The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-24
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probably be surprised to have his offer po-
litely but firmly declined, with the simple
remark that the business is not for sale
To ind out anything about the exten;
of this business, one must go outside OF
Savannah, north as far as Maryland. OF
south as far as the Florida Everglades
or west as far as Mexico. or the Pacific
ocean. Any drug store, and any general
country store keeps II. In any town, vii
lage or crossroads store are the attractive
tin signs In some conspicuous place. Any
travelling man will say that Savannah S
name Is more extensively scattered
throughout the south by the
Johnson chill and fever comic than by any
other manufacturing enterprise Savan nah
has. The job printer who is lucky enough
TO do the printing for the Johnson chill
and fever tonic says that the concerns
order last year was for 100000 books
discussing the merits of the tonic. II is
Uncle Sans best customer for postage
stamps in Savannah The concern sold
last season more than 800 gross of tonic,
which means about 200 coo bottles. retailing
at 20 cents each. This foots up 100000,
a wholesale value of about $4,000. The
firm has just placed an order for 1,SOO gross
of empty bottles for the coming season,
which means about 250,000 bottles of tonic
at so cents, or S125,OG0 retail or upwards
of $4,000 wholesale
The concern employs ten people. two
girls and eight men. Six are travelling
men, whose families live in Savannah.
The wages and salaries paid out by the
concern viii exceed $4,000 year.
Mr.. Girardeau. the owner of the medi-
cine, came here about ten years ago with
an insignificant capital.
savannah has another product that can
noe Ibe successfully made NORTH and
which has gained a well deserved repu-
tation, the various preparations from the
berries of the saw palmetto manufac-
tured by Messrs. Solomons & Co. Years
ago DR.. ]. 3. Read, one of Savannah's
leading physicians, discovered that all
animals that ate the berries of the saw
palmetto when ripe would soon be in the
most perfect state of physical health; as
consequence the saw palmetto berries
were tried in various preparations, with
| most gratifying results, and Mr.. a. A.
Solomons commenced the manufacture
! Of an elixir from the saccharated oil of
the berries, which is one of the most
| powerful tones, and which is especially
valuable as a specific for lung diseases
OF every description. Its effects are the
same as cod liver oil, only more rapid,
and 1t has the further advantage, that it
does not nauseate like cod liver oil. Neither
is 1t heavy or hard to digest. The elixir
is also one of the most powerful known
| aphrodasiacs.
The berries from the palmetto must be
full ripe when gathered, as the green
berries are all but worthless for
medicinal purposes. The ripe ber-
rles must be used up at once
as they become rancid and worthless in a
very short time, hence the oil must be ex-
pressed near where they grow.
Messrs. Solomons & Co. have their works
at Isle of Hope and the oil is extracted
from day to day, and perfect saw palmetto
elixir can only be had in it's perfect
purity from a Savannah house. The in
| spissated juice of the berries has already
great and valuable virtues but it has not
been developed. 1t acts as well, If not bet
ter than malt extract, and it as a splen-
did keeper, while malt extract is not. 1t
is also one of the best known conveyors
Of iodide of potassium as it counteracts
any tendency that iodide of potassium has
to weaken the stomach.
Messrs. SOlomons & Co. put up a num-
Der Of well-known mixtures for various
purposes. They employ, all told, in various
branches of this line. some fifteen people.
and the wages paid out approximate $lO-
oOO year. They carry on very extensive
wholesale drug business as we'll
Messrs. Shuptrine & Bro. have met with
a great deal of success in manufacturing
and introducing Tetterine. The sale of
this specific is rapidly increasing and has
well deserved popularity. Messrs Shup-
trine also put up the usual standard med
icines generally sold by the wholesale
| drug trade
MIR. T. p. Heidi manufactures and sells
large quantities of boracine,so highly ap-
presiaterd by mothers as a sure cure for
chain or heat and other skin eruptions so
common to both infants and grown per
sons during the hot summer months.
DR.. G. NJ. Heidi manufactures phospha-
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anti-brain flag or brain food Phosphorus
in various forms or brain food Phosphorus
medicine and tonic, which is becoming
a very popular one.