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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07

name was signed to Postum testimon-
ial, etc
The truth IS, this DR.. Underwood was
one of a great many physicians who
have not only written commendatory
words about the value Of our foods. bui
every nov and then some physician
writes an article on coffee or On food
and sends it TO US with suggestion OF
compensation for his time and medical
knowledge. Previous TO the time when
we employed physicians in our own
business, we occasionally employed a
doctor 10 write an article on coffee, al
ways insisting that the article be an
honest expression of his opinion and
research.
The Weekly" hunted up this physi-
clan and because he seemed TO be poor.
and as it says, "brokendown," had him
brought 20 Court TO be exposed before
a jury as the only physician tina,
had ever endorsed Grape-Suts." but
much to the chagrin of the weekly"
when our attorneys asked him If the
article ne wrote about coffee was true.
ne replied. yes
Statement No. S reads: The
health officers Of Mich, Maine, Penn
view 11dLlp., dllO ot!iSI SL6kSa AL S0S4-
official bulletins have for years beeu
fraudulent the claims made by the Pos
call any criticism except from Mich,
Penn. Maine and s. Dakota.
The average reader might think thai;
the opinions expressed by the STAT
Officials are always correct. but that
,c;o o,,f hNyf cfS
As an illustra ton: About thirteen
years ago the Dairy and Food Commits
sion Of Michigan for some personal rea-
son printed severe criticism on US
for making Postum Of Barley accord
ing to his official chemist) at market
price and selling too high. He was
shown there was never . grain Of bar
ley used in Postum. His report was
false and misleading. The governor
I'll missed him.
we believe that most OF the state
officials are honest. and on the other
hand we are firmly convinced tina:
some Of their conclusions can not be
substantiated by facts in scientific re-
search.
They never critic the purity Of our
lDOOS, lOf co NANCu we 8IS &0AHAIu&.
II our conclusions in regard to It's
Icing a brain food differ from theirs.
and We are both honest, they have
rather the advantage. because under
the law they can order us 70 eliminate
from the package any statement II 1t
disagrees with their opinion. Otherwise
they would harass grocers.
Spasm No. 6 says: The
most dangerous thing in the world for
one threatened with appendicitis Is to
eat any food whatever. Notwithstand-
ing be knew that danger. c. W. Post
advertised Grape-Nuts at fifteen cents
package for those 80 threatened
This is intended to muddle the read
er into believing that we put out
Grape Nuts as a cure for Appendicitis.
Mr. Post, himself, has had probably
ELS wide experience az any other man
in America In the study and observa-
ton OF food as -'elated to the digestive
organs. and we proved In Court by the
physicians and surgeons on the witness
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07
Item IL is an illustration Of the
squirming and twisting Of the sensa-

sQOlrMlng ana INlsllns OF the sensa
tional writer delivering distorted mat.
ter TO his readers.
While on the witness stand Mr.. Post
testified to his studies in Anatomy
Physiology, Dietetics and Psychology
all relating to the preparation and d.
gestion Of food. Asked to name author
tiles studied he mentioned six or eight
from memory, and commented on some
clinical experience covering several
several years In annual journeys ia
Europe.
Now notice the distortion. Copy from
the printed criticism.)
HE (Post) pointed out a pile OF
books In possession Of his attorneys a
the very ones he had read"
(Notice.-'the very ones he had read
leading the reader to believe that they
were the only ones.)
Did you consult the books from
these editions?" was asked.
From those and various editions
answered Post.
The attorney picked up book after
book from the pile and showed the title
pages to the Jury.-aIl except two had
been published since 1905"
This IL an example Of distortion and
false coloring to produce an unfAyor-
able impression.
The facts are Mr.. Post purposely in
troduced the iates: editions that could
be obtained Of prominent authorities to
pro se by them the truth Of his state
ments regarding appendicitis and the
analysis Of brain. also the latest con-
clusion in regard TO the action Of the
digestive organs. These works are:
Human Physiology, by Raymond
Physiological Chemistry. by Simon.
Digestive Glands, by Pawlow.
Hand Book OF Appendicitis. by ochs-
ner.
Physiological Chemistry. BY Ham.
tnafsten.
Biochemio system Of Medicine. oy
Carey.
The "Wsskiy" carefully eliminates
from its printed account, testimony re-
garding the years OF research ana study
by Mr.. Fest In hitting Aimself for hia
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07
Distortion No. 8 charges that

