Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-10-08

ENHERE AREA CLASS OF SPECULATORS
j Who being both ignorant and nnprincipled,
ssise upon any,hing g which they can deiSde
great Sarssparilla root ~ . cure for all forms
Of diseases, has induced many Of these men to
TO attempt to palm Of some compound which
tAey lebel - an extract Of the pure honduras
Sarsaparilla The country has been flooded
with these compounds, AID many have been In
duced to purchase them, but the only result has
been cruel disappointment. A thin, washy
mess Of stuff, cooked mp without any regard TO
upon the manufacturers the condemnation Of :
deceived public.
One Of hlese Hxsbngs,
Which has had . more extensive sale than most,
kss just exploded. We refer to that notorious
sour fesmenting compound Of g. p. TOwnsend's.
He hes been csMpeled b grit IT, Sssaess, and his
article 10 now thrown into the market at any
price to get rid of it. 8a d
lfany desires proof Of this We only ask them
to step into any Wholesale drug store and en-
quire for 8. p. ownsend's Sarsaparilla. The
day for creating = reputation for . medicine BY
Newspaper Ipu1ing and forged certifcates, is
passed, and It 10 only those Of sesl esstA which
can stand the test Of time. aa ns6
Whilst this ID the fate Of most q the Sarsa-
parilla Extracts, a s5s, 1T
Old d.. JaD6 1Oscascxfs i
Has gradually grown into favor with the pub
lie. and the Gales have never been so large q 1t
the present time. 70 meet with the demand
from the West the proprietoss have been com.
Ppoint General Agent to facilitate their bus-
mess transactions Il.
81 We ask only One Irid.
The person Who purchases > bottle Of this
6areaparilla finds that he has ke1ey 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 i,
Cure for lnnxnc,uNc 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 8. p. Townsend
and others, and found no relief and even injury
draw mot the unreasonable and unjust conclu-
sion that the ia 1t4aa 3g .etap17s aag
Genuine Savsuparilza, bltaa
Prepared by Old DR. Jacob Townsend, is also
worthless, or asimilar article. $50 as e
Go to Headquarters
And We will scssysntyou will derive more ben
eft from one bottle Of this aa.i ~ (s
Pure, Concentrated and Unauthorized
Article, ,.s
Than from all the others which you have used.
The proprietors 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 rs
s. p. 10spnscn6Ps Harsap0,illd.
We could gain no credit or advantage, moth.
ing but loss, indignation and wrath; from dis
appointed agents and purchasers by being
IDENTIFIEDw with him or his peculiar produc-
tions. y8
W That it 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
icine. tM
CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
gists Of New York, Brooklyn and williams
burg, having seen an advertisement addressed
to US aud others who sell Sarsaparilla by 8. 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
thetwo Townsend's Sarsaparilla. Ofthe claims
preferred by the parties to the original Sarsa.
parilla we have nothing to do, and leave them
to settle that matter between themselves. But
since We are called "swindlers," and branded
with the declaration of being willing ito com.
init any fraud for money" and ~ ssmen having
no honor, and should not be trusted, we feel
that we ought to give the reason why we prefer
to sell Old DR., Jacob Townsends Sarsaparills
to Mr. s, p Townsend's, and leave the public
to judge whether we are ''deceivers and swim.
oilers" and not to be trusted by SO doing.
First,
our experience and observation have satisfied
us that the Old Doctors Sarsaparilla possesses
more medical power and virtue than 8, p
Townsend's, and the testimony Of the public
would seem to be the same, and we always
| make it a matter of conscience and duty when
two articles bearing the same name and pur-
porting to cure the same disease are in market
to state that which we consider the best.
| The Fact
that s. P. Townsend's Sarsaparilla has greatly
soured, fermented and exploded the bottles,
| thereby giving great dissatisfaction to our Gus.
toners, has Influenced us in our preference oi
the Old Doctors preparation. We do not feel
ourselves called upon to decide the true merits
Of either article as standard preparations, but
when asked by our customers for our opinions
which we believe under al circumstances to be
| the best we should not hesitate in giving our
preference in favor Of Old DR.. Jacob Town.
sends. With these views We leave the public
to decide if we are not justified in giving the
Old Doctors preparation that preference which
it seems to deserve Is a medicinal compound
as well rs the choice Of the people SO univer.
sally manifested in itsfsvor s sk l
We have given the names Of 9ppp5Iq
SIXTY Druggists,
among whom are N43.i'i .sIssrEtatt