Simmon's Liver Regulator
J.H. Zeilin & Co
St. Louis
Purchased Harpers Ferry Flea Market $5
Dr. Charles F. Simmons,
In 1906, Dr. Charles F. Simmons, used his salesmanship from his early years of patent medicine company work to sell land that he had purchased in 1900 after his son was killed by a snake bite (and heir), claiming that only ten acres of his Live Oak County land would produce enough vegetables to provide a good living... Simmons convinced several hundred people from Texas and 29 other states to move to the county. About 550 people lived in the new town at its peak, but when the promised railroad never came through, the town died.
J.H. Zeilin & Company
John Henry Zeilin was first mentioned in connection with patent medicines in Philadelphia in 1871. His firm probably began sometime in the previous year. One of Zeilin's imitators was Simmon's Vegetable Liver Medicine, produced in Saint Louis. It is possible that they ultimately joined forces, as the distinctive Zeilin logo appears with a Saint Louis address by 1922.