our testimonials We're practically al
PAID for and Rewritten in Battle Greer:
These testimonials were demanded
ny the opposing lawyers. Naturally
this demand was refused, for they are
held in vaults and kept safe TO prove
the truth. and are not TO be delivered
UP on demand of enemies.
Testimony at the trial brought out
the fact that We never printed single
testimonial that We did not have the
genuine letter back Of Many of these
letters came spontaneously. A record
was kept Of twelve hundred and four
G204 letters received in one month
from people who wrote that they had
either entirely recovered their health
or been benefited by following our sug-
gstlons on food and beverages
On three or four occasions in the
past ten or twelve years we printed
broadcast in papers offers Of prizes to
users of Postum and Grape Nuts
two hundred s1.o0 prizes, one hundred
$500. twenty of $500 and FIVE OF $1,000
each,-stating that each must be an
honest letter with name and address.
We agreed not to publish names, but
to furnish them to enouirers bv letter
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07

stand that the preoom1Catlng cause OF
appendicitis is undigested food, and
that it is necessary TO quit eating food
and when the body requires food again
use pre-digested food, or at least one
easy OF digestion.
DR.. Ochsner III his work on appen-
dici,is refers directly to the use OF the
weu-known pre-digested foods that can
be obtained on the market. He also
brought out the interesting fact that in
after treatment" it Is advantageous 70
take on e-digested food.
The price of the package (referred to
by the weekly is not known by US to
have any relation to the question.
Our advice to stop using indigestible
food in bowe! troubles and TO use
Grape-Nuts food has been a grea,
blessing to tens OF thousands Of people,
and we hope will continue TO bless a
good many more in the succeeding
years.
NO. is live wire. It refers to
c. w Post and his studies and expert
ence IN Suggestive Therapeutics" or
Mental Healing which further lead to
j most careful and systematic study OF
The effect OF the mind on the digestive
AAAA Ss3ASA Va SaA1o VA TIC bSdy.
He attended clinics in Europe and
lifted himself for a future career in
.shich he has become known as one Of
ne food experts Of the world, fitted to
judge both from the material as well as
the mental side Of the question.
For abou, eight years previous to
after being under the care Of several
yro11 .lrnayp hx.u icia ~ S~ls1
healed, by what to him was a curious
ftcient TO say he became a well man,
weighing about 1s5 pounds.
This experience challenged his In
vestigation into causes Of disease and
their amelioration. Those studies and
experience developed a very profound
reverence for Supreme Power which
directly operates upon the human be.
ing. and this reverence for the Infinite
became to him form Of religion which
included honesty Of purpose towards
his fellowman. A statement which will
be indorsed by everyone who knows
him closely.
He will make a public announcement
indetail Of these facts, and the Postum
Company will cause that statement to
be published in newspapers and maya
xines in due time. We suggest the
reader look for II.
Prevarication No. 8. Post
spends nearly a million a year in adver-
Using and relies on that to keep out of
the newspapers the dangerous nature
Of the fraud he 1. perpetrating on the
public"
The Postum Company does pay out
upwards Of million a year for trade
Announcements. Newspaper men be-
iieve our statements truthful or they
would not print them. Large numbers
Of newspaper men use our products.
They are capable Of telling the public
whether OF not We .'br,be" them.
1t may have escaped notice that We
did not ''brsbe" that particular weekly.
No. y states that tho amount Of tho
vAHdlct x,tli 0t,> Nsu~<AA ~. ~A> s->>a.,>S
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07
and barley.

We did not esteem the small amount
of salt and yeast as Of value enough 10
speak of, but after the new Law came
in we became as technical as the Off
Gals at Washington and added the
words yeast" and salt 'altho We
have no recollection of being asked TO.
We believed that our statement that
Grape-Nuts will supply elements 10
nourish the brain and nerve centers is
true and bring authorities to support
the fact.
Some state chemists believed this
q gross exaggeration and inasmuch as
the Food Dept. at Washington could
easily harass grocers, pending a trial
On the disputed question, we cnnclud-
ed that much the better way would be
to eliminate from our packages such
claims. however certain we may be
that the claims are true.
Another statement objected to read
as follows:
The system will absorb a greater
amount Of nourishment from one
pound Of Grepe-Nuts than from ten
pounds of meat. wheat, oats, or bread"
Some Department chemists deceive
themselves as well as the public
Galore" is the word which defines
q unit Of heat determined by the
amount necessary to raise one kilo-
gram Of water one degree centigrade.
On this basis table Of calories is pre-
pared showing the percentage OF diff
ferent kinds Of food. Butter shows
$50; Grape-Nuts 3.ss: milk 90. Re-
member the statement on the package
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07

