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Pabst Malt Extract
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Eye catching Eagle Drugstore window display for Pabst Malt Extract, "The Best Tonic". An advertisement for this product stated that it was "the greatest tonic in the world for building up the nerves and helping men and women generally who are run down in health". It was also reportedly a cure for insomnia.
1903
Mathiesen
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