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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
BACHELORS 2 CENTS ABOUND
N. Casey, Wealthy St. Loulsan, Weigh
Ing 2e7 Pounds, Is Bid In for ;
SIS as Prize. r. -: 4

st. Louis.-St. Louis bachelors are
worth less than 2 cents pound, &C.
cording to the market established at
the St. Vincent de Paul's church,
when 267-pound Martin Casey; the
wealthy head of a broom manufacture.
ing concern, was bid in for IS after
the young woman who had won him
as a prize in a church celebration re-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27

Physiological Chemistry, by Hannah
stem.
Biochemio System Of Medicine. By
Carey.
The weekly" carefully eliminates from
its printed account testimony regarding
the years of research and study by Mr.
Post in fitting himself for his work, and
would lead the reader Of the distorted
article to believe that his education
began since 1905. ~. 'T-;~'
Distortion No. Il reports Mr.. Post Il
a lodging witness"
His eye is not Of the shifty kind OBJ
served in the head of one of his chied
! critics. On the witness stand Mr.. Post
| looks quietly but very steadily straight in,
| to the eyes of the haggling, twisting law.
yer, trying by all his art to ask double
| barreled questions and bull-doze and con,
| fuse witness.
The "dodging" It seems consisted Of
| replying, II don't know"
Opposing counsel holds 4 book in Lii
hand while he queries
T want to know if there is single
/ thing in your whole book here that sug.
! gests any particular kind of food" Then
followed some discussion between attoz-
| neys.
When Mr.. Post was allowed to reply,
he said, II don't know until I read thi
book over to see."
This book. it turns out. was written BY
| Mr.. Post seventeen years ago and prob.
ably has not been read carefully by him
| in tho last fifteen years. It would require
| remarkable memory to instantly say
"yes'' or mo" as to what book Of III
pages did or did not contain, without
reading It over,-.but such conservative
and well balanced answers are construed
by sensation seekers to be "dodging."
The attorney sought by every art to
Posts belief in tho power Of Mind in
relation to the body branded him a. IN
reliable and worse.
The following il quoted from ono q
the questions:-
(The lawyer reading from tho book.J
The writer Of these pages desires to
ray nothing Of himself other than as q
simple instrument through which the Di.
vine Principle chooses to manifest itself
by precept and example.
"skill in mental practice Il eained IN
the same way ~ skill in any department
rience and tie ability to evolve correct
conclusions.
Read carefully, thoughtfully no more
than twenty. pages daily. Afterward seek
an easy position where you will not b
disturbed. Relax every muscle. Closs
your eyes, and 20 into the silence where
mind is plastic to tho breathings Of spirit
and where God talks to tho Son. The
thoughts from Divine Universal Mind
come a. winged angels AID endsw you
with healing power. II you 70 into tho
silence humble and trusting, you viii come
out enriched and greatly strengthened IN
body BY contact even for Z short time
with the Father Of all life and all power.
You will feel refreshed in every way and
food taken will digest readily % the
stomach works smoothly when under the
influence Of Higher Power"
: II ask you il you did net write that.
and If ySu did not believe it when ysu
For . moment tho Court Room was /,
absolute silence.
Mr.. Post slowly leaned forward ever
the rail, pointed his finger At the Attva
face to emphasize his reply and With eyes
that caused those of tho Attorney to droD
no said. "Yss, am proud to say I did,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
, due time. We suggest the reader look