Before the passage Of the Pure
Food Law the packages stated that
Grape-Nuts food was made OF wheat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07

aag ma the man
Of
Postum Toa.ss perfectly
to humanity for the
and conducted
"ThereeS q Reason"
Pesua Ltd Battle Cresh. Allch4a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07
Distortion No. l stated that

D1StOfClOn NO. i stated that
we have been accustomed TO advertise
Grape-Nuts and Postum as "cure-ails
for everything"
It has never been the policy OF this
Company to advertise Grape Nuts or
Postum to cure anything.
We say that IN cases where coffee
disagrees and 10 causing sickness its
dismissal will remove the cause Of the
trouble. and We suggest the use OF
Postum for the reason tina, it furnish
es hot palatable morning beverage.
and contains natural elements from
the grain which can be used by nature
TO assist in rebuilding nerve centers
that coffee may have broken down.
Likewise Gfape-Nuts food does not
cure anything. but it does assist nature
tremendously in rebuilding, provided
the undigesrible food that has been
used is discontinued and Grape-Nu-s
taken in its place.
Charge No. ? states that the
passage Of the National Food & Drugs
Act compelled US to drop from the
packages some assertions regarding the
nutritiye value of Grape-Nuts
We have never been compelled" to
make any change.
Since the beginning it has been
universal rule to print clearly on every
package exactly what the contents are
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07

Since the beginning it has been q
universal rule to print clearly on every
package exactly what the contents are
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07
Spasm No. 6 says: tn

first dhaved by
the grea
is if
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In the lately tried
of ouA meri tribunals
Our weekly" and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07
o exposing fraud"

This is almost real humor.
We have two suits pending against
the weekly" total. &500.00000.
We haven't devoted" the sum to any
particular purpose yet.
Item 10 is q discovery" that
wheat bran is a part Of Postum.
But the criticism neglected to men.
ton that for years every Postum pack
age announced in plain type that the
outer covering Of wheat (bran). made
part OF the beverage.
They ignorantly fell into trap here,
Not knowing enough of food value
to know that "Takea- Diastase" the
article used by physicians the world
over for starch Indigestion" is made
from wheat bran"
So we use that part Of the whea'
berry because 1t contains the elemen,
needed to develop the valuable diastase
in manufacture. Good Postum Is i'm
possible without this part
These disappointed critics do make
some laughab!e blunders thru ignor-
ance, but-be patient
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07

It has never been the policy OF this
Company to advertise Grape-Nuts or
Postum to cure anything.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07

We have never been compelled" to
make any change.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07

Grape Nuts and Postum as cure ais
for everything"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07

No. y states that tho amount Of tho
verdict will "be devoted by the weekly
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07


We agreed not to publish names. but
to furnish them to enquirers by letter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07

work. and would lead the reader Of the
distorted article to believe that his edus
cation began since 1908.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07
Prevarication No. 8. "Po

1t may have escaped notice that ~
did not ''br.be'' that particular weekly
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07

passage OF the NatIoHaI Food e Drugs
Act compelled US to drop from the
packages some assertions regarding the
nutritiye value of Grape-Nuts
The evening times., 1911-08-09
STORM WAS HEAVY
Damage Done in Bottineau County b,
Hail Extensive.

