1860 · Leavenworth
by [Kansas]
Leavenworth: Hathaway & Smith, 1860. Good.. Broadside, 11.5 x 8 inches. Some wear and chipping at edges, some loss at lower edge, a few small tears. Two small tape repairs on verso. Minor foxing. Apparently unrecorded and ephemeral broadside claiming to be a newspaper, but just as probably a strange advertisement for Thompson's Prescription and Family Medicine Store in Leavenworth. The masthead says that the paper is "Published Frequently" by Robert Bonnett and C.J. Benner for the price of two bits a year. "The principal grip of this paper is Quack Nostrums. In Politics we are in for the side that pays most money. Railroad matters will be fluently discussed, and Free Passes will be expected in return for said discussions. The editor proposes to deliver Lyceum Lectures through this State, for the benefit of woman's rights, -- subject, "Quack Nostrums and Coal Oil." Fully half the paper is an ad for Thompson's, however, advertising "Non-Quack Nostrum Coal Oil" and other similarly snarky items. (Inventory #: 2732)