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    Corns! Corns! Corns

    Chicago Daily Tribune
    January 1, 1861

    Corns! Corns! Corns!
    Greatest Discovery ever known of its kind!
    Immediate and Unpainful Cure of corns.

    This powerful remedy is the great invention of one of the most eminent medical Professors of the University of Berlin, Germany, and is known by all who ever made use of it as the only true, immediate and unpainful remedy for this Great Plague. It has the great advantage of not disturbing anybody in their buisness. Immediate cure is warranted. Directions accompanies each box. Price 30 cents.
    Katie Vogel
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    Re: Corns! Corns! Corns

    Haha, nice, where did you find this?
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      Re: Corns! Corns! Corns

      I'm amused it doesn't actually tell you what it is or how it would get rid of the corns.
      Sincerely,
      Emmanuel Dabney
      Atlantic Guard Soldiers' Aid Society
      http://www.agsas.org

      "God hasten the day when war shall cease, when slavery shall be blotted from the face of the earth, and when, instead of destruction and desolation, peace, prosperity, liberty, and virtue shall rule the earth!"--John C. Brock, Commissary Sergeant, 43d United States Colored Troops

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        Re: Corns! Corns! Corns

        Em,

        Exactly. It's such an ambiguous statement, and it sounds like a terribly polite medicine: "It has the great advantage of not disturbing anybody in their buisness."

        I hunted around a bit and found three more advertisements (identical) taken out in January by the corns remedy people. Also, the lack of address is a little strange as somewhere to send your money seems fairly typical, or at the very least a direction to your nearest store.

        It made me laugh on a study break. I'll post the entirely non-PC "Bridget the maid fetches the patent headache cure" dialogue advertisement when I find the time to finish copying it down.
        Katie Vogel

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