More Midol ads (magazine): 1938, 1939, 1948, 1960
Midol booklet (selections), 1959
See Kurb, Midol's competitor from Kotex.
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Midol menstrual pain reliever newspaper ads, U.S.A.,
1911-1961

Read the main Midol discussion.

More Midol ads (magazine): 1938, 1939, 1948, 1960. Midol booklet (selections), 1959
I thank the genealogist and retired teacher who generously sent these scans!

Below: Midol stops hiccoughs - er, hiccups, on the way to its fate! From The Bridgeport [Connecticut] Telegram, Dec. 21. 1924.
 

Midol newspaper ads continued. See Kurb, Midol's competitor from Kotex.

Other Midol ads (magazine): 1938, 1939, 1948, 1960 - Midol booklet (selections), 1959

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See also Australian douche ad (ca. 1900) - Fresca douche powder (U.S.A.) (date ?) - Kotique douche liquid ad, 1974 (U.S.A.) - Liasan (1) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Liasan (2) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Lysol douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol menstrual pain pill ad, 1938 (U.S.A.) - Midol booklet (selections), 1959 (U.S.A.) - Mum deodorant cream ad, 1926 (U.S.A.) - Myzone menstrual pain pills ad, 1952 (Australia) - Pristeen genital spray ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) - Spalt pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Vionell genital spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs (Germany) - Zonite douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
The Perils of Vaginal Douching (essay by Luci Capo Rome) - the odor page