“It’s just the flu.”

1905 ad for Horsford's Acid Phosphate
1905 ad for Horsford’s Acid Phosphate

Let’s go back to calling influenza “the grippe”.

Did you know acid phosphate was one of the original ingredients in Coca-Cola and essential at soda fountains?

The ad copy:

Have you had the grippe?

Your physician will tell you that in recovering from the grippe, your system needs a tonic, and that there is none better than

Horsford’s Acid Phosphate

Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, R. I., U. S. A.

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