Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-16

- sgents IN ell psrss % ttsr country
Each aseut meant g ~ Ham On 70
,etps Of she contrxsed sep tbs ascns
soad fOlIow Tbs dlrsctioas In the hops
u hsvsaS the Wild Iromisss r~s1t,sd
I'm fosy gsiloas II water were placed
n vess-sl. sae eondnnssd ssp s.tdsd
And then IL wss permitted W stand for
- housA Al The end of ehas sinss 10
~ss ss-n skssa 10 Wa fake. A chemist
snaiyzsd the soap sent cue by Balm IL
~~s q quantity u cheap wsstans zap
which cost him probably o-ni~ For
lhis he would receive Is. BSias
fraudulent dealing through the malls
Nus then brought a. the attention It
the post oftice department. Poss oftioe
tnsppseor A. Y. Holme.. one of the
shrvss<test m.u In the service. was put
% TIC oasr. After thorough tnvcsti-
CATION he arrested BA.n and sccursd bis
onsictionl Tbs sentence In given above.
After hi. arrest Bain ors.or-d his mail
forwarded ~ Engiewood, Ill This
Comprised letters addressed o. Griffith
4 Co. Z. T. EgAn amt GAINESVILLE Chem
worry Of late and needed a rest Ills
Engiewood Office was turned over u an
assistant Balm then went ~ Hot
Springs. Ark. % recuperate. While
theirs hts fertile brain was busy trying
o. devise some new scheme which he
might operate through the mails with
out bs,iisg molcsted by Uncle SANS de-
tectivcs. lie struck something this time,
which. while somewhat foreign Ia his
former schemes, yet showed the ear
marks Of hand AZ practical a. that of
Balm tie caused u be- printed largo
supply II circulars and advertising mat
ter Next he inserted in all the leading
journals principally in the south. the
following Card to the Public"
"Wia some one please write the ~hat will re-
move grease spots from carpsis' have . MAE
carlet nearly ru.nei by grease ssss poaeSeA
strawberries aud grapes ncv over year old.
nsi as natural as when Iicfst use tie Cali
fornia cold process You ~ not os-oA Nor SAL
tao fruit and IL only cpsls a cent aauArt Z, pre-
serve It. !: any OF your rsadsrs wish VIII sand
them q small sample ~ berries hy mai And tell
them just how to put them M You can rus M
= tAshcl - bcrrtos Ia about ten minutes. and Is
10 much loss trouble and cxIsase than canning
glad To hear from anyone there
NELLIE IsAny"
Thousands Of persons knew what
would remove a grease spot from car
pet In reply - their receipt they re-
ceivcd = printed circular which stated
that raw fruit could bc preserved by the
California oold process in the following
manner: The fruit, or vegetables. was to
be washed and then packed closely in -
jar. can, barrcl or any kind ct vessel.
Next q brine was e. be made This
should be made up of four gallons Of
fresh water. five pounds Of sugar and
o small quantity OF Compound Extract
of Salylx" added. The brine should
then be poured over the fruit SO H. To
cover IT, The circular concluded in
heavier type that If your druggist
don't keep Compound Extract of Salylx
send one dollar to tho Enterprise CON-
pauy, of GAINESVILLE, o., for the Sslylx. ="
On inquiry the druggists stated they
did not know "Salylx" either by name
or composition. This clearly indicated
that the object Of the advertiser was 20
sell the "Salyix" and that the informa-
tlOO IuTTiShcu Wds Fedhy WoTLhcn> uti-
less this preparation was obtained.
A sample Of what Balm called ''Salylx"
was bought 1t was submitted Ia an
expert chemist. who. after a complete
analysis. reported that the composition
was two-thirds sugar and one-third
ealycilic acid. th, eptirc cost of which
would aggregate about two cents. For
this Balm gets one dollar. To cnoOur-
age people he claimed that a bushel Of
fruit can be put np in ten minutes and
that the solution poured over it for pre-
serving is very healthful. On the con-
trsry. eminent physicians claim that
the preparation Is one that is badly
adapted for the constitution and Is a
slow method Of poisoning. Balm has
lately removed 70 New Concord. o., and
Is now occupying the village hall in
which he conducts his business.
The days Of his last scheme are prob
ably numbered and before long he may
again find himself in the clutches Of tho
law. MAHrYN.