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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-09

every spot lights turned from Of
fers splendid the merits of the products but
honor now, are ot hiring that 9 Weekly
general seldom much for the details of
may read lately articles attacking and be
n the following
Some disagreement with Weekly They
but wanted change the form advert
ing TO which objected.
Weekly discontinued inserting advertisements while
they they wanted the wording
and drnb this correspondence
Advertising Depart quit adver
Using Altogether inhat Weekly
Quite the advertising had been left out editorial
attack came replied newspapers and the
Then came both sides, and harsh words
Generally iresome to the public
Weekly has attacked prominn and reputable
manufacturers
Our Company enough for sensational writer
90 after hunt little spot to crtse then distort
present it to the public under scare heads.
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to by the weekly is not known by us
to have any relation to the question.
Our advice to stop eating undigest-
ible food in bowel troubles and to use
Grape-Nuts food has been a great
blessing to tens of thousands of peo-
pie, and we hope will continue to bless
good many more in the succeeding
years.
No. 7 is a live wire 1t refers to
G. W. Post and his studies and exper-
fence in Suggestive Therapeutics" or
Mental Healing" which fur..lcr lead
to most careful systematic study of
the effect of the mind on the digestive
and other organs of the body.
He attended clinics in Europe and
fitted himself for future career in
which he has become known as one
OF the food experts of the world, fit
ted to Judge botn from the material as
well as the mental side of the ques-
ton.
For about eight years previous to
1891 he was an invalid. In that year,
after being under the care of several
well known physicians he was quick
| ly healed, by what to him was cur
ious and not well understood method.
Sufficient to say he became a we'll
man, Weighing about 1S5 pounds
| This experience challenged his in
/ yestigation into ca.,ses of disease and
/ their amelioration. Those studies and
experiences developed very profound
4 reverence for a Supreme Power which
directly operates upon the human be-
ing. and this reverence for the In
finite became to him form Of relig-
ion which included honesty of pur-
pose towards his felloTman A state.
ment which will be Endorsed by every
one who knows him closely
He will make public announce
ment in detail of these facts, and the
Postum Company will cause that
statement to be published In newspa-
pers and magazines in due time We
suggest the reader look for It,
Prevarication No. 8. Post
! spends nearly million 4 year in adj
/ yertising and relies on nat to keep
out of the ne xspapers the dangerous
nature of the fraud he is perpetratine
/ on the pubic"
The Postum Company does pay out
upwards OF a million year for trade
announcements. Newspaper men be
lieYe our statements truthful or they
would not print them. Large numbers
OF newspaper men use our products.
They are capable OF telling the pub
lie whether or not we 'sbribe" them.
II may hare escaped notice that we
did not bride that particular weekly
No. 8 states that the amount Of the
verdict will ''be devoted by the week
" to exposing fraud
This is almost real humor
We have two suits pending agains,
the weekly, total, s50O,oo0.0O.
We haven't devoted the sum tc
any particular purpose yet.
Item 10 is discovery, thai
wheat bran is part of Postum.
But the criticism neglected to men
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-09

