Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-11
Counterfeit, Eraud, Substitute.
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The nefarlouS practice carried on by
many retail druggists in different parts OF
the country OF substituting spurious arti-
e,eS for preparations Of known merit aud
reputation, and thus imposing upon cred
UDouS purchasers, has become so great an
injustice rs % call for some united action
on the part Of the press Of the country.
lue manufacturers of proprietary medl-
zines, after having thoroughly tested aud
u,NC-talHEd their value as remedies, invest
large sums OF money in making their
merits known 10 the public through the
newspapers and by other means, In this
way 10y the continuous expenditure of
'arRc amounts, the goods acquire large
les, which keep ON increasing rs tho pub,
has tested them and become familiar
with their values. The preparations are
sid mainly through the retail druggists
ct the country and In the great general
stores ct our large cities Ii is no,htn,
unusual for n manufacturer ct a pr0pllc-
'uy mcnClnt 10 spend $500 coo a year
, NvrN>lug il in tn newspapers alone,
ui as much moro IN olhCr kinds Of al.
N,UJsuN. No sensible man would spend
u,h enormous suWS advertising worth-
less rywNuy, As soon as the pU'paralD m
..U> lor bet acquires large safes tae dug,
,1.,, undertake to pr5cunc a systematic
'vNHUu upon the people who nave read
at tue merits ct the remedy m the news.
lvpE,> Toy trying a. Su' salute "a cheap aE1
wolt.le>S article, Whtta they ClNlm TO have
put mp thtmsrN,S, for tie Wcp Wt,tou Uu-
ErruSed, when called ter ln tins way a
d2utN fraud Is p"rlouN'cd; brsJ
uloo the person calling tor "a remedy oi
~. rlt ana who has been uNl.Irl into
''"'' d, '"'"P' N"'""''' "'S"'" ""s
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anu sen tnSn ol Iho uo"Gh' me COM
nloiy'Hl 'l,1i'uI.N ol tuoso thclnlstS may
w Ju"sSu 'lonu w '"D' 'u"I ott'lS 'lVu' a
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20 n suoSIlIuIeu iot riooo 9!us'PMuiI!lsa' "
| 'e'oe f"'olAVo AloSo''p"oh, NA'ilolil'
syrup or Figs, Aver SmSaparllIa'
Warmers Safe Cure, Green August
Flower, Han Ca'aLrh Cure, D > -
hmler 9 Iron lonC' halfway Ready h.,'
hef,hydn Pmkham's Compound, Schemes u
5 awCed Tome, simmons LAYER Regulator
and Fierce $ Golden Medical Discovery are
all hlIed out OF one ana the same tAnG'
PANS are taken, OF course, to get bottles
and labels as near IKE the genuine as pos
able (and not become haoio to the law
ior lh'ringmentl, SO rs TO make II aS HNSN
off upon his deluded victims, In addition
to the preparations already mentioned
/ great frauds are pcrpetratcd 10y substitu'
ton and counterfeit upon SCOTS Emul-
! sion, Hostettor's Blttors, Ey's Cream
Balm, Beecham's Pills, Plso'e-Consump-
| ton Cure, Pears Soap, TUFTS Pills,
! CartGr's Little Liver Pills, Castoria,
ShlIoh's Consumption Cure, kemp's Bal
sam, st. Jacobs On, Bosche's Ger
man Syrup and many other preparations
too numerous to mention, These 'manu,
] fapI,ripYr ,Ipp,iptg'' nrp an uuluplplg IN