S-954. PABST BREWING COMPANY.

Established in Milwaukee by Jakob Best in 1844, the Best brewery became the Pabst Brewing Co. in 1889, assuming the name of the firm's director, Frederick Pabst, a Great Lakes steamship captain who married into the Best family. By 1874 Pabst was the largest brewery in the United States and in 1895 became the first American brewery to produce a million barrels per annum.

Secrets (#S-956), More secrets (#2699.2), Baby secrets, Home secrets (#S-955) and Wedding secrets (#S-957) all advertise Pabst Malt Extract, a tonic recommended “for building one up after illness, and to give strength for a surgical operation, or during a wasting disease.” It is also promoted as “an ideal preparation for nursing mothers, giving them abundant nourishment to resist the extra drain upon the system.” For the dyspeptic “it opens the way to perfect health. It will produce sleep for the sleepless and calm the nerves of the nervous and overworked” (p. 9). Title from illustrated wrapper.

S-955. PABST BREWING COMPANY.

Title from illustrated wrapper.

S-956. PABST BREWING COMPANY.

Title from illustrated wrapper.

S-957. PABST BREWING COMPANY.

Title from illustrated wrapper.

S-958. PACIFIC HOMOEOPATHIC PHARMACY.

The text on both sides is printed within an ornamental frame. About half the recto and most of the verso are given to an alphabetical table listing forty-seven common diseases (in the first column) and their treatment with homeopathic specifics sold by the Pharmacy (in the second column).