Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, quack medicine
Patent medicine ad from 1903, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Wrap a little psudo-science and empty promises around a bottle of pungent tasting snake oil and you have the makings of a fortune. The...
View ArticleAdvertising you can sink your teeth into
I can’t imagine how uncomfortable this must have been, a full upper plate of 1875 dentures. Advertisement for Dr. N.W. Shaug dentist from Feb. 6, 1875. Published in the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
View ArticleAtascadero State Hospital inmate stories
“In the long run a state hospital is worse than a prison, ” ASH patient. Published 11-20-1965 as part of a multi-part series on Atascadero State Hospital. Jim Vestal/Telegram Tribune.I have been told...
View ArticleHonoring Dr. Louis Tedone
Dr. Louis Tedone will be honored this evening, July 9, 2013 at Mission San Luis Obispo Parish Hall. Tribune reporter Sarah Arnquist wrote this story published Sept. 10, 2006: Dr. Louis Tedone, 83, will...
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