standing the fact that certain chem
lists would have the public believe so.
As an nIustrauoa: Attempt 10 feel
man sixty days on butter alone, with
its $50 calories The man would die
before the experiment had run sixty
days.
Then. take 1rape-Nuts with s.ss and
milk with 0.TN.-the two combined
equal z.6e,-about one-half the num-
Der OF caiories contained in butter
The man FED for sixty days on this
food would he well nourished, and
could live not only sixty days, but six
months on that iood alone, and we do
not hesitate TO say from our long
knowledge of the sustaining power of
the food that {. man at the end OF six
lty days would be OF practically the
same weight as when he started, If
ne be a man Of normal weight
We will suppose that from his work
he lost a pound day and maze up a
pound each dag from food II that
premise proved 10 be true the man in
sixty days time would make sixty
pounds of tissue to replace what had
been lost, and this would be done on
~ dHk1 4llsk HILH AdH tlP
number OF caiories OF butter, upon
which no one can sustain life.
Therefore, we have reason to be-
/ lieVe that our contention is right that
concentrated food ike Grape-Nuts.
which is part.y digested and ready for
easy assimilation by the body. pre-
sents more nourishment that the sys-
tenn will absorb than many other
forms of food, and we will further say
that in cases Of digestive troubles
where meat, white bread and oats can
not be digested, that orape-Nuts and
milk contain more nourish 1ent that
the system will absorb than many
pounds of these other foods.
| Distortion No. 8 charges that
I our testimonials were practically all
paid for and rewritten in Battle
( Creek
These testimonials were demanded
by the opposing lawyers. Naturally
/ this demand was refused. for they are
held in vaults ard kept safe TO prove
the truth, and are not to be delivered
up on demand Of enemies.
/ Testimony at the trial brought ont
the fact that we never printed a sin
/ gle testimonial that we did not have
the genuine letter back Of. Many of
these letters came spontaneously. 4
record was kept of twelve hundred
and four (1204l letters received in one
month from people who wrote that
they had either entirely recovered
their health or been benoated BIZ fol.
lowing our suggestions 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 500 prizes, one hundred
$500. twenty of $500 and five OF
$1,000 each,-stating that each must
be an honest letter with name and ad-
| dress. We agreed not 70 publish
names, but TO furnish them 10 on.
quirers by letter. Inese letter writer's
very generally answered those who
wrote to them. and yerined the truth
OF the statements.
Under this agreement not TO nlblish
names literally scores of letters came
from doctors. We kept our word and
neither printed their names or snr
rendered the letters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-09
Some Facts

Battle Greek, Michigan December 80, 1910
We the undersigned certify that to our knowledge
has testimonial been printed by the Postum Cereal Co
Ltd which did have behind it geneuine letter signed
and believed to be an honest statement
TO the best Of our knowledge and belief the Company
has received upwards Of fifty thousand (500Oo genuine te
timonial letters
This Company has knowingly made permitted
mtrufu statement regarding its products its methods
NJ K HOWE Treasurer twihcompany about II yearso
T. J. LAMSON Inspector Of Advts with Company about y yrs
f. c. GRANDIN Adv. Mgr with Company about y years.
r NJ STERIETT. Md. Physician in charge Of Scientific
Dept with Company about AZ years.
CHESTON SYER Advt Writer with Company about 2 yearso
CHARLES w GREEN Advt Writer with Company about s
HARRY e BURT General Sup with Company about y yrs 3
H. HAWK Assistant to Chairman with Company about yrs
c. w POST Chairman with Company IS years from the begin
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-09
Distortion No. 10 reports "

! U1SLOTLl0n NO. Ii 80,
Post as a lodging witness"
His eye is not of the shifty kind
observed in the head Of one of his
chief critics. On the witness stand
Mr.. Post looks quiesly but very stead
lily straight into the eyes OF the hag
Cling, twisting lawyer, trying by all
his art to ask donble-barreled Ques
tons and bull-doze and confuse
witness.
The lodging it seems consisted of
replying, Il don't know
Opposing counsel holds 4 book in
his hand while he queri 81
Il want to know il there is
single thing in your whole book here
that suggests any particular kind OF
food Then followed some discussion
between attorneys.
When Mr.. Post was allowed to re-
ply. he said, g don't know until
read the book over to see.
This book, 1t turns out, was written
by Mr.. Post seventeen years ago and
probably has not been read carefully
by him in the last fifteen years. 1t
would require a remarkable memory
to instantly say yes or mo" as TO
| what book OF LAT pages did or did
not contain. without reading it over,
but such conservative and we'll bal
anced answers ere construed by sem
sation seekers to be lodging.
The attorney sought by every art
to impress the Jury with the fact that
Mr.. Posts belief in the power Of Mind
in relation to the body branded him
as unreliable and worse.
The following is quoted from one OF
the questions
! THE lawyer reading from the book
The writer of these pages desires
to say nothing of himself other than
as simple instrument through which
the Divine Principle chooses to mani
fest itself by precept and example.
! skill in mental practice is gained
! in the same way as skill in any de-
! partment of science-by observation,
study, experience and the ability to
evolve correct conclusions.
! Read carefully, thoughtfully no
more than twenty pages daily After
ward seek an easy position wlere you
+, will not be disturbed. Relax every
muscle. Close your eyes, and go into
the silence where mind is plastic TO
/ the breathings of spirit and where God
/ talks to the son. The thoughts from
Divine Universal Mind come as wing
ed angels and endow you with a heal
ing power. If you go into the silence
/ humble and trusting, you will come
out enriched and greatly strengthened
in body by contact even for a short
/ time with the Father of all life ana
/ all power. You will feel refreshed in
every way and food taken will digest
! readily as the stomach works smooth
| " when under the influence OF a High.
er Power
! Il ask you If you did not write
/ that, and il you did not believe II
when you wrote it."
For a moment the Court Room was
/ in absolute rilence.
| Mr.. Post slowly leaned forward over
the rail, pointed his finger at the
Atty's face to emphasize his reply and
with eyes that caused those of the
Attorney to drop lie said, YES, / am
| proud to say | did"
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spasm No. 6 says. 6

