Every generation has its snake oil cures.
Richard Osmer Luke, my great grandfather, was featured in a
According to the advertisement, after taking multiple
bottles of Sargon Luke noticed incredible bodily improvements:
“The pains in my…leg have entirely disappeared! … my nerves have
been strengthened. I enjoy sound, refreshing sleep, and my whole system is…built
up and invigorated.”
“Sargon Pills straightened out my liver, cleansed my system
of poison [and] regulated me perfectly.”
“I feel like a different man.”
“My wife is as happy as a child over my wonderful
improvement!”
Most of these pronouncements are suspect, but perhaps Sargon
did assist regularity: one of its primary ingredients was a laxative. The other
was grain alcohol.
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Line of descent:
Richard Osmer Luke, 1870-1938
Russell Victor Luke, 1905-1996
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Notes:
- Newspaper article from The Salt Lake Tribune, May 18, 1930, page 11, available at myheritage.com
- Some of the Sargon information is from https://raycityhistory.wordpress.com/tag/sargon/