Bottineau. N. D.. Aug. "a heavy
storm of hail accompanied by a high
wind worked havoc in a large section
OF Bottineau county yesterday. Re-
ports from some parts of the strip
affected indicating that in many cases
the loss is total. More than a hundred
square miles ravaged by the storm ter
ritory affected includes a strip run
ming from the west side of sergius
township south of Westhope to a
point south of Gardena, distance of
about thirty miles and as is the case
with all storms of this kind the strip
hailed out is irregular in width. Some
OF the finest crop in the country is
included in the storm swept area.
other sections of the county had a
heavy rainfall and several farmers re-
port that some Of the late grain is
rusted.
The evening times., 1911-08-09
.CANQ|sIs QUIT The TRIP
Local Men Found Things Unpleasant
Padding in the Rain With No
Current to Ease the Work,

Too much rain. damp weather.
ardor and shallow water caused Dean
A. A. Bruce. Samuel Torgeson and
son William to give up the canoe trip
idea at Drayton after spending sew
eral days on the Red river, by which
route they intended to make trip to
Winnipeg.
When the party started out they ex-
pected that the current in the Red
river would help them to a certain
extent as they would not have to
paddle 80 much. They found, how
ever. that the current was SO in
finitesimal that 1t was a case of ply
the paddles continuously, II they
wanted to get anywhere.
The followers of Pere Marquette
and the old French voyagers have not
however given up the idea and fully
intend to make another start later in
the fall. The main thing that spoiled
the present trip was the continued
rains.
The evening times., 1911-08-09
WRESTLERS ARE INTERESTED
Local Followers of Mat Game Plan.
ming on Taking in. Big Match on
Thursday Night

The wrestling fans Of the city are
taking great deal of interest in
the match which will be pulled off
Thursday night between Chas Chal-
lander, "the Mysterious Conductor"
and three well known North Dakota
men. Challender agraes to throw
the three one fall each, in sixty min
utes of actual wretling time. Wheth-
er he can do it remains to be seen.
His opponents on the mat will be
Arlo Cooper of Grand Forks, the clev-
er Y. M. c. A. amateur wrestler who
has made name for himself in the
light heavyweight class. Ole Hauge
Of East Grand Forks and p. H. NC
Gurran of Crary, N. d.
Each one of the three will weigh
In at about 165 pounds, Hauge may
be going little heavier. Challen-
der will weigh in at about ia pounds
80 that the match will be a question
Of skill, not weight or size.
Two good preliminary matches will
be furnished, one Is yet to be ar
ranged for and the other will be be-
tween Jim Woods and Ed Maure.
It is expected that Doran will be
here from Crystal TO take in the ex-
hibition and 1t is probable that he will
issue a challenge from the ringside.
Challender is without doubt one OF
the cleverest wrestlers In the world
today. He has, according to the rec
ords. defeated all the men Of his
weight he has met in the past flve
years and the Grand Forks followers
Of the mat game will zee an exhibition
that will be hard To- beat. II the
fans are convinced Of Challender'f
ability and will turn out IN force
enough to warrant snch attloh, Chas
"Kid. Cutler may put ON j match here
tthis tall with "the Conductor =
The evening times., 1911-08-09
BUCK A PARALYsED PATIENT
Bullet Passed Through Spinal Column
and There is no Hope That Edin.
burg Man Will Recover.

Chris Buck of Edinburg. the victom
of an insane mans bullet several days
ago, is at st. Michael's hospital par
alyzed from the arm pits down. The
bullet, entering in the left side Of the
neck, went directly through the spinal
column and lodged against bone on
the right side, where 1t is at the
present time.
The question Of performing an op-
Grafton is very serious because Of his
condition, and bad cough had by the
patient makes the situation even more
difficult. No immediate steps will be
taken to remove the bullet unless it
should begin to cause trouble.
Mr.. Buck will never recover from
the wound
The evening times., 1911-08-09
DULUTH|ANS ARE COMING
Hotel Men Of That City VIII be in
Grand Forks 10 Bring Members
o. Guests to Their City.

Duluth Herald: Edwin H. Lee,
president Of the Duluth Hotel Mems
association, and w. H. Mckay, ]. T.
Michaud and Henry Ribenack, will
leave here on the evening Of August
is for Grand Forks. where the annual
convention Of the northwestern hotel
men will be held.
These men will be four Of the best
boosters that have ever gone forth
from the city. They are going to
Grand Forks for the sake Of boosting
the Zenith ctty and they are going to
bring the hotel men back with them
40 guests OF tho Duluth hotels.
The convention Of the hotel men
will be held on August 16 and II. On
the afternoon Of tho flrst day there
will be paper read by Mr.. Lee.
There Will be hotel men present
from every city In the west, and the
majority Of tho delegates Will return
on special train as tho guests oi
Duluth. Special arrangements are be-
Ing made at the present time for their
sntertainmen while IN this city.
The evening times., 1911-08-09
FOREST RESERVE FOR THE
KlLDEER MOUNTAIN COUNTRY