most dangerous thing in the world for
one threatened with appendicitis is to
eat any food whatever Notwithstand-
ing he knew that danger, G. w Post
advertised Grape-Nuts at fifteen cents
"a package for those so threatened
This is intended TO muddle the read
er into believing that we put out
Grape-Nuts as cure FIR appendicitis.
Mr. Post, himself, has had probably
as wide experience as any other man
in America in the study and obserya-
ton OF food as related 10 the digestive
organs and we proved in Court by the
physicians and surgeons on the wit
ness stand that the predominating
cause of appendicitis is undigested
food, and that it il necessary 10 quit
eating food. and when e body re-
quires food again, use a pre-digested
food or at least one easy of digestion.
DR. 0chsner in his work on appen.
dicitis refers directly TO the use OF the
weIl-known pre-digested foods that
can be obtained on the market He
also brought out the interesting fact
that in after treatment it is adj
Tantageous to take on pre-digested
food
| The price of the package preferred
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-09

10 the time Hnen we empiOyeQ pny-4
sieians in our own business, We oc-
casionaily employed a doctor to write
an article on coffee, always insisting
that the article he an honest express
sion of his opinion and research.
The Weekly hunted up this ply
stefan, and because he seemed to be
poor, and as it says, "brokendown,"
had him brought to Court to be ex-
posed before jury as the only ply
stefan that had ever endorsed Grape
Nuts, but much to the chagrin of the
Weekly when our attorneys asked
him if the article he wrote about cot
fee was true, he replied, yes
Statement No. 5 reads: The
health officers CT Mich, Maine, Penn,
New Hamp., and other states in their
official bulletins have for years been
denouncing as preposterous and fraud
:ulent the claims made by the Postum
Cereal Company We do not recall
iany criticism except from Mich,
Penn, Maine and S. Dakota
The average reader might think that
the opinions expressed by the State
Officials are always correct, but that
ICouCiusiOll Is HOT DOTne out Dy IdctS.
As an illustration. About thirteen
years ago the Dairy and Food Com
mission of Michigan for some person
al reason printed a severe criticism
on US for making Postum of Barley
according to his fetal chemist) at
market price and selling too high. He
was shown there was never a grain
of barley used in Postum His report
twas false and misleading. The COVER
nor dismissed him
| We believe that most of the state
officials are honest, and on the other
hand we are firmly convinced that
| some OF their conclusions cannot be
] substantiated by facts in scientific re
! search.
They never criticize the purity of
our food. for SO much we are thankful.
/ II our conclusions in regard to its
( being brain food differ from their s
and we are both honest, they have
rather the advantage, because under
! the law they can order US to eliminate
+ from the package any statement If it
disagrees with their opinion. Other
wise they would harass grocers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-09

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 officials at Washington and added
we have no RECOLLECTION of being asked
to-
We believed that our statement that
Grape-Nuts will supply elements to
nourish the brain and nerve centres
is true and bring authorities to sup
port the fact.
Some state chemist believed this a
gross exaggeration and inasmuch as
the Food Dept. at Washington could
easily barass grocers, pending trial
on the disputed question we conclud.
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 greater
mount of nourishment from one pound
of Grape-Nuts than from ten pounds
of meat. wheat. oats, or bread
Some Department chemist deceive
themselves as well as tie public
Galore" is the word which defines
unit of heat determined by the
amount necessary to raise one kilo-
gram of water one degree centigrade
On this basis a table of calories is pre-.
pared showing the percentage of diff.
fereDt kinds OF food Butter shows
500; Grape-Nutg 3.96; milk 0.7o. Re.
member the statement on the pack
age spoke of the nourishment the sys.
tenn would absorb, but did not speak
of the calories of heat contained in it.
for the heat is not nourlshment. and
the nourishment cannot be judged by
the number of heat units, notwith-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-09
are made OF.

