| Show UPA FUNCTIONS -THEN AND NOW on printed pages withblank back on which local news and advertising could be placed Either way small-town paper generating only two pages of editorial content for example could double its size by using two pages of syndicated material In many cases that was the best-written portion of the paper Boiler plate containedgreat deal of advertising Virtually all of it was for patent medicines In another day theybe called snake 0il or in more sophisticated terms home remedies In stilllater time theybe branded pure quackery Some of the products came from abroad -or so the advertising said Whether their origins were foreign isnreliably established but such medications as Japanese Liver Pellets Chinese Vegetable Remedies and MesminFrench Female Pills were prominently displayed There were also ads for Eatonic the solution to curb belching due to stomach acid And for Cascara Quinine Bromide which guaranteed it would kill colds Along with the advertising of Dr Snyder of Chicago an obesity specialist whose copy put it rather bluntly to wit Fat Folks Reduced Patients treated by mail Confidential harmless and with no starving inconvenience or bad effects The purported healing power of vegetables was evident in many ads One proclaimed few doses of Dr HobbAsparagus Kidney Pills will relieve pains in your side back muscles Jjoints head etc and all kidney troubles rheumatism gout anaemia and other blood troubles Another advertised potion was PaineCelery Compound but it was singled out asremedy for rheumatism only Ads for Lydia PinkhamVegetable Compound were both prominent and well-known forjocular phrase describ ing them made its way into the vernacular of the day Lydia PinkhamPink Pills for Pale People In addition there were such products as HansonMagic Corn Salve Candy Cathartic touted as best for the bowels DentToothache Gum and PiscoConsumption Medicine which proclaimed It cures 253 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
