A MIDNIGHT “BARK.”
f One night recently, just as tho mem- ■ hors of a South Island chemist’s house-j Mold had retired, someone—a visitor—was suddenly seized with a violent fit of coughing. It was a dry, “nagging.” cough at first, that tickled the throat and irritated tho chest, but it gradually grow worse, and by midnight had developed into a veritable “bark.” The coughing was incessant, everyone was kept awake, and at length tho chemist in dismay went downstairs to his shop and got a bottle of cough cure which ho took up to the coughing visitor. Tho visitor took one dose, Tho coughing ceased immediately. In tho morning tho visitor asked the chemist “ What was that remarkable stuff you gave mo for my cough last night ? It stopped my cough like magic ! ” “That was Baxter’s Lung Preserver tho best Cough Cure I have in tho shop,” replied tho chemist. “It’s a sure euro for all throat and lung affections and is famous because it cures quickly. I always uso it myself,, and have never known it to fail.” “Is lOd the largo-sized bottlo at chemists,” smiled tho visitor, “ I’vo read a lot about Baxter’s— and now I know.”
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West Coast Times, 20 June 1912, Page 1
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198A MIDNIGHT “BARK.” West Coast Times, 20 June 1912, Page 1
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