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This Cascaret ad is from a 1918 issue of the Harrisburg Telegraph. Cascarets were “medicine” in candy form popularized in the 1890s. By 1900, they were selling 5 million boxes per year. The tablets supposedly tasted like chocolate and were used as a laxative to relieve constipation in kids. #history
Mar 15, 2025, 1:46 PM
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