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1898 October 16 . Lucy E. Rima ALS to W. W. Gavitt & Co.; Fisher, Clarke County, Washington.

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Box 3
Abstract:
Rima, a 54-year-old married housekeeper, had received “Gavitt’s System Regulator” and placed an order for twelve more. “Will Try and introduce the medicine and do what I can towards selling it if you will let me have the Agency for this County.” Enclosing a partially printed ordering form for W. W. Gavitt's Medical Company of Topeka, Kansas, featuring her request for half of the regulators to be sent as capsules and the rest as powder to be dissolved in water. Verso of the order form has printed circular advertising opportunities for agents to sell their system regulators, the “greatest Blood Purifier, Kidney, Liver, and Stomach Regulator that has ever been discovered.”
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Collection

Science and Medicine collection, 1702-1936
Total components 316
Last indexed 2024-08-05