Salesman Of 'good Oil' Had Plenty Of Bottle
Frank Weston – the picture of health and vitality – photographed sometime during the course of his lengthy career. The spotlight recently fell on an empty glass bottle that once contained a medicinal concoction known as Weston’s Wizard Oil – an intriguing elixir that has posed more questions than answers. After careful observation and a little research, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Northland archaeologist, Dr James Robinson, promptly diagnosed a severe case of quackery from a less medically enlightened time. “The Weston Wizard Oil brand was a very big clue indeed,” says Jam...
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