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The card shows a picture of a girl whose wearing a short dress and standing by the wall On the back of the card there are three kind of advertisements of the same product which are: Parker's hair balsam, Parker's ginger tonic and Hindercorns. Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special for the sciences, Louise M. Darling biomedical Library, UCLA. On front of card : Everybody needs at times the invigorating help of Parker's Ginger Tonic. On the back of card : Parker's Hair Balsam. An elegant dressing, much preferred to all similar articles on account of its exquisite perfume and superior cleanliness and purity. Containing only such ingredients as are beneficial to the scalp, the balsam never fails to restore the youthful color and beauty to gray hair. Warranted to stop falling of the hair, to make it soft and silken, and to remove dandruff. Does not stain, not oily. Cures itching and humors... Parker's Ginger Tonic. The best cure for coughs and consumption, and all diseases arising from defective nutrition, impure blood and exhaustion...Asthma, Colds, Bronchitis, Indigestion, Skin Eruptions, Heart troubles, Female Complaints, Rheumatism, Chills, Malaria, Diarrhoea, Colic, Cramps, Kidney and Liver disorders are at times prevalent in every home, and there is no cure that compares with Parker's Ginger Tonic...I have been a great sufferer from a complication of Liver Complaint with other diseases for a number of years. Headache, Nervousness, Excruciating pains, sleeplessness kept me fairly wild day and night. I could obtain no relief from physicians, so in absolute despair I tried Parker's Ginger Tonic. It was simply wonderful in what a short space of time these symptoms disappeared. All the pain and weariness and melancholy have left me...For 25 years erysipelas broke out in blotches on my face... Hindercorns. Promptly removes all kinds of Corns, Bunions, Warts, Callouses, &c. Hinders their further growth. Stops all pain. Gives no trouble. Ensures comfort to the feet. Makes walking easy. Don't suffer any longer from these painful excrescences, but remove them with Hindercorns. It cures when everything else fails.
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