Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1852-10-06
Old Doctor Jacob Townsend,
THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERIES OF THE GENUINE
TOWNSEND'S SARSPARILLA.

Ulu UOCLOr JdCOD lOWIStHu,
THE ORIGINAL DIscovERER OF THE GENUINE
TOWNSEND'S SARSPARILLA.
THERE ARE A CLASS OF sPEcULAToRs
/ who being both ignorant and unprinciplcd,
seize upon anything by which they can delude
the public and fill their own pockets The
great Sarsaparilla root as cure for all forms
Of diseases, has induced many of these men to
to attempt to palm off some compound which
then label as an extract of the pure Honduras
Sarsaparlla 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 a
deceived public.
One of these Humbugs,
Which has had more extensive sale than most,
has just exploded We refer to that notorious
sour fermenting compound of 8 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-
uuire for s. p. Townsend's Sarsaparilla. The
day for creating reputation for medicine by
newspaper putting and forged certificates, is
passed, and it is only those of real north which
can stand the test of time.
Whilst this is the fate of most of the Sarsa-
parilla Extracts,
Old Dr.. Jacob To,rnscnds
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 ope1a Branch office in this city, and
appoint Geseral Agent to facilitate their i
| mess transactions.
We ask only One Trial.
The person who purchases bottle of this
Sarsaparilla finds that he has a honey syrup,
| prepared by scientific man-in the manufac-
ture of which the highest knowledge of chem
stry, 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 Innumerable Diseases.
| And the reason why we hear concentrations
upon every side, from men. women and children.
you have used ten, fifteen 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 SarsaparH2a,
Prepared by Old DR.. Jacob Townsend, is also
worthless, or similar article
Go to headquarters
And We will parrantyou will derive more ben
eft from one bottle of this
Pure, Concentrated and Unadulterated
IS. article,
| 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 distincly under.
stand that they are not connected in any way
with the manufacture of an article known as
s. II. I0rnscnd's SarSdp071lia.
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
tions.
That 1t may be Kno,un
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 anC
our business into reproach, feel called upon t,
state personal views of the real merits o
thet Townsend's Sarsaparilla. Ofthe claims
preferred by the parties to the original Sarsa
parilla we have nothing to do, and leave then
to settle that matter between themselves. Blu
since we are called "swindlers," and BRANDED
with the declaration of being willing ''to com
nit any fraud for money" and as linen having
no honor, and should not be trusted we fee
that we ought to give the reason why we prefe
to sell Old DR., Jacob Townsends Sarsaparill
to Mr.. S. p. 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 Statistic,
us that the Old Doctors Sarsaparilla possesse
more medical power and virtue than S, I
Townsend's, and the testimony of the publ
would seem to be the same and we Away
make it a matter of conscience and duty whe
two articles bearing the same name and pur
porting to cure the same disease are in marke
to state that which we consider the best.
The Fact
that S. Townsend's Sarsaparilla has great
soured, fermented and exploded the bottle:
thereby giving great dissatisfaction to our Gus
toners, has influenced us in our preference c
the Old Doctors preparation. We do not fec
ourselves called upon to decide the true merit
, of either article as standard preparations, bu
when asked by our customers for our opinion
} which We beleve under all circumstances to
the best We should not hesitate in giving on
, preference in favor of Old DR.. Jacob Town
sends. With these views we leave the publ
} to decide if we are not justified in giving tn
t Old Doctors preparation that preference whic
it seems to deserve as a medicinal compounC
as well as the choice of the people so uniyel
sally manifested in its favor.
We have given the names of
SIXTY Druggists,