DR. KILMER'S SWAMP-ROOT ALMANAC AND WEATHER FORECASTS FOR 1925 caption title
1925WRCLIT81017Binghamton NY: Dr. Kilmer & Co. 1925. Pictorial wrappers. Lower extreme forecorner of upper wrapper detached and laid in tiny closed tear at fore-edge of upper wrapper text uniformly tanned otherwise very good. First edition of this almanac promoting Dr. Kilmer's kidney liver and bladder medicine praised for not containing any "habit- producing drugs" such as "calomel mercury creosote morphine opium strychnine cocaine." although it did contain 10% alcohol. Interspersed between the advertisements and testimonials is a useful planting and weather almanac. Dr. Kilmer 12840-1924 started marketing his elixir around 1878 and in 1892 sold his interests to his brother Jonas and the enterprise was the foundation for the multi-million dollar fortune of Willis Sharpe Kilmer. A few years after this issue a substantial Dream Book component was added to the almanac. Dr. Kilmer & Co. unknown books
