Daily Northwestern (WI) Jun 27, 1898
In 1898, Paine’s Celery Compound was in a vegetative state.
Daily Northwestern (WI) Sep 16, 1899
It then moves to human exhaustion before morphing into a sort of psycho/porn style:
Daily Northwestern (WI) Sep 23, 1899
Which quickly evolved into the Adonis – manly man advertising style:
Daily Northwestern (WI) Oct 21, 1899
Daily Northwestern (WI) Dec 2, 1899
Daily Northwestern (WI) Jan 6, 1900
And continues this into the new century, but then mutates into a darker, creepier style:
Daily Northwestern (WI) Jan 20, 1900
Daily Northwestern (WI) Jan 13, 1900
And finally, shifting its focus to those of the more feminine persuasion:
Daily Northwestern (WI) Apr 14, 1900
Daily Northwestern (WI) Dec 8, 1900
Evidently, Paine’s Celery Compound is (do they still make this stuff?) great if your nerves are over-strained, racked, exhausted, inflamed or just plain prostrated.
From the HubPages website article, Medicines in Gold Rush Times: A Dose of Deception and a Swig of Swamp Root 84:
This product was produced by Wells and Richardson Co. of Burlington Vermont. One sample contains the notation “pkg. adopted Jan 2, 1907”, so we know that this particular formula dates from after that time. “No 2002 guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act June 30, 1906”, also appears on the label therefore a disclosure of the ingredients is included on this product.
And what were those ingredients? As listed, they are: Celery seed, Calisia bark, Sagrada, Cascara, Senna leaves, Prickly Ash bark, Sarsaparilla root, Hops,Ginger root, Dandelion root, Mandrake root, Blackhaw,Chamomile flowers, Black Cohosh root, Yellow Dock root, Potassium nitrate (a strong oxidizing agent with diruretic effects), glycerin, sugar and water.
Read the rest HERE.
Actually, Paine’s Celery Compound was a herbal remedy of sorts, and probably was somewhat useful for a variety of conditions.
YesterYear Once More 