Defiance Starch Promises Whiter Clothes for a Dime
Slogan claims Defiance Starch will keep clothes white. The ad offers 10 ounces for 10 cents and markets a simple household solution.
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Newspaper
The Chanute Times
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1902
Page
3
Slogan claims Defiance Starch will keep clothes white. The ad offers 10 ounces for 10 cents and markets a simple household solution.
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Letters from readers in DeGraff and Wisconsin praise Peruna for curing longstanding female weakness and headaches. One woman reports four bottles cured backache and headaches, another notes rapid improvement after physician approval. Dr. S B Hartman offers free advice and treatment guidance from the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
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