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    The Great Nanzetta

    5 March, 2020 /

    For a number of years in the 1920’s, Danville was home to the Nanzetta Medicine Company. Here, with the assistance of his wife Anne, “The Great Nanzetta” produced remedies of every imaginable kind. [PLEASE NOTE: AS A RESULT OF FURTHER AND ONGOING RESEARCH, THIS POST IS BEING DEVELOPED INTO A TWELVE-PART SERIES.] John H. Nanzetta made a brisk business in Danville. His first offerings included a worm remedy, the cost of which he would return to the purchaser if they would provide him with the parasite once it was expelled. Samples of these were displayed in his shop window at 219 Main Street, and included a specimen tapeworm that measured…

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