Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Patent Medicines" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Patent Medicines, Drugs, Cures, Medicines, Tinctures, Concoctions, Bitters, Elixirs, Tonics, Extracts, Remedies, Pain Killers, Family Medicines, Salves, Balsams, Liniments, The Great American Fraud, Samuel Hopkins Adams
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1902 and 1909.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Slave To Morphine From Doctors Orders"
The Clay City Times (Clay City, KY), December 18, 1902, Image 3, col. 3.
"Alcohol In Medicine"
The Gainesville Star (Gainesville, FL), June 23, 1903, Image 5, col. 2.
"Some Secrets Of Patent Medicines"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, KY), February 23, 1905, Page 3, Image 3, col. 3-4.
"Begins War On Patent Medicines"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), October 22, 1905, Page 3, Image 3, col. 2-3.
"Propose Tax On Medicines"
Amador Ledger (Jackson, CA), October 27, 1905, Image 5, col. 1.
"A Patent Medicine Talk"
The Evening World (New York, NY), November 10, 1905, Evening Edition, Page 15, Image 15, col. 5-6.
"Actuated By Selfishness. Attacks Upon Patented Medicines Made By Men Of Mercenary Mind"
The Weekly True Democrat (Tallahassee, FL), December 1, 1905, Image 7, col. 3.
"Statistics. What They Show Concerning Poising in This Country"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, KY), December 28, 1905, Page 3, Image 3, col. 3-4.
"Dealers Given To April 1"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), January 3, 1906, Last Edition, Page 3, Image 3, col. 1-2.
"The Death Rate and 'Patent' Medicine"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), May 27, 1906, Image 48, col. 1-3.
"Pure Food In Sight"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), June 25, 1906, Last Edition, Page 6, Image 6, col. 1.
"Pure Food Bill Drastic Enough"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), June 28, 1906, Image 1, col. 3.
"Pure Food Law Fight"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), September 5, 1906, Page 3, Image 3, col. 3.
"Hearings By the Pure Food Board"
Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, TX), September 17, 1906, Image 3, col. 6.
"Peruna Editorial No. 4"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), April 7, 1907, Page 4, Image 4, col. 6-7.
"To-day we want to talk to you about 'Catarrh cures'"
The Hartford Herald (Hartford, KY), October 2, 1907, Image 8, col. 1.
"No Change Necessary In Rexall Remedies"
Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, TX) , March 11, 1908, Image 5, col. 3.
"Facts For Sick Women"
The Breckenridge News (Cloverport, KY), October 20, 1909, Image 8, col. 5.

Early Patent Medicines: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America