The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-08-28
A FIGHT FOR LIFE.
SHALL WE DRIVE SLOW POISON FROM QUIZ
BREAKFAST PABLEa
ALUM AND AMMONIA IN OUR BREAD.

BREAKFAST PABLEa
ALUM AND AMMONIA IN OUR BREAD.
A nuisance that troubled England fifty
years ago is now rapidly Spreading in this
country, that is putting Alum iu the bread
We eat. This Question is causing a great
deal of discussion at the presant moment,
as it is revealed that alum is being used as q
substitute for cream OF tarter in baking pow.
ders. story is told that a very large per-
centage of the baking powders sold on the
market contain either alum or ammonia.
and many of them contain both these PERM.
clous drugs. Much TIMELY alarm IS fel$at
the wholesale use of alum in bread, biscuit
and pastry. To young eaildren, growing
girls, persons of weekly frame alum bread
eaten morning, noon and evening is the
most harmful. 1t is the small quantities
taken at every meal that do the mischief.
Alum is cheap, costing but two or three
cents pound while cream of tartar costs
30c, and the high price Of cream Of tartar
has led cheap baking powder to be made of
alum. If the reader wants to know some.
thing of the corrosive qualities of alum let
him touch peice to his tongue then reflect
how it acts OH the tender delicate coats of
the stomache
Following is list compiled by the Scien-
tihc American, of the alum and ammonia
baking powders that have already beene
tested:
*ATLANTIC & PACIFIC. *RoYAL.
COOKS FAvoRITE. sCIoTo.
CROWN. SILVER SPOON.
CRYSTAL. Silver STAR,
DAISY. *sNowDRIFr.
DAVIS o. x. SOVEREIGN
DRY YEAST. STAR.
GEM. STATE.
GLOBE. STANDARD.
*KENToN. sUNrLowER:.
PEARsoN's. WASHINGTON.
PERFECTION. WINDSOR.
PEERLESS zIpP's GRAPE.
PURITY. CRYSTAL.
There are, in addition to the foregoing
list from the Scientific American a ntfmber
of such powders sold in the westerrt that
lowing is the list to date:
CALUMET, Contains Alums,
Calumet Baking Powder Co., Chicago.)
FOREST CITY, Contains Ammonia Alum.
(Vouwie Bros. Cleveland.p
CHICAGO YEAST, Contains Amonia Aluns
Chapman & Smith Co., Chicago.)
BON BON, N,...............Co Contains Alum
HOTEL, Contains Ammonia Alum!-
u. G. Grant Baking Powder. Co., Chicago.
UNRIVALED, D,.......... Contains Alum.
(Spragues, Warner Griswolds Chicago.)
ONE SPOON, TAYLORS, Ammonia Alumr
Craylor Mfg. Co., St. LOUSY
YARNALL'S, ...... 80. Contains Aluui.-
tYarnall Mfg Co. st. Louis.)
SHAW'S SNOW PUFF, Contains Alum
Merchants Mfg. Association, st. LOUSY
DODSON & Hills, ,....... Contains Alum
(Dodson & Hill, St. LOUSY !,
SHEPARD'S, Contains Ammonia Alum
(Wm. H. Shepard, st. LOUSY
Meyer Balm Mfg Co., ST. Louis
MONARCH, .. Contains Ammonia Alums
(Reid, Murdoch & Co., Chicago.)
SNOW BALL. ............C Contains Alum@
Bengal Coffee Spice Mills, Chicago.)
GIANT, ........... Contains Alum<
MILK, ..... .............C Contains Alhm~
wv. F. Mclaughlin & Co., Chicago.)
ECHO, O,..................C Contains Alum
tSpencer Blulng Paddle Co., Chicago.)
KALBFELLS PURITY. Contains Alum.
(Kalbfell Mfg Co., Chicago.)
RISING SUN, ....... Contains Ammonia.
phoenix Chemical Works, Chicago.)
WHITE ROSE. Contains Ammonia Alum.
(Globe Coffee & Spice Mills, Minneapolis.l
WOODS ACME, 80. Contains Ammonia.
(Thos. Wood & Co., Philadelphia.)
ANDREWS PEARL. Contains Ammonia.
&c. E. Andrews & Co., Milwaukee.)
HARRIES FAvORITE, Contains Alum.
Oh. II. Harris, Minneapolis.)
FIDELITY, ...,...C Contains Alum.
SOLAR. observation-disclosures Contains Alum.
(Sherman Bros. Chicago.)
PUTNAM'S BEST, ..... Contains Alume
(Wells Putnam & Co, Chicago.)
CHINA ct" HOUSE. .. Contains Alun.
Noah Mcdowell. st. Paul, Minn.)
TWIN CITY, ,...-........Co Contains Alums
(J. X. Ferguson, Minneapolis. Mimi
| HERCULES, .. Contains Ammonia.
| tHercules Baking Powder Co., ,SanFrancisco)
CLIMAX, ........... Contains Ammonia.
|. (Climax Baking Powder Co., indianapolis.
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is fe<
| ported by all authorities as free from Am<
monia, Alum, Lime or any other adulter<
ant. In fact, the purity of this ideal pow
| der has never been questioned.
|
The Pulpit and the Stage.
Rev. f. NJ. Shrout. pastor United Breth.s
ren church, Blue Mound, Kan, says: Il
feel it my duty to tell what wonders DR..
Kings New Discovery has done for mes
| My lungs were badly diseased and my
parishioners thought l could live only few
| weeks. I took five bottles Of DR.. Kings
New DISCOVERY and am sound and WELL