Joseph
James M. Repmono
Gomes B. Emerson
Norfolk
H. Buf & Co
W. Badham
Edenton
W. Fessenden
M. S. Berry
Hertford
D. Clayton
Tyrrel
H. D. Machen
Washington
F. S. Marshall
Halifax
N. B
Brandreth’s Pills
Vegetable University
Main Street
Mae
Brinkleyville
Staley
B. Brandreth
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