This Ain’t Denmark, People

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This advertisement from the January 19, 1891 Chatham Record seems to take the opposite tack from last week’s entry.

The 60-point type gets your attention: Hello, they’re putting it right out there, aren’t they?

A second look shows what the ad is really up to: “Opium and whiskey habits cured at home without pain.”

Oh, okay.

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