in due time. We suggest the reader lool
for it.
Prevarlcatlon No. 8. "Post spend!
| nearly million a year in advertising and
relies on that to keep out of the news
papers the dangerous nature Of the fraud
he is perpetrating on the public"
The Postum Company does pay out up
wards of million year for trade an
nouncements: Newspaper men believe gu,
statements truthful or they would not
print them. Large numbers of newspa'
per men use our products.
They are capable Of telling the public
whether or not we .bribe . them.
did not "bribe" that particular weekly.
No. states that the amount of the
verdict will .'be devoted by the weekly
to exposing fraud"
This is almost real humor.
We have two suits pending against the
weekly" total, $500,0o0.oo.
We haven't devoted" the sum to any
particular purpose yet.
Item 10 is discovery" that wheat
bran is part of Postum.
But the criticism neglected to mention
that for years every Postum package an
nounced in plain type that the outer COW
ering of wheat (bran). made part of the
beverage.
They ignorantly fell into trap here,
not knowing enough of food value to know
that 'Taka-Diastase'' the article used by
physicians the world over for starch in.
digestion" is made from wheat BRAN"
So we use that part of the wheat berry
because it contains the element needed
to develop tho valuable diastase in man.
ufacture. Good Postum is impossible
without this part.
These self-appointed critics do make
some laughable blunders through ignor-
ance. but-be patient.
Item II IL an illustration Of the squirm-
ing and tWisting of the sensational writer
delivering distorted matter to his read
ers.
While On the witness stand Mr.. Post
testified to his studies in Anatomy, Physi.
ology, Dietetics and Psychology re.
!atlng to the preparation and digestion of
food. Asked to name authorities studied
he mentioned six or eight from memory,
and commented on some clinical expe.
rlence covering several years in annual
journeys to Europe.
. NOW not1ce the distortion. (Copy from
tho printed criticism.)
HE (Post) pointed out 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.)
Ibid you consult tho books from these
editions?" was asked.
from those and various editions IN.
swered Post.
Tho attorney picked up book after
book from the pile and showed the title
pages to tho jury,-au except two had
been published since 1906"
This il an example Of distortion and
false colorfnx to produce IN unfavorable
impression.
The facts are Mr.. Pest purposely intro
duced tho latest editions that could be
obtained Of prominent authorities to prove
BY them the truth Of his statements re-
garding appendicitis and the analysis Of
brain. also tho latest conclusions in re-
gard to the action Of the digestive organs.
These works are:
Human Physiolesy, by Raymond.
Physiological Chemistry, by Simon.
Digestive Glands, by Pawlow.
Hand Book Of Appendicitis, by Ochs-
0er.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27

We did not esteem the small amount
OF salt and yeast as of value enough to
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.'' although we have
no recollection of being asked to.
We believed that our statement that
Grape-Nuts will supply elements to nour.
ish 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
h,arass ,grocers,, pending trial on the
disputed question, we concluded that
much the better way would be to elm
mate from our packages such claims,
claims are true.
Another statement objected to read as
follows:
"The sx.tcm will absorb greater
amount Of nourishment from one pound
OF Grape-Nuts than from ten pounds of
meat, wheat, oats, or bread"
Some Department chemists deceive
themselves as we'll as the public.
"Caloried' is the word which define. q
~ AA~eeS
necessary to raise one kilogram of water
one degree centigrade. On this basis a
table of calories is prepared showing the
percentage Of different kinds Of food
Butter shows 500; Grape-Nuts 3e6:
milk 90. Remember the statement on
the package spoke of the nourishment the
system would absorb, but did not speak q
the calories Of heat contained in it, for
the heat is not nourishment, and the
nourishment cannot be judged by the
number Of heat units, notwithstanding
the fact that certain chemists would have
the public believe so.
As an illustrations: Attempt to feed .
man sixty days on butter alone, with it's
$50 calories. The man would die be-
fore the experiment had run sixty days.
Then, take Grape-Nuts with 3.e6 and
milk with o7o,-.the two combined equal
4.66-aoout one-haf the number of Gallo
ries contained in butter. The man fed for
sixty. days on this food would be we'll
nourisled, and could live not only sixty
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
Boy Shoots Himself to Be a Hero. .

Boy Shoots Himself to Be Hero, .
New York.-George Curtis, aged
seventeen years, shot himself in the
arm in New York city and then in
formed the police he had been shot by
hated rival whose name ''he would
die rather than reveal" Before the
police had gotten very far he admitted
he shot himself in the arm that he
might appear to be hero in the eyes
of his sweetheart.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
SQUIRRELS RANG Telephone
Max Examines Box Where Wires
Were converged and Finds It
Nearly Full Of Nuts.

