Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-05-28
Old Doctor Jacob Townsend.
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF THE GENUINE
.IOWNSEND'S SARSPARHLl

THE ORIGINAL DIscovERER OF THE GExrrNr
l. ITOWNSEND'S SARSPARILLA
e THERE ARE A CLASS OF SPECULAToR
\ L who being both ignorant and unprincinlcd
seize upon anything by which they can delud
! the pubic and I'LL their own pockets. Tn
O great Sarsaparilla root as a cure for all form
? of diseases, has induced many Of these men + +
20 attempt to palm off some compound whicl
q saey laoet as an extract of the pure Hondura
n oarsaparllla. The country has been fioode,
i WIN these compounds, and many have been in
= auced to purchase them, but the only result ha
oeen cruel disappointment. A thin, wash,
mess OF stuff, cooked up without any regard {,
,nHisfh upon the patient, can but bring dow,
upon the manufacturers the condemnation of ,
2 deceived public.
, One Of these Humbugs,
I hich has had a more extensive sale than most
mas Just erpIoded. We refer TO that notorioue
sour fermentng compound of S. 2. Townsend :
ne mas been compelled to quit tie business. and hi.
, article Is now thrown into the market at any
price to get rid of it,
ii any desires proof of this we only ask them
10 step INTO any wholesale drug store and on.
quire for S p, Townsend's Sarsaparilla. The
day Tor creating reputation for a medicine by
newspaper putting and forged certificates. i
passed, and it is only those of real porth which
can stand the test of time.
/ mist this is the fate of most of the Sarsa-
parilla Extracts,
] did DR.. Jacob Io,cnscnds
lias gradually grown into favor with the pub
ti ' anu me sales have never been so large as at
sile present time To meet with the demand
PEELED 10 open Branch office in this CITY. and
! appoint General Agent to facilitate their bus
mess transactions N''
We ask OnlV One Tr;H
Inc person who purchases a bottle of this
oarSaparllla finds that he has honeu syrup
prepared ny scientific man--in the manufac.
t!!re OF which the highest knowledge of eh,uu
~ anu lhe latest discoveries of the arts, have
all been brought into requisition
Prenarad in this way it is made the mos,
powerful agent in the
cure for Innumcrublc Diseases.
and the reason why we hear Communications
upon every side, from men, women and children
III 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-
Genuine SarSapa,ilh,
Prepared by Old DR.. Jacob Townsend, is also
worthless, or similar article
10 TO headquarters
ana we VIII warrantyou will derive more ben
efit from one bottle of this
Pu'r, Concentrated and UnadultcyatcaI
Article,
Than from all the others which YOU have usod
Inc propretors of this Sarsaparilla having
oeen compelled by the unparalleled success
"hieh mas attended the sales in THE West ~
to open branch office in Cincinnati. Ohio. that
their customers may be promptly supplied de-
sire mat the public should Distinctly under
stahd that they are not connected in any way
WIN the manufacture of an article known as
y. Il. 1oWnscnd's :Sa7,sapayiYo.
we could gain no credit or advantage. moth
ing put loss, indignation and wrath; from dis
appointed agents and purchasers bv being
iDEN Tilted with him or his peculiar produc,
Iht al may be Kn0un
" hat is thought of the true article in New
!. i ork' "here both are manufactured, we invite
Lhe attention OF Dealers, and Consumers to the
following Card of the first Retail DRUGGISTS inI
that City. 1t is doubly valuable coming from
this source-tor it is only the retail dealers who
become acquainted with the character of a med
lcine " I~N
CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
We the undersigned, physicians and drug
sistS OF New \ ork, Brooklyn and Williams
ourg' having seen an advertisement addressed
70 70 US and others who sell Sarsaparilla bv S. T.
oMhSehd' which Is calculated to bring us and
'ui BUSINESS INTO feproach feel called upon to
'tate our personal views of the real merits of
hetwo iownsend's Sarsaparilla Ofthe claims
preferred by the parties to the original Sarsa-
'afiila we have nothing to do and leave them
o Settle that matter between themselves But
ince We are called "swindlers,' and branded
ith the declaration of being willing ''to com
MI any fraud for money" and as "men having
10 hohor, and should not be trusted, we feel I
IN frI,r. 3 H. :
sen Old DR., Jacob Townsend's Sarsaparlla {
D Mr. o L. Iownsend's, and leave the public j
o JuaSe whether we are ''deceivers and swim ,
Iers, and not to be trusted by so doing.
First, ,
ur experience and observation have satisfied \
that the Old Doctors Sarsaparilla possesses
'ore medical power and virtue than S, p. v
oWhsehds, and the testimony of the public >
QUA seem TO be the same, and we always :
axe II matter OF conscience and duty when a
30 articles bearing the same name and pur- g
ortlng to cure the same disease are in market 9
state that which we consider the best. i
Tie Fact q
lat ) 2. Townsend SarsaparilIa has greatly +
'ufed, fermented and exploded the BOTTLES !,
'ereoy giving great dissatisfaction to our Gus T
'etS mas Influenced us in our preference of o.
&c ga Doctors preparation. We do not feel VI
irSeiVes called upon to decide the true merits Ii
'"het aLlicie ae standard preparations, but b
hel asked by our customers for our opinions
men webelIeve under all circumstances to be
e best We should not hesitate in giving our
eierence IN favor of Old DR.. Jacob Town
hd 5: With these views we leave the public J..
decide II We are not justified in giving the So
III Doctors preparation that preference hich a.
seems to deserve as medicinal compound III
well as the choice of the people so univer W W
ily manifested in its favor. -
We have given the names Of
S'.rty Druggists,
long whom are
Shrtccn educated PHYSICIANS ST
aisihterested persons, and who of all the p
ira besides are best qualified to Judge of the or
eflts OF medicine and who, be
Meier hare and aet,cr wiN
commend 1 any article unless they prove it to
Voluntarily gire III
err testimony in favor of Old DR.. Jacobs Sar tn
parma. We now leave it with discerning '''
one TO choose for themselves.
De sure and call for Old Dr. Jacob Town
nd Sarsaparilla ca
ffihclpal office for the Western States. ON Bn
ne y street, 3 doors above Fourth ma
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