The Dorchester Beacon, October 26, 1907
Dakin Drug Company
Prominent apothecaries, at 122 Bird Street, Dorchester
The establishment of the Dakin Drug Company, Archibald Dakin, proprietor, at No. 122 Bird Street, Dorchester, possesses many notable features which make it prominent in its line of trade. This store was opened 30 years ago, and for more than a generation has been reckoned a landmark in the locality. It came under the ownership of Mr. Dakin in November, 1906, who has been since 1878 the proprietor of a successful pharmacy in Wareham and Brockton, this state. With the coming of its new owner, the old store took on a new life. It was newly papered and decorated, and now, with its door of marble tiling, its hardwood fixtures and its artistic soda water fountain of marble and onyx, from the famous factory of Symonds & Poor, in Boston, presents an appearance which makes it the peer of any similar establishment in the whole district. Its stock goods is singularly complete and cannot, perhaps, be duplicated anywhere in Dorchester. This consists of pure drugs, chemicals, rubber goods, proprietary medicines of recognized merit, sick-room and hospital supplies, perfumery, stationery, cigars, cigarettes, tobaccos, smokers’ supplies, souvenir post cards, magazines, newspapers, Welsbach mantles, burners, shades, globe, etc., too great in number to warrant recital here. Mr. Dakin pays especial attention to the compounding of physicians’ prescriptions, which he puts up in the most careful and scientific manner. He is also the sole owner and manufacture of “Dr. Bent’s No. 1,” a notable specific for many complaints, which he sells in all parts of the United States to the drug trade.
Dakin was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, and has lived in Massachusetts 24 years. He was formerly owner and publisher of “The Sea Side Ripple.”