Before the passage of the Pure Food
Law the packages stated that Grape
Nuts food was made OF wheat and bar
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-09

Right hers notice an Imitation
spasm.'. The Weekly" says: Post
got those testiT onials by advertising
for them. In rev York he used for
that purpose the New York Magazine
the Federal PenitentiEry for fraudu-
lent use of the mails. For example,
Post announced in that magazine in
1907. etc. (then follows our prize
competition).
We used nearly all of the papers
and magazines in New York and the
rest OF America, but the sensational
writer gives the impression to his
readers that the only magazine We
used was one whose editor is now
in the Federal Pententiary,'. etc..
something that know nothing OF
/ the truth of now, and never old. Space
was bought in the magazine spoken of
on a business basis for the reason thai
| it went TO a good class o. readers. The
incident seems to have furnished an
opportunity for a designing writer to
deceive his readers.
We look upon honest human testi-
mony from men and women as TO the
means by which they recovered health
as OF tremendous value to those in
search of it. Our business has been
conducted from the very first day up
on lines of strict integrity and we new
Il er yet have published false testi-
monial OF human experience Many
of these letters covered numerous
sheets; some, if printed. would spread
over half page of newspaper. If we
would attempt to print one sucn letter
F! in every one of the thousands Of pa
! pers and magazines We use, the cost
/ for printing that one letter would run
into many thousands Of follars.
We boil down these letters exactly
as a newspaper writer boils his news,
sticking sacredly to the important
| facts and eliminating details about the
family and other ulimportant matters.
This work OF boiling down. or eolung
/ is done honestly, AM with full
knowledge of our responsibility. but
! notice the art of the itwisterp in the
way he presents to his readers this
matter of testimonials.
/ Distortion No. q. This is a
bad one. It reads as follows THE
only famous physical whose name
was signed to testimonial was pro
duced in Court by Collier; and turned
tout TO be poor old brokendown
homeopath, who is now working in a
printing establishment. He received
ten dollars $4,000 for writing his
testimonial.
We will wager ten thousand dollars
! fsl0,o0e00l with an investigator that
We have. subject to inspection of any
j fair committee, upwards OF three hun
idred 5000 communications from ply.
sicians, many o. them expressing the
highest commentator of our pro
/ ducts, but these will not now or ever
be turned over 10 the publisher .o-
his use.
Notice the statement in this charge:
The only famous physician whose
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 commenda
tory words about the value OF our
foods, but every now and then some
physician writes an article on coTee
or on food, and sends it to us with a
suggestion of compensation for his
/ time and medical knowledge. Previous
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-09

be efendsd
ourselves Dy placing facts before that uyThe Public
~ ' ~ INV you are
In the to the HIGHER courts We
nave unbounded
Our suits against the weekly The are for libel and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-09
Distortion No. / stated thai

Distortion No. / stated shst
We have been accustomed 10 advertise
srspe-Nuts and Postum as 'cure-alis
for everything
II has never been the policy OF this
Company 10 advertise Grape-Nuts or
Postum 10 cure ANYTHING
we say that N cases where coffee
disagrees and is causing sickness It's
dismissal will remove the cause OF the
trouble, and we suggest the use OF
Postum for the reason that il furn-
isiles hot paiatabIe morning beFer-
age. and contains natural elements
from the grain which can be used BY
nature TO assist in rebuilding nerve
centres that coffee may have broken
down
Likewise Grape-Nuts food does not
cure anything, but it does assist ma
fure tremendously in rebuilding, pro
vided the undigestible food that has
been used is discontinued and Grape
Nuts taken in its place.
Charge No. 2 states that the
passage of the National Food Drugs
Act compelled US to drop from the
packages some assertions regarding
the nutritiye ealue OF Grape-Nuts-
We have never been compelled 10
make any change
Since the beginning ii has been a
universal rule TO print clearly on eF-
evry package eactly what the contents
s -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-09

He will make public announce
ment in detail of these facts, and the
Postum Company will cause that
statement to be published In newspa.
pers and magazines in due time. We
suggest the reader look for it.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1911-12-07
The Christmas Shop.

