Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1852-08-25
Old Doctor Jacob Townsend,
THE ORIGINAL pIscovERER OF THE GENUINE
TOWNSEND'S SARSPARILLA

TOWNSEND'S SARSPARILLA.
THERE ARE A CLASS OF SPECULATORs
J. who being both ignorant and unprincipled
seize upon anything by which they can delude
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
Sarsapa,illa The country has been flooded
with these compounds, and many have been in
duced to nelchase 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 a
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 8. p. Townsend's
Hehas 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 a reputation for medicine .by
newspaper putting and forged certificates, IS
passed, and it is only those of real acorth which
can stand the test of time.
Whilst this is the fate of most of the Sarsa-
parilla Extracts,
Old DR.. Jacob Toaonsends
Has gradually grown into favor with the pub
lie, and the sales have never been so large as at
the present time. To meet with the demand
from the West the proprietors have been COM
PEELED TO open Brunch 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
Sarsaparlla finds that he has honey syrup,
prepared by a scientific MANN the manufac-
ture of which the highest knowledge of chem
all been brought into requisition.
PREPARED in this way it is made the most
powerful agent in the
Cure for Innunae7o6le Diseases.
And the reason why we hear commendations
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 ini1
draw not the unreasonable and unjust conc{U-
sion that the
Genuine Sarsuparla,
Prepared by Old Dr.. Jacob Townsend, is also
worthless, or a similar article.
Go to Headquarters
And We will marrantyou will derive more ben
e1lt from one bottle OF this
Pure, Concentrated and Unaaulte,uted
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 sThe 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. Il. Io,cnsend's tSarsapa,illa.
We could gain no credit or advantage, -,
ing but loss. indignation and wrath; from o ~:
appointed agents and purchasers bv oie-
IDENTIFIED with him or his peculiar oging
tons. foduc-
That it mag 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.
CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
We, the undersigned, physicians and drug
gists of New York, Brooklyn and Williams
burg, having seen an advertisement addressed
to us and others who sell Sarsaparilla by S. p
Townsend which is calculated to bring us and
our business into rcproach, feel called upon to
state our personal views Of the real merits of
the two Townsend's Sarsaparlla. Ofthe claims
preferred by the parties to the original Sarsa-
parlla 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 ''to COM
nit any fraud for money! and as ''men 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 Townsend's Sarsaparilla
to Mr.. 5. Z. Townsend's, and leave the public
to Judge whether we are "deceivers and swim.
dlers," 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 S, p
lownsend's, and the testimony of the public
would seem to be the same and we always
make 1t 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 5. L. Townsend's Sarsaparlla has greatly
soured, fermented and exploded the bottles,
thereby giving great dissatisfaction to our Gus
toners, has influenced us in our preference of
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 all 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 as medicinal compound,
as well as the choice of the people so univer-
sally manifested in its favor
We have given the names of ssa
Sixty Druggists,
among whom are
Sirteen educated Physicians
all disinterested persons, and who of all the
world besides are best qualified to Judge Of the
merits of medicine and who,
Meier haze and ncvcr ,riW
recommend any article unless they prove it to
Voluntarily give
heir testimony in favor of Old Dr. Jacobs Sar
saparilla. We now leave it with discerning
public TO choose for themselves.
Be sure and call for Old DR.. Jacob Town
sends Sarsaparilla.
Principal Office for the Western States, on
Vine street, 3 doors above Fourth
G. W. Calhoun, General Agent to whom all
orders must be addressed.
Also, for sale by
l.. b. Il o. A. Patterson agents for Iowa CITY
and vicinity. Dealers supplied at mansstscfs-
rers prices.
GyJsfN TRVING'S WORKS, WOMEN IN
n A.ssSkyl America, Water Cure for Ladies'
ekAs1SAAW Pope's Works. Napoleon and Mar
shalls, Washington and Generals, Life of Tay-
lor, Women of the Revolution Oddfauow,, nc