A lady in Englewood, N. j., was
called to the telephone one day by the
operator, who inquired. what do you
want?"
Nothing at ALL" she responded.
"Your bell rang" insisted the ,oper-
ator.
"None of US rang it," replied the
lady.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27

may be reembeetat first attacked have since defended
ourselves by placing facts before that great y-The Public
good scrap less comforting then you know
you are right
the case lately tried appeal has the HIGHER courts We
nave bounded faith in the ultimate decision of American Tribunals
Our suits against the weekly have yet tried They are
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27

What Was the Matter with Moses1
Percy-Miss Jane, did Moses have
tho same after-dinner complaint my
papa's got? ~
Miss Jane-Gracious me, Percyl
Whatever do you mean. my dear?
Percy-Well, it says here the Lord
gave Moses two tablets.-Lippincott's
Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27

So attorney from New York spent less time for
months in Battle Greek hoping find impurities in foods
dirt in the factories After tess spying about he summoned
twenty-five of worknen and took their testimony Every
single testified that the foods made of exactly the grain and
ingredients printed the packages the wheat barley and
being the choicest obtaabla thoroughly water Of
the and part Of the factories and machinery kept
scrupulously clean:
That all proved disappointing the Weekly" There
factories hospitals hotel and restaurant kit
ens that could stand the spying unexpected times and by
enemy paid to find dirt or impurities of some kind.
ordinary kitchen factory he would find something
magnify and make noise about.
he failed utterly with the Postum Works and products
Twenty thirty thousand people 60 through
y enquire whether they there spy
makes difference
He turned discover something about advertising
that could be criticized.
An analysis of the methods and distorted of the
weekly may interest readers take the
by and them out for inspection We will chain up the
harsh words and make reference in this article the BIRTH
growth methods "Weeky" try
cussion to the questions at issue.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27

The Sculptor Philosopher. ~
The sculptor had just finished tho
Apollo Belvedere.
II am satisfied" he cried. Every
man who passes thinks it looks like
himself"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27

Distortion No. stated that we have
been accustomed to advertise Grape-Nutt
and Postum as "cure-alls for everything
It has never been the policy of thi.
Company to advertise Grape Nuts or Pos
tum to cure anything.
We say that in cases where coffee disa-
grees and is causing sickness its dismissal
will remove the cause of the trouble, and
we suggest the use of Postum for the
reason that it furnishes hot palatable
morning beverage, and contains natural
elements from the grain which can be
used by nature to assist in rebuilding
nerve ccnters that coffee may have broken
down.
Likewise Crapc-Nu food does not
cure, anything but it does assist nature
tremendously in rebuilding, provided the
discontinued and Grape-Nuts taken in its
place.
Charge No. 2 states that the passage
of the National Food & Drugs Act com
PEELED us to drop from the packages some
assertions regarding the nutritive value
of GrapeN Nuts.
We have never been "compelled" to
make any change.
Since the beginning it has been univer-
sal rule to print clearly on every package
Before the passage of the Pure Food
Law the packages stated that Grape Nuts
food was made of wheat and barley.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
ENDURED if "hng certain "weekly abuse

Of course every time light is turned on from
the Of the products
but pom honor now, not hiring that Weekly"
general seldom details
may lately attacking may
be interested in the following:
Some time ago disagreement with Weekly" They
endorsed by letter. change
advertising, to which objected.
The Weekly discontinued inserting advertisements while
they negotiating for changes they wanted in the word
during correspondence
instructions to Advertising Department
quit advertising altogether in that weekly"
Quite time after the advertising had been left editorial
attack We replied in and the
Then libel suits sides and words
Generally tiresome the public.
That Weekly" has attacked many prominent and repu-
table manufacturers.
Our Company prominent enough for sensational
go after hunt for little spot crics then distor
twist and present it the public under heads
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SonneFacts

Battle Greek, Michigan December 80, 1910
We the undersigned certify that knowledge has
testimonial letter printed by the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd,
which did have behind letter signed and believed
to be honest
knowledge belief the Company has
upwards thousand 100000 testimonial letters
This company has knowingly made permitted
regarding products its methods
NJ K. HOWE Treasurer. with Company year)
L. J. LAMSON, Inspector of Advs with about oh y)
F. C. GRAND1N Advertising Manager with yeari
sTERRErT. Physician charge Of Scientific Dept
g yeara)
cHEsrON sYER Advt Writer: with Company about yean&>
CHARLES w. GREEN Advt Writer with Company about ye.r.i
HARRY E. BURT Supt Company years)
HAWK, Assistant Chairman with Company yes)
C. W. POST, Chairman Company begnnng)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27

and $50Ooo0o asked as damages and the right win
After the smoke Of legal battle blows away will stand out
clearly and never forgotten Postum Grape Toes are
perfectly have done good honest service humanity years. the test
moas real and truthful and the business the pest plane
Of commercial integrity. -
There's a Reason
Postum Cereal Co, Ltd. Battle Creek, Mich
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27

