TweetIn the nineteenth century it was common practice for a newspaper to include an article favorable to a company or business that advertised in its pages. Pabst Brewery was no exception to receiving such an article. A letter addressed to the brewery by a Chicago publishing firm November 15, 1887, read as follows:  “In consideration of […]

TweetThe Best Tonic from Pabst followed in the tradition of patent medicines, or products that companies put out that would cure health problems. Stephen Fox in his book The Mirror Makers writes: “In the decades after the Civil War, patent medicines became the first product to be advertised on a large scale, the first to aim directly […]