Corns! Corns! Corns

[Kate Vogel]

Chicago Daily Tribune
January 1, 1861

Corns! Corns! Corns!
Greatest Discovery ever known of its kind!
Immediate and Unpainful Cure of corns.

This powerful remedy is the great invention of one of the most eminent medical Professors of the University of Berlin, Germany, and is known by all who ever made use of it as the only true, immediate and unpainful remedy for this Great Plague. It has the great advantage of not disturbing anybody in their buisness. Immediate cure is warranted. Directions accompanies each box. Price 30 cents.

[Lone Guard]

Haha, nice, where did you find this?

[Emmanuel Dabney]

I'm amused it doesn't actually tell you what it is or how it would get rid of the corns.

[Kate Vogel]

Em,

Exactly. It's such an ambiguous statement, and it sounds like a terribly polite medicine: "It has the great advantage of not disturbing anybody in their buisness."

I hunted around a bit and found three more advertisements (identical) taken out in January by the corns remedy people. Also, the lack of address is a little strange as somewhere to send your money seems fairly typical, or at the very least a direction to your nearest store.

It made me laugh on a study break. I'll post the entirely non-PC "Bridget the maid fetches the patent headache cure" dialogue advertisement when I find the time to finish copying it down.