Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-03-25
SERIOUS FACTS ABOUT sREAr
Which H~ousekeepers should Earnsstl,
Consider,


Consider.
a serious danger menaces the health
OF the people of this country in tn,
numerous alum baking powders tina,
are now being urged upon the public.
There is no question as to the detri
mental effects of these powders D O the
system, Every Board of Health, every
physician, will tell you of the unwhole
some qualities they add to the food
Some countries have absolutely prohib
ited the sale of bread containing alum
Even small doses of alum, given tc
children, have produced fatal results
while cases of heartburn, indigestion
gripping constipation, dyspepsia, and va |
rlous kindred gastric troubles from irr;
tation of the mucous membrane, caused
oy the continuous use of food prepared
with the alum or alum-phosphate pow
ders, are familiar in the practice OF
every physician.
1t Is not possible that any prudent
housewife, any loving mother, will
knowingly use an article of food tina,
Will lnJure the health of her household, |,
or perhaps cause the death of her chill. |
dren.
How shall the dangerous alum DOW. :
ders be distinguished? And how shall :
the danger to health from their use be !
avoided? '
GENERALLY, alum powders may be .
known from the price at which they are !,
sold, or from the fact that they are &c, :
companied by a gift, or are disposed I
OF under some scheme. The alum pow. =
der costs but a few cents a pound tc q
make, and is often sold at 20 or 25 cents !
a pound. If some present is given with
1t, the price may be 80, 40 or so cents a y
pound. a
1t is impossible to name all the alum =,
powders in the market, but any baking =,
powder sold at a low price, or advertised e.
as costing only half as much as cream 81
OF tartar powders, or accompanied by a "
present, or disposed of under anv -
scheme, is of this class, detrimental 10 y, w
health. and to be avoided. VI
But the easy, safe, and certain pro- n -,
lection of our bread, biscuit and cake ~.
all danger of Embellishments is
n the use of the Royal Baking Powder ~
only, This powder is mentioned be- cI'
cause of the innumerable reports in its DIS
by high medical authorities, bv sc'
U. >. Government, and BY the of. ~
icial chemists and Boards of Health Oh
Which leave no doubt as to its entire "'
reedom from alum, lime and ammonia. ur'
IS absolute purity and wholesomeness, "n
While its use is thus a s~afepuard ."'
'gainst the poisonous alum powders it NS
satisfactory at the same time to know
nat 1t makes the whitest, lightest az
weetest and most delicious food, which VI
NIL keep moist and fresh longer, and sou
hat can be eaten with immunity hot INA
r cold, stale or fresh, and also that w
wing to its greater strength it is more 'n'
economical than others. sou
These facts should incline consumers .ur
turn a deaf ear to all opportunities mn
buy the inferior powders. If a grocer '"e
rges the sale of the cheap, impure, exp
lum brands, it should be borne in o'h'
lind that it is because he can make no"
lore profit on them. The wise house. rem
eeper will decline in all cases to take rest
lem. prof.
lahe no chances through using a DOUBT. l
u article where so important a matter a. edge
c health or life Of dear ones is al stake. MIN