Hello son,
Here's a bit more history on the Mrs. Allen's, from Don Fadely's great site:
HAIR RAISING STORIES
A bit on the Paine's, as well:
Paine's Celery Compound. The 1906 Pure Food & Drug Act, spelled the end:
The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and ...
"Milton K. Paine, a pharmacist as early as the 1840's in Windsor, Vermont, began bottling his “Celery Compound” in 1882. It contained celery seed, red cinchona, orange peel, coriander seed lemon peel, hydrochloric acid, glycerine, simple syrup, water and alcohol. There is one ad with testimonials from six members of the clergy, perhaps to assure the public that it had not been overly steeped in alcohol. Another ad states that “Celery Compound Cures Disease of the Nerves, Kidneys, Liver, Stomach, and Bowels, and acts as a Blood Purifier and Tonic to the Central System”. This very successful medicine was soon marketed by the Wells, Richardson and Company of Burlington, Vermont, and they became the sole proprietors in the late 1880's…"
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I forgot to mention, that I'd like to see good photos, after the cleanup, please.