The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-01
WELLS were BAD.
Cause of Typhoid at Ulysses Is
Explained.
Foul Water Used From Wells
and Ice.
FACTSABOUTiCEC CREAM
Topeka Brand Is Pure But Low
in Butterfat.
Lawrence Furnishes a Better
Grade, Says Chemist.

According to the quarterly bulletin of
the Kansas state board of health it has
been discovered that the receTG cpl
demic of typhoid fever in Ulysses, the
county seat of Grant county, is due to
contaminated water.
The fever epidemic was probably
caused by ice, which was cut from a
reservoir near Ulysses. Some of the
water in the reservoir was sent to
the chemical department of the state
university, and it was found that 1t
was very dangerous for use. The re-
port gives the following result of the
analysis: Free ammonia, LIS parts per
million; albuminoid ammonia, 2-55 parts
per million; nitrogen as nirrites, none;
nitrogen as nitrateS, none; chlorin, 52lo
parts per gallon. Total solids. 39Ol
parts per gallon Loss on ignition, $3.50
parts per gallon.
The report says: During ignition
the residue turned brown and then
black, and smelled like burning bones
and heterogeneous matter. The amount
of organic matter, as shown by the Tree
and albuminoid matter, is enormous.
This is also shown by the ignition or
the residue. The water is evidently
extremely foul. and the ice from 1t
would not be fit for domestic USE" ~.
Water from ]. S. Throlps well, near
Ulysses. was also examined and 1t was
nestle use. Water from the we'll at
the postoffice and hotel in Ulysses was
examined, and found to be fairly safe-
They contained a good deal of min
eral but not sufficient contamination
to warrant condemnation.
The report also contains the report
of Prof. L. E. Sayer, dean Of the Kan
sas university school OF pharmacy.
Prof. Sayre recomm ENDS the standard
ization of drugs. The report tells the
results obtained from the examination
of a great many samples of drugs, but
the samples are referred to by num-
Der. The name of the druggist from
whom the goods were obtained is not
printed. DR.. Sayer says:
1.-The source of the supply of the
material examined is placed in. the
hands of the state board of health, for
them to dispose of as they deem best
There is also included in the report
the results of the analyses of ice cream
which have been made by E. H. s.
Bailey at the university laboratories.
A peculiar thing is shown by the re-
ice cream factory in Lawrence fur
nished the chemists sample of ice
cream that tested above the govern
ment standards, while hardly another
ice cream factory in the whole state
did the same. 1t will come as sur
prise to most people that Lawrence
ice cream is of such a superior quality,
as a general proposition.
The Topeka ice cream examined,
which was about as good as the aver
age ice cream sold throughout the
state, is not up to the Lawrence stand
ards.
Wichita furnished the poorest speci-
men Of any town in the state. 1t con-
tanned only 2.7 per cent of butter fat,
and it also contains borax as a pre-
servative. This was the only only
sample examined which contained
preserva tives.
Tee crea m from eioht different citias
was examined. These samples were
from the following towns: Chanute,
Wichita, Atchison, Parsons, Hutchin-
son, Leavenworth. Lawrence and To-
peka. The government standard for
ice cream is IA per cent of butter fat,
and no starch, gelatine or thickening
material.
The following is the report on SAM
pies of Topeka ice cream:
mo. 1928. Sold by the Heinz Ice
Cream Co. This sample contains AS
per cent of butter fat, considerable
starch and some gelatin as thickening
material.
+'No. 1924. Sold by w. H. Batman.
This sample contains ia per cent of
butter fat and a very small quantity of
gelatin or other thickening material
mo. 1926. Sold by Scott Bros. This
sample contains SO per cent of butter
fat some gelatin or other thickening
material
mo s2s2s. Sold by Baughman Bros.
This sample contains 1913 per cent of
butter fat, considerable starch, and
considerable gelatin as thickening
material.
Pure Milk Co. (Chocolate.) This sam