The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-04-13
THEY CANNOT DECEIVE YOU
If You Read This--The Newspapers
"SO-Called'' Britannica Under the
Searchlight--What Real Exami-
nations Show.
nations Show.
PITTsToN, PA, August 20, 1884

PITTsToN, PA, August 90 1894.
Some time since, bought set OF the
Britannica, believing it to be new edi-
tion Of that work and revised to date,
1894, as represented in the advertisements
and testimonials published in the Wilkes.
Barre Record; but l find after careful
examination OF this work called the
Britannica, that 1t is not new edition of
the Britannica, but cheap and mutilsted
reproduction OF that work with most
important part, the American copyrighted
articles, omitted ...,...
l also find that the work is not revised
to date, but the articles of English origin
for the most part stand as printed in the
real Britannica which began being pub.
lished about twenty years ago. l have
returned the work having no use for
patched up copy of the Britannica from
ten to twenty years behind the times.
Before purchasing this $50 called"
Britannica, was called upon by man
representing himself as the agent of the
Wilkes.B Barre Record. He desired me to
give him a testimonial expressing my
opinion of the Britannica, and having
used the present edition of the genuine
Britannica for the past ten or fifteen
years, and knowing it to be valuable
work, but now needing revision, / did not
hesitate to give him a recommendation /;
but my testimonial was given for ther real
Britannica, new edition of which l sup
posed he was representing. Ny testi-
monial was certainly not given for the
cheap inaccurate and piraUed edition of
that work. l have requested that they
discontinue the publication of my testi-
mouial. w. l. HBBs
George W. Geiser of Easton, Pa, ex-
District Attorney of Northampton county,
recently bought set of the so.called
Britannica, which the Wilkes Barre
Record, the Philadelphia Inquirer and
some other papers are now imposing on
their patrons through a company of book
men doing business in the name OF vari-
Gus newspapers and using the papers
names and influence for a valuable con.
sideraDion as a lever to gain access to the
graces of the people. Read what Mr..
Geiser writes of this work:
'I recently bought a set of this news
ing it worthless returned it,"
Real examination shows this newspaper
Britannica to be a cheap Photograph of
the real work and from ten to twenty
years behind the times supplemented
inpart with matter taken from Chambers
old Encyclopedia of 1860. sat&tues.
Those who never read the advertise
meuts in their newspapers miss more than
they presume Jonathan kenisJn, of
BOlan, Worth Co., Iowa, who had been
troubled with rheumatism iu his back
arms and shoulders read an item in his
paper about how q prominent German
citizen of Ft. Madison had been cured.
He procured the same medicine, and to
use his own words; "It cured me right
up He also says. "a ueighbor and his
wife were both sick Ina bed with rheuma-
tism. Their boy was over TO my house
and said they were so bad he had to dc
The cooking. ! told him of Cham berlain's
Pain Balm and how iJ had cured me, hJ
got a bottle aud it cured them up in q
week" 80 cent bottles for sale by Gruhlel
Bros