The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-10-06
PiRATlNG A TRADE MARK.

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To the Editor cs The Sun: -..l .-. 1868
SIR: Ny preparation, 'Helmbold's b.
chu,' Is known the world over as a standard
remedy. The success which has attended
my business has induced some knave or
knaves to pirate my trade mark, in order to
palm off upon the patent medicine trade and
the unsuspeding public spurious article:
Aside from the pea,niary injury which these
swindlers may do to me, they are imposing
upon the suffering public. The afflicted by
using their worthless and Pernicious prepara-
tons, may; sustain irreparable and fatal in
jury. ask, therefore, at your hands, ~ the
conductor Of the most widely circulated
newspaper in the United States, if not II the
world, an opportunity to expose the knnve-
ries of these infamous impostOrs. Their
mode of operation is as follows:
Circulars are issued to the drug trade in a
given district, offering "Helmbold's Bnchu"
at larger reduction from the wholesale trade
rates. These circulars are dated from gwen
street and number in a city in the vicinity of
the district thus covered. Many druggists
located in small towns and by-ways are thus
induced to. order by mail, thinking that a
branch Office for the genuine article has been
established there. II FL. ed. 10.
By the time have been informed of these
nefarious transactions, and have placed my
detectives on the watch for the rascals, they
have made their harvest, and flown to other
and more distant points to repeat the trick,
and impose upon the public.
End also that their plan is to receive
orders at one town and fill them at another
and quite different place, to avoid detection.
In all this, however, the public would not
be so much interested were the article sup
piled gerine one, or in any way valuable.
But the contrary is the fact. The ingredi-
cnts of the spurious compound, as find by
analysis, are simply water, with some cheap
coloring matter, to deceive the unwary. A
travelling agent is also out representing him
self as son of II. T. Helmbold, and en-
deavoring to borrow money under such rep
RESERVATIONS. I'll
am this day in receipt of letter from
the we'll known house OF Stewart 4 Morgan,
Of indianapolis, on this matter. They state
that other tricks were tried in Cincinnati.
Many letters have been received BY me from
Maine 10 California -some desiring to know
if had lowered my rates, others asking
projections or reductions from former pur-
chase.
To all such can only reply that my med
icinc is put up under certain trade mark
and Government stamp, to counterfeit which,
or vend the counterfeit knowingly, IS as
criminal an offence rs picking a pocket or
breaking into bank. My only depots arc
f594 Broadway, New York, and 104 South
Tenth street, Philadelphia, Pa. | employ
no travelling agents TO solicit orders, and all
persons so representing themselves are swim
oilers.
To protect the afflicted and the trade
have made the most ample provision. All
persons acting in COLLISION with these swim
dlers, or selling their wares, will be prose-
cuted; while to any person who will procure
the detection Of these criminals, will pay a
reward of one tholisaed dollars. ~
'i Very respectfully, |
II. r. HErMBoLp.
New York, Sept. %, 1870.