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Vintage Ad – 1908: Hall’s Hair Renewer

Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer Ad, Cosmopolitan, October 1908, page 218.
Hall’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer Ad, Cosmopolitan, October 1908, page 218.

Hall’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer

Stops Falling Hair

Hall’s Hair Renewer promptly stops falling hair because it destroys the germs that produce this trouble. We certainly believe that the intelligent and faithful use of this remedy will prove eminently satisfactory in these cases.

Destroys Dandruff

Hall’s Hair Renewer at once removes all dandruff from the scalp, and completely destroys the dandruff germs.

An Elegant Dressing

Does not interfere with curling or waving the hair.

Your Doctor

Show this formula to your family physician. He is acquainted with each ingredient, hence can give you a valuable opinion concerning its use for falling hair, dandruff, etc. Ask him if there is a single injurious ingredient in it.

Complete Formula

Glycerin. Has marked healing and soothing properties; especially indicated for rashes, eruptions, and itching of the scalp. Also has great food value, aiding nature in producing a more luxuriant growth of hair.

Capsicum. Stimulant, tonic. Increases activity of all the glands and tissues of the scalp.

Tea. Rosemary Leaves. Bay Bum. Especially valuable in falling hair.

Sulphur. Absolutely essential for the prompt and total destruction of the “falling-hair germ” and the “dandruff germ.”

Boroglycerin. An antiseptic of high merit.

Alcohol. Stimulant. Antiseptic. Preservative.

Water. Perfume.              R. P. Hall A Co., Nashua. N. H.

Does Not Change the Color of the Hair

When you write, please mention the Cosmopolitan

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