Spanish Influenza yields to old-fashioned remedy
Recent research tells us that the Spanish influenza germ and the Grippe germ are much alike.
The sneezing, the racking cough and the inflammation in chest and throat of Spanish influenza is swiftly relieved by the old-fashioned cold remedy of goose-grease and turpentine.
Science has improved this splendid old remedy by adding to it Menthol, Wintergreen and other healing oils, whose fumes, inhaled, bring relief in twenty minutes.
This new-old remedy is Men-Tho-Eze.
As Spanish influenza is still spreading, there should certainly be a 30-cent jar of Men-Tho-Eze ready at hand in your home — preparedness pays. For sale by most druggists.
— Mapleton Press, October 3, 1918
(note: This was styled as a story, but placed beside the ads, so today it would be “advertorial” and/or carry a “paid advertisement” disclaimer.)