Certina

"Well, they call Certina 'the People's Doctor,'" said Hal, quoting an argument his father had employed.

The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

"Certina," he pursued, "has been the great triumph of my career.

The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

"But I didn't know you advertised Certina in the local papers."

The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

In fact, he does part-time work in the Certina plant.

The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

Yet, with the copy I'm getting up on it, we can put it over to cure more troubles than Certina ever thought of curing.

The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

"Have we got other medicines besides Certina?" he asked.

The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

Dr. Surtaine and the employees of the Certina plant.

The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

"You fish in muddy waters," commented his acquaintance, glancing up at the Certina Building.

The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

"Why, when he was here before, he spent some time around the Certina plant and got acquainted with the department managers and a lot of the others, and damn me!" cried Dr. Surtaine, grinning in spite of his wrath, "if he didn't sting 'em all for stock."

The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

To extract from the great and shining ones of political life commendations of Certina; to beguile statesmen who had never tasted that strange concoction into asseverating their faith in the nostrum's infallibility for any and all ailments; to persuade into fulsome print solemnly asinine Senators and unwarily flattered Congressmen -- that was the touchstone of his living.

The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914