Reasonably priced and poison-free!

There’s no specific date attached to the advertisement for this so-called temperance aid, but it seems likely that it was from the Prohibition era in the 1920s or during the run-up to that “noble experiment.” The ad suggests that news of Boston Drug’s wonders “should be scattered broadcast through the land and everywhere the curse of strong drink prevails.” The cost was $1 per box. An excerpt from the creepy copy:

“Free from the desire to drink of alcoholic liquors are the many who have used Boston Drug. This is the positive remedy for the evils of intemperance. It cures the liquor habit! Thousands have used it and been cured. Physicians, minsters, temperance advocates endorse it. Used in public and private hospitals and state institutions. Everywhere with success. May be administered secretly in any food or drink. Patients treated without their knowledge when desired. A tasteless powder, colorless and pure. Contains no poison.”