Temperance Movement Broadside: Dead River Grand Trunk Railway.

Dead River Grand Trunk Railway. Broad Gauge Air Line. Shortest Route! Quickest time! Rum Policy, President. S.U.R.E. Death, Superintendent


Original illustrated, folded broadside. 4 pages. 8½ by 10½ inches. N.P., N.D. (Ca. 1870 – 1872). (Archive of Americana, American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1, No. 12927).
Caption title. "Reader, will you assist in diffusing information about the above road, so that the multitudes who are invited to excursions upon it, may be informed of the country through which it passes, and where it terminates? This advertisement will be sent free to any address, on application to R.H. McDonald & Co., 32 & 34 Commerce St., New York." Followed by 12 reasons why no rational being should use tobacco.

Plus articles about the evils of alcohol, "Moderate drinking," "Bitters," "Satan's Agents," "Woman's Virtue," a Testimonial for Dr. Walker's Vinegar Bitters, "Purely Vegetable, Free from Alcohol," etc. R.H. McDonald & Co. is listed in New York City directories for 1870-71 and 1871-72. Broadside worn, with some browning and creasing, a small hole, 1-inch tear at fold, chipped around edges. Rare.