Comforting Words

 My wife's great grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Longacre was quoted in the newspaper 108 years ago. I would assume he was paid by the local drug store for his testimonial.

Abilene Semi Weekly Farm Reporter July 31, 1907

At the time he was a 35 year old farmer in Myrkle, Texas with six children at home.



I hope he actually got the relief reported in the paper but probably just as useful was whatever compensation he received for talking about the unnatural secretions.

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I am tempted to add his review to those on Amazon and see what kind of feedback he gets.