Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-10-23
The New I3Sue in Temperance.
WHISKY MEDsClHEs."
TEIE VOICE,
The Leading Temperance Paper, Sounds
the Call to a New Crusade in
the Following Article.
mANOTnER nEAp ON TRE MYDRA.D

d" ANOTHER HEAD ON THE HYDRA"
ct is time attention was drawn to a
form of alcoholic traffic that seems to
have been overlooked by those engaged
i'll the crusade a9alnst the rum power
If, IS is believed and taught, alcohol ls
most dangerous when it fights ~ ainDush,
if it is most to be dreaded when 1t finds
its FIRST entrance to the system i'll the
pleasant sauces and dishes of the home,
then the lorrl OF alcoholic traffic III ques-
ton is doubly dangerous, for It comes III
the guise of medicine and attacks a sys-
TEN prepared hy weakness to easily sur
render to the assault In many
PATENT MEDICINES
which are largely consumed throughout
the country, by all classes Of people,
there is percentage of alcohol which
puts them OIL A level with beer, rum and
whisky as intoxicants. 1t is the small
ness ouly of the dose prescribed which
prevents a prompt recognition of the i'll
toxicating effects of these so-cailed medl-
cines by those who use them.
"It is safe to affirm that they are
MEDICINES IN NAME ONLY.
Their chief value lies in their alcoholic
effect as q stimulant. In fact, those who
know, attribute the benefits ascribed to
this class of medicines wholly to the
stiululative effect of the alcohol they
contain. They are used largely by per-
sons not in the habit of drinking liquors,
and the little dose taken three or four
time a dav is as stimulating to these
people as his regular finger" of " Bit
ters" is to the regular liquor-drinker.
WHAT CAN BE DONE?
"NVhat ought to be done at least is to
n0,ubek ezcTy bQkeHk.MeQiciHe mGRhfact-
Ryej to ba on tie 7Oyabbey 0f his bottle
tie gHaRtitV Of alcohol IL contains, That
would at least leave people to exercise
their own judgments More than that,
no paper truly interested i'll temperance
reform should print the advertisement
of any alcoholic medicine. II should be
the duty of every temperance organlza-
ton and branch i'll the country TO look
into this question, agtate it, and deal
with the facts Just as earnestly and as
honestly as other facts have been dealt
with. ="
Approaching the gravity Of the issue
raised by the strong statement Of facts
made in the foregoing article, we wish
to call general attention to the fact that
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
and DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
contain
NO ALCOHOL NO WHISKY, NO INToXI-
CANT OF ANY KIND.
These medicines are equally free from
opium and other narcotics.
They are in the strictest meaning OF
the words, temperance medicines. OF no
other medicine, put up especially for
woman S use can it be hHthfHllV affirmed,
as of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription,
that IL contains neither alcohol nor OPIUM
or other narcotic ~ any form.
While the negative features OF Doctor
Pierce's medicines may only interest
some of the readers of this article, the
positive features of these medicines must
be of interest to every one. The great
value of Golden Medical Discovery"
in the cure of diseased or derangcd COM
ditions of the stomach and digestive and
nutritive organs is testified 10 BY tens OF
thousands who have found health and
healing in this great remedy. The " Dis
covery'' increases the action Of the blood
making glands, and by curing the dis
cases WAlSA Nott AliN am NAttl'lS Nt-S
stomach ami digestive aud nutritive or
gans, it enables a full and pure supply Of
blood to be sent to every part Of the body.
WOMEN Know ITS WORTH.
Women who are always appreciative
of benefits, have been especially appre-
ciative of the benefits following the use
of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Its
wonderful cures of irregularities, innam-
nations, alterations and female troubles, /
have caused women to name It, that
God-send to women" Il is entitled to
wear the "blue ribbon Of merit as well
&c the blue ribbon Of Temperance.