RCO
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actually found this bottle summer of 2019 , just never got around to photographing it or posting it here . it was in a box of donated bottles someone left behind in the re use building at dump ( which was closed all of 2020 due to covid 19 , no one was allowed to donated stuff but back in 2019 someone was leaving some bottles there , not much good but I felt this one worth keeping ) so its been in a box in the garage since , kept it at time cause I had never heard of brand before and it looked old as its corked bottle
did a little research , the bottle appears to be a small Canadian company called " Brick's Tasteless Medicine co " which was based in Toronto Ontario .
the product was cod liver oil but mixed into a tonic which included syrup , malt and wild cherry bark
it supposedly cured everything from Bronchitis , croup , weakness , blood disorders , nervous disorders , fevers maybe even covid ? but the offered a money back guarantee if it didn't work so I don't think it was a total fraud like others
was only sold at druggists not basic retail stores and started out as being fairly expensive , the add I found says a 8 oz bottle cost 50 cents and a 20 oz bottle a $1 but that was back in 1907 , I think this is the 20 oz bottle
most of the info I found came off an add I found in an old newspaper online from 1907 , it had been run in various newspapers in Canada , product was still being sold in the 20's and advertised in papers in Newfoundland into the 60's
did a little research , the bottle appears to be a small Canadian company called " Brick's Tasteless Medicine co " which was based in Toronto Ontario .
the product was cod liver oil but mixed into a tonic which included syrup , malt and wild cherry bark
it supposedly cured everything from Bronchitis , croup , weakness , blood disorders , nervous disorders , fevers maybe even covid ? but the offered a money back guarantee if it didn't work so I don't think it was a total fraud like others
was only sold at druggists not basic retail stores and started out as being fairly expensive , the add I found says a 8 oz bottle cost 50 cents and a 20 oz bottle a $1 but that was back in 1907 , I think this is the 20 oz bottle
most of the info I found came off an add I found in an old newspaper online from 1907 , it had been run in various newspapers in Canada , product was still being sold in the 20's and advertised in papers in Newfoundland into the 60's