Dickinson Press: The probabilities
are that North Dakota will soon have
good sized forest reserve northwest
OF and including the historic Kildeer
mountains, where the greatest Indian
battle in American history was fought
on July %, 1864.
The project gets the recommended
ton of c. A. Ballinger. forest super
visor from Camp Cook, S. D., who
spent several days at the Dickinson
U. S. landoffice the past week look
ing up records of land filings and
completing his reports, following a
careful field inspection of the terri
tory in Dunn and Mckenzie counties
under consideration. Register ]. G.
Quinlivan and Receiver w. A. Nc
Clure went over the matter carefully
with Forester Ballinger and also ia
vor the setting aside of 2S5,0OO acres
as included in the report which is
being forwarded to the department at
Washington.
If the department approves of the
report, 1t Is quite likely that the land
will be withdraw. by executive or
der.
A few months ago John Shaw and
others living along the Little Mis-
souri, river called the attention of
Congressman L. B. Hanna to the inn
portance of creating forest reserve
and preserving the large amount of
natural timber, such as ash, elm, ce-
dar and cottonwood, and our senior
congressman has been giving the
matter good deal of attention and
undoubtedly sees great merit in the
project.
The forestry department. will at
once see the importance of preserv-
ing the timber of which North Dako-
ia has the smallest amount of any
state in the union. This fact gives
rise to the belief that President Taft
The evening times., 1911-08-09

$50. It remained for Foster county
to return half Of an auto.
While It Is claimed that the auto
mobile and motorcycle has supplant-
ed the bicycle. the returns show GIG
Of the two-wheeled vehicles worthy
Of place on the assessment sheets.
return bicycles for taxation, Foster
and Steele. but Steele returns 143
While on the subject Of vehicles 1t
might be interesting to know that
there are 40,413 sleighs and sleds
worthy Of going on the tax duplicate.
More Sheep Than Hogs,
There are more sheep than hogs
in the state by 54,946. The total num-
Der Of sheep is 164, ,703, while, the hogs
number 109,757.
There are in the state returned by
the assessor, 1852 work oxen, and of
this number Divide county has 929,
as against AZ automobiles. Mountrail
county comes second in split-hoof
animals with 879, with AZ automo-
biles. Mclean county has 256 oxen
and III automobiles. Benson county
has 10 IL oxen with 1873 autos. Ward
county works 376 oxen and rides in
227 buzz wagons.
When it comes to mules. the state
is possessed Of goodly number.
They are assessed as three-year-olds,
two-year-olds and yearlings. OF the
first class there are 6,151, two years
old, 4.33S, and yearlings, 464.
OF gas traction engines there are
taxed in the state 1,187. It will be
surprising to learn that the state has
In taxable pianos 1864. The assess
ed value Of these musical instruments
is $788,9s1. The average assessed
value is S57.99 per instrument.
The evening times., 1911-08-09
NORTH DAKOTA FORTUNATE
This State in Much Finer Condition
Than Iowa, According to j. D.
Bacon, Just Returned Home.

North Dakota has much to be thank.
full for this year according to ]. D
Bacon, who arrived home this morn
Ing from a trip to Iowa. Conditions
in that state are anything but bright,
the pastures are eaten bare, and the
hay stacks are fewer than Mr.. Bacon
has ever seen in that state, and the
price of hay. he declares, is certain
of being high.
With reference to corn, Iowa will
not have more than half a crop this
year.
A heavy rain storm several days
ago, while very heavy, seemingly did
little good, as the ground is so dry
that the water disappeared as though
falling on a huge sponge.
The evening times., 1911-08-09
BROWN IN DENIAL.
North Dakota Reformatory Head Says
He Does Not Seek Place.

Minneapolis Tribune: James w.
Brown, superintendent of the North
Dakota state reform school at Man
dan, N. D., says that during a recent
interview which he held with Cover
nor Eberhart, the matter of Mr.. Whit
tiers successor at the Red Wing
school was not mentioned. as infer
red in Tribune article of August 2.
Mr.. Brown says that Governor
Eberhart knew that he had for long
time been connected with the MIN
nesota school and, since leaving It,
with similar institution, and was
anxious to secure from him any in
formation that he could give regard
Ing the general management Of such
institutions. .