Before the passage Of the Pure Food
Law the packages stated that Grape-N Nuts
food was made Of wheat and barley.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27


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Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-09

HOGS-Nothing very new or startling
happened in hog trade, prices ruling
steady to a nickel higher in spots, with
the demand from all quarters none too
active. Receipts gave n rather large
total, amounting 70 about 1873 loads, but
efforts at forcing the trade down a
notch met with poor success and most
sellers were enabled to settle with buy
ers at quotably strong figures.
In general form the market had much
the same appearance as yesterdays BUSH
ness, the price range being wide, with
bacon and high mixed stuff more or less
uneven. Lard animals made up only a
very modest percentage of the receipts
and invariably sold within the high
spread.
shippers and SPECTATORS favored
butcher animals, a preference that ap-
pears to be deep-rooted, and bohght freely
taking fully 20 per cent OF the entire re-
ceipts. The yards were pretty well
cleared OF all weights by 1880 o'clock
packing drOves having their usual up
and-down appearance.
The best heaNies on sale reached Sc 90
q nickel above yesterdays top and good
butcher offerings moved around the $500
mark. Bacon classes ranged from So 20
downward, loads selling under S5.75 being
uneven or unsorted. Amount of business
In pig stuff was hardly large enough to
afford a fair test OF values, weighty pigs
landing around s.. 1915 40.
aFaNF
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-09
Coffeo Market.

NEW YORK, Dec. S-CoFFEE-Fu.
lures opened steady at a decline OF Sdl5
points owing to the failure OF European
markets 20 respond TO yesterdays sharp
advances and renewed liquidation. RE-
ports Of firmer Brazilian markets inspired
some buying on the decline, but the de-
mand was not aggressive and the final
tone was steady with last prices showing
a net loss of from 10 to % points: sales.
$3.50 bags; December, is.74cl January
rs .4Sc, February. Isle; March, Is. Osc /;
April. ls.07c May, June, July. August and
September, 1905; October and November,
Is .Oic Havre was hdia franc lower;
Hamburg was lEq% pfg. lower; Rio, UNI
changed at SlI5, Santos. go rels higher;
A., $3.50; ~. 7S25O Receipts at the two
Brazilian ports. $500 bags. against IS. 200
last year Jundiahy receipts. q 900 bags
against S.S95 last year. As today was a
holiday In Brazil the special Santos cable
was not received. The early reports OF
firmer Brazilian markets were followed
later I'm the day by rumors OF freer Bra
lillian offerings and the action OF the local
market suggests very unsettled feeling
Ia the trade. Spot coffee. quiet; Rio, No
7. 1850; Santos. No. T. l5gsc. mild, quiet
COrdOya i6isdiSikc, nominal
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-09
GOVERNMENT NOTICES.

