Washington, MO postmark and Topeka, KS oval recieved machine cancel - content

1899 - Note from a lady (Nattie Craig) in Washington who wants to be an agent (salesman) for W. W. Gavitt's Medical Company. In 1899, W. W. Gavitt's Medical Co. was a prominent "patent medicine" company headquartered in Topeka, Kansas, which operated a vast network of local agents across Missouri and the United States. Gavitt's was best known for "Gavitt's System Regulator," an herbal laxative and "cure-all" elixir.