Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-01-26

Old Doctor Jacob Townsend,
THE ORIGINAL piscovERER or THE GENUINE
TOWNSEND'S SARSPARlLLA.
THERE AREA CLASS OF sPhCULAToRs
i who being both ignorant and unrrnciplcd.
seize upon anything by which they can delude
the public and fill their own pockets The
great Sarsnparilla root as 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
Sarsaparilla The country has b.en 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 Hum5ugs,
Which has had a more extensive sale than most
has just exploded We refer to that notorious
sour fermenting compound of s PTownseud's
He has been compelled to qait the business and his
article is now thrown into the market at anv
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 medicine nv
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 Ioaonscnds
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 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 NJ tb;s
Sarsnparilla finds that he has a Aoneu svrnn
prepared BY scientific MANN the man1far,
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 III
Cure for Inumerable Diseases.
| And the reason why we hear concentrations
| upon every side, from men, women and children.
Ii 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 Sarsaparilza,
Prepared by Old DR.. Jacob Townsend, is also
worthless, or similar article
Go to Headquarters
| And We will marrantyou will derive more hon
eft from one bottle of this
Pure, Concentrated and Unadulterated
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. T"
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
y. Il. 1o,onsend's Sdrsapa,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.
| tions.
That 1t may be Known
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 a med
| icine.
CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
We, the undersigned, physicians and drug
| gists OF New York, Brooklyn and Williams
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-
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 "to com.
init 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.. s. P. Townsend's, and leave the public
to Judge whether we are tdeceivers 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
Townsend'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 S. P Townsends Sarsaparilla has greatly
soured, fermentcd 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. itth these views we leave the public
to decide If we are not justified in giving the
oid Doctors preparation that preference which
1t seems to deserve as medicinal compound,
as well as the choice of the people SO univer-