Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-13
Old Doctor. Jacob Townsend
THE ORIGINAL pIscOvERER OF THE GENUINE
TOWNSEND'S SARSPARILLA

THE ORIGINAL pIscovERER OF THE GENUINE
TOWNSEND'S SARSPARILLA.
THERE ARE A CLASS OF SPECTATORS
who being both ignorant and unprincipled,
seize upon anything BY which they can delnde
the public and fill their own pockets. The
great Sarsaparilla root as a cure for all forms
of diseases, has induced many of these men to
to attempt to palm off some compound which
they label as an extract of the pure Honduras
The country has been flooded
with these compounds, and many have been in
duced to purchase them, but the only result has
been cruel disappointment. A thin, washy
mess of stuff, cooked up without any regard to
the effect upon the patient, can but bring down
upon the manufacturers the condemnation of
deceived public.
One of these Handbags,
Which has had more extensive sale than most,
has just exploded. We refer to that notorious
sour fermenting compound Of s. p. Townsend's.
He has been compelled to quit the business and his
article is now thrown into the market at any
price to get rid of it.
If any desires proof Of this we only ask them
to step into any wholesale drug store and en-
quire for s. P. Townsend's Sarsaparilla. The
day for creating reputation for a medicine by
newspaper putting and forged certificates, is
passed, and it is only those Of real scorth which
can stand the test Of time
Whilst this is the fate of most of the Sarsa-
parilla Extracts,
Old DR.. .acob Iownscnds
Has gradually grown into favor with the pub
lie, and the sales have never been SO large as at
the present time. To meet win fapapd
from the West the proprietors haSoOeen com
PEELED to open Branch office in this city, and
appoint General Agent to facilitate their bus
mess transactions.
We ask only One Trial.
The person who purchases a bottle of this
finds that he has a honey syrup,
prepared by scientific man-in the manufac-
ture of which the highest knowledge of chem
istry, and the latest discoveries of the arts have
all been brought into requisition.
Prepared in this way it is made the most
powerful agent in the
Cure for Innumeruble Diseases.
And the reason why we hear concentrations
upon every side, from men, women and children
If you have used ten, fifteen or twenty bot
ties of Sarsaparilla, made by s. p. Townsend
and others, and found no relief and even injury
draw not the unreasonable and unjust conclu-
sion that the
Genuine Sarsapaya2a,
Prepared by Old DR.. Jacob Townsend, is also
or similar article.
GO TO headquarters
And we will narrantyou will derive more ben
eft from one bottle of this
Pure, Concentrated and Unadultcyuted
Article,
Than from all the others which you have used
The propretors of this Sarsaparilla having
been compelled by the unparalleled success
which has attended the sales in "The West"
to open branch Office in Cincinnati, Ohio, that
their customers may be promptly supplied de-
sire that the public should Distinctly under
stand that they are not connected in any way
with the manufacture of an article known as
s. +. IoUnsend's ;Sarsapa,illa.
We could gain no credit or advantage, moth
ing but loss, indignation and WRATH from dis
appointed agents and purchasers by being
IDENTIFIED with him or his peculiar produc,.
tons.
That 1t may be Kno,cn
What is thought of the true article in New
York, where both are manufactured, we invite
the attention of Dealers, and Consumers to the
following Card of the first Retail Druggists in
that City. 1t is doubly valuable coming from
this source-for it is only the retail dealers who
become acquainted with the character of med
cne.
CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
We, the undersigned, physicians and drug
gists Of New York, Brooklyn and Williams
burg, having seen advertisement addressed
to us and others who sell Sarsaparilla by s. p.
Townsend. which is calculated to bring us and
our business into reproach, feel called upon to
state our personal views of the real merits of
The two Townsend's Sarsaparilla. Ofthe claims
preferred by the parties to the original Sarsa-
oarilla We have nothing to do, and leave them
% settle that matter between themselves. But
since We are called "swindlers," and branded
With the declaration of being willing ''to COM
nit any fraud for money and as 'men having
40 honor, and should not be trusted" we feel
hat we ought to give the reason why we prefer
% sell Old DR., Jacob Townsend's Sarsaparilla
% Mr. S. p. Townsend's, and leave the public
o judge whether we are ..deceivers and swim
Hers, and not to be trusted by SO doing.
First,
our experience and observation have satisfied
is that the Old Doctors Sarsaparilla possesses
more medical power and virtue than s, P.
rownsend's, and the testimony of the public
would seem to be the same, and we always
make 1t matter of conscience and duty when
,wo articles bearing the same name and pur-
porting to cure the same disease are in market
% state that which we consider the best.
The Fact
hat s. P. Townsend's Sarsaparilla has greatly
'oured, fermented and exploded the bottles,
hereby giving great dissatisfaction to our Gus
omers, has influenced us in our preference of
he Old Doctors preparation. We do not feel
ourselves called upon to decide the true merits
# either article as standard preparations, but
when asked by our customers for our opinions
which webelieye under all circumstances to be
he best we should not hesitate in giving our
preference in favor of Old DR.. Jacob Town
ends. With these views we leave the public
o decide if we are not justified in giving the
Did Doctors preparation that preference which
seems to deserve as a medicinal compound
- well as the choice Of the people so univer-
ally manifested in it's favor.
We have given the names of
Si.rty Druggists,
mong whom are
Sirtcen educated Physicians
IL disinterested persons, and who of all the
World besides are best qualified to Judge of the
merits Of a medicine and who,
Nercy haze and nerey uiU
commend any article unless they prove it to
e good, now
Voluntarily girc
heir testimony in favor of Old Dr. jacobs Sar-
aparilla. We now leave it with a discerning
ubllc TO choose for themselves
Be sure and call for Old Dr. Jacob Town
ends Sarsaparilla.
Principal Office for the Western States, on
line street, 3 doors above Fourth.
G. W. Calhoun, General Agent to whom all
riders must be addressed.
Also, for sale by
L. b. 0. A. Patterson agents for Iowa CITY
ND vicinity. Dealers supplied at manutactu-
ers prices.