Mor-Life Medicine Co.

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The Mor-Life Medicine Co. was a mail-order company which marketed tonics by newspaper advertisements in the early 1920s. It was operated by Willard Howells' Frances Willard Howells Manufacturing Co. of 1623 4th Avenue North in Birmingham.

Among Mor-Life's products were:

  • "Tonic and Vegetable Compound", for "asthma, lagrippe, malarial fever, liver complaint, biliousness, female complaint, dyspepsia, jaundice, flatulency, rheumatism, constipation, piles, foul breath, neuralgia, sick, headache, dysentery, eczema, scrofula, colds, gravel, palpitation, kidney disease, boils, worms, nervousness, general debility, weakness, loss of appetite, etc."
  • "Blood Remedy", "supplies the weak, water, blood with the very elements it needs to put new life into it." and was recommended for those suffering from anemia, or feeling run-down.
  • "Blood Purifier", to eliminate, "sores, pimples, rheumatism, and troublesome aches and pains."
  • "Hair Grower" / "Dandruff Cure" / "Scalp Cleaner" / "Straightening Oil"
  • "Kidneys Reliefs" liniment
  • "Females Reliefs", a "liver laxative and female regulator" for menopausal, sickly, or irregular women