The Ladies OF the First Pres
byterian church will have a Chr
iStmas sale N the residence of
Mrs. 5. VI. Jenkins on Main 81.
on December the 18th from ppm
until 10 O'Clock p m. Many use
full and ornamental articles Will
be on sale. Mrs. John Wilson
will have charge Of the Doll Ba-
zaar and will be glad to display
all wares pertaining TO Doll land.
The committee who have cha
rye of the delicatessen table pro-
mise all shall be- pleased. who
purchase from them.
4 Buffet Luncheon will be SER
we'd during the afternoon and
evening. There is a surprise a.
waiting all the young people.
Come one and all. everybody
is invited 10 visit the Christmas
shop and help the ladies in their
good work.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1911-12-07
To Flat Rate Patrons OF Light Co.

After Jan LIST next our flat rat
es for residences will be 50cts
for each Ii candle light if turn
ed out on retiring and 75cts for
for each light burned all night.
81. per month for use of 81 can
die lamps and 81 80. Cor same if
burned all night. II is "A questi-
on of doubt whether the new Hat
rates will be profitable. They
will not be. unless every one
treats US fairly.
We want everyone who wishes
10 do SO. 10 use n meter. on viii
CHI We give the Unprecedented
privilege of 10 lights or less at a
$l.00 minimum "A month. or Sl2.
minimum per year If paid in adj
vance. AT which rates We
should make a small profit.
Marion Electric Light & Ice Go
Incorporated.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1911-12-07
II You Have Eczema or Any
skin or Scalp Trouble
Here's Good News

You have probably tried one or more
remedies with small success. This
costs money and it is uncertain. We
want you to try ZEMO. the clean Ii
quid remedy, but we do not want you
to paw for it unless you are satisfied
with results. We have so much faith
in Zemo that we want you to try IL by
sending to the +. W. Rose Medicine
Co, 1882 Olive St, St. outs. No &.
l0c in stamps to pay postage for a
generous sample of ZEMO and ZEMO
(antiseptic) SOAP and our 81 page
booklet on skin diseases OR get bot
tie today at Haynes & Taylor's Drug
Store and if you are not pleased with
results they will refund your money.
ZEMO is a clean scientific prepare
ton that washes away and destroys
the germ life and the polsons that
cause the trouble Stops the itching
at once and results can be seen after
one application. ZEMO absolutely
lures eczema in all its forms as well
IS hives, rashes, ache. letter, BARRIERS
itch. pricklv heat etc. on infants the
same as on grown persons.
Endorsed and sold by druggists every
where and in Marion by Haynes Il
Tay lor's Drug Store. .
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1911-12-07
Waved Her Petticoat.

Purcell. Okla. Nov. %. Eva
Hall. ten years old. saved pas
senger train on the Oklahoma
Central railroad from going into
a ditch Yesterday. She was on
her way from school when she
discovered that a bridge over a
deep gulch had been burned
IL was only a few minutes
until the passenger train would
be along. She tagged the train
with a red underskirt. The pas
sengers made up a purse of one
hundred dollars for the giri.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1911-12-07
Great Dam Weakening.

Ellensburg. Wash. Nov. p.
Fearing the great storage dam
at Lake NacheS will break at
any minute. men are riding
through the Yakima valley with
a warning to the people To flee.
Five hundred government en-
ployes are working to control
the food waters that are rush
ing over the storage dam. To
save the dam II may bee necessa.
nv az any moment 10 release the
food water stored back of It
II that is done the damage in
Yakima valley will be enormous.
An enormous quantity Of water
is stored in Lake Nachcs and
adjoining lakes.