GOVERNMENT SALE INDIAN LANDS
Absolute Title Given-the unalloted
lands Of the Choctaw and Chlckasaw Ma
lions OF the Five Civilized Tribes in OK
lahoma. and not including the coal ana
timber segregations, will be sold at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder at the
following terms. times and places at not
less than the minimum price stated in
the advertisement: Grady county, Chick
asha, 6SS tracts, 81 800 acres, November
Z, 3, d stephens county, Duncan, $50
Jefferson county. Ryan R2 tracts, A. 4Sj
acres November 3, 10, IL; Love county
Marietta. s54 tracts 1880 acres, Novem.
Der ID. IA, 10, l6; Carter county, Ardmore,
l.l1S tracts, %, 800 acres, November H. Is
20. q. p, %; Murray county. sulphur S55
tracts, 5000 acres, November a, Is; Gar
win county, Pauls Valley, 621 tracts, 30, 500
county. Purcell. 2s5 tracts. IleO0 acres
December I. 2; Pontotoc county, Ada, 500
tracts, $500 acres, December T. 8, G:
Johnson county. Tishomingo, 56i tracts,
county, Madill. 27s tracts, $500 acres,
December IL; Bryan county. Durant. 5OS
tracts, 26,l00 acres, December u, 10; Atoka
county; Atoka. 1903 tracts $4,000 acres.
December u. 10, IL. IS. 19s Coal county
Coalgate. COS tracts. $1,000 acres, Decem-
Der 20, 81. 20; Hughes county, Calvin 4S7
tracts, 90 900 acres, December Is. "a; Pitts
100 acres. December Is, 20 80, 1911: Janu-
airy J, 2; Haskell county, Sugier, as
tracts, $500 acres, January 8, 4; Iattmer
county. Wuburton. 19l tracts. 1900 acres.
January 8; Leflore county. Poteau. rs
tracts, 2l,S0o acres, January &; Pushma-
taha county, Antlers Gal tracts, s., 90
acres, January s. 3, 10; ChoctaW county.
Hugo, 56l tracts, 81, 800 acres JANUARY ii,
IL, Ii; McCurtain county. IdRben us
tracts, $500 acres. January "a l6. II, 81
1917 Not more than 100 anrea CT ayr
cultural and $40 acres OF other lands viii
be sold tS@one person in any one nation
minimum valuation Of $500 or more per
acre Terms are 20 per cent at the tlrns
OF sale, Is per cent IN, twelve moutha,
and % per cent in two years, with FER
In the form of draft or certified check.
payable TO J. G. Wright. commissioner.
Upon full payment being made at any
Time deed Will issue. Immediately after
approval OF sale certificate OF purchaso
Will issue and possession be given, bug
cutting OF timber or drilling or niiniue
for minerals thereon Will not be PEI
price. Right Is reserved 10 reject any or
all bids. For information apply 10 tie
Commissioners TO the Five Civilized Tribes
Muskosee. Oklahoma. or any OF the Dis
trict Agents as TO lands within Iheir re-
spsctive districts. Lists % these lands
have been prepared by covnties, showing
the terms OF sale. the description OF tho
various tracts and minimum price IN
will be imprscticsble to furnish each in
quirer al OF these lists ana u Is sug
gested that persons desiring such infor
nation specify the locality ~ whioh they
arc interested. Blue prints OF the various
counties. showing the lOos tion OF the land
10 be sold. VIII be furnished Upon anpll-
cation TO the undersigned uPon the nav
form OF draft or postal money order.
J. q. WRIGHT. Commissioner 10 m
Five Civilized Tribes, Muskogee. Okla
homa. August l. 1911
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-09

DlSPOSITTON-HEAD


CATTLE-The cattle run as Is most al
ways the case on Friday, was small
only fifty-four cars being reported in.
rms was I'm fact not enough to attract
very much attention from buyers, but 1t
VIII be recalled that packers have been
very liberal buyers all the week and IL is
a question whether they were really an
need or very many additional cattle. The
trade throughout the morning was dull
and slow and without any new or inter-
esting features. Such cattle as buyers
happened to want early brought steady
prices, but the general trade was weak
and toward the last a little lower than
yesterday. This would apply to prac-
tically all kinds of cattle-beef steers,
cows, heifers and feeders.
The tendency of the market up until
today has been steadily upward this week
and prices are generally tepeNkssz agOusS
iSq2Oc hISher Than last weka .rstsaA
Il Quotations on native cattle: Good to
choice beef steers, ST.00dS1O; fair to good
beef steers, S6.26dTO0; common to fair
heifers $4S0a5.75; good to choice cows,
N.6Og5.5O; fair to good cows, $375q4. 80;
common to fair cows, S2.75qS.65; veal
calves. $3.25G7.50.
Quotations on range cattle: Good to
choice beef steers s5.7596.50: fair TO good
beef steers, S.O0q5.75 common to fair
beef steers, S4.40Q5O0; good to choice COWS
and heirers $L5OQ56; fair to good COWS
and helfers, S3.600D450; common to fair
cows and heifers, $275d3,50 good to
choice stockers and feeders, $5O0d6. 90:
fair to good stockers and feeders, A756
b.2; common to fair stockers and feed
ers, 81. 5Od475; stocsk heifers, So 506p4. so:
bulls, stays etc, $3.O0fI500.
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