The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
Pure 70 D AND DRIJG
LAW IN 3 D al GA ms
PA TENT NE Oh T. MEN

UOW6lb WITHOUT fIEOuDL6 AuO ny VuI.
tying the blood prevents your liza
bility to disease"
Analysts Of the product. which was
claimed by the manufacturer to be
effective in thestreatnent of so many
yirulenf and contagious disease, as
well as q variety Of minor Ills, showed
that 1t was strip containing 1873
Per cent non-volatile matter. SO per
cent alcohol. anise,. and vegetable
cathartic drug. The government,
therefore, charged that the medicine
did not contain Ingredients or me-
dicinal agents effective for the relief
and cure OF the disease which It was
claimed to cure. The court imposed
a fine Of $75.
Remarkable Claims for Extractor.
A plea Of guilty was entered by II.
A. Ingham and Company, iofs YER
sennes, Vt, to the charge that state
lnents and claims az to curative pow
ers of a product called DR.. H, "A.
Ingham's Vegetable Nervine PainEx
tractor" were false and fraudulent.
An analysis Of a sample OF the prod
oct by the bureau OF chemistry show
ed the same to contain alcohol, eighty
six per cent; opium alkaloidsi cam
phor. capsicum and vegetable extrac-
tive matter. The government, there
fore. alleged that the medicine did
not contain ingedients or medicinal
agents effective, as the labels or cir
culars asserted, to subdue raging
fever, or to cure typhoid fever, lung
fever, scarlet fever. rheumatic fever,
cholera. dysentery. sun stroke. diph-
iberia, bleeding at the lungs, net-
yous exhaustion or piles. or to pre-
vent fits Of apoplexy and epilepsy
when coming on, or to heal without
Inflammation or suffering all wounds,
sprains or burns, or to break up "a
felons or to cure congestion Of the
lungs, pleurisy, fits OF apoplexy,
chronic rheumatism,t paralyzed limbs
and Group.
1t was also alleged by the govern
ment that the statements For teeth
ing and restless children, 1t is not
only safe and harmless. but posi-
lively beneficial; 1t agrees with the
most tender child or feeble infant
were false and misleading in that
they were of such nature as to mis-.
lead the purchasers into the belief
that the article contained no harm
full or poisonous Ingredient, whereas,
in fact, 1t did contain morphine and
other opium alkaloids OF a poison,
GUS and deleterious nature. such as
might prove harmful and deleterious
to the health of tender children and
feeble infants and other persons, IL
consumed by them. The court fined
the defendant $500.
Seize 1000 Bottles.
Four thousand and ninety-two
bottles of Father Johns Medicine"
were seized in Philadelphia, Pa, it
being alleged in the libel that the
labels on the bottles and ON the paste
board packages containing the bot
ties bore statements regarding the
curative effects of the medicine that
were false and fraudulent. Claims
were made by the manufacturers for
the efficacy of the medicine in the
treatment of consumption, coughs,
colds. Group. asthma, bronchitis, sore
throat, whooping cough, pneumonia,
catarrh. ricketts, and number Of
other ailments. A judgment of con-
demnation and forfeiture was en-
tered, and it was ordered by the
court that the product be delivered
to Carleton and Hovey Company,
Lowell, Mass, upon payment of all
the costs in the proceedings and the
execution of bond in the sum Of
$4,000 to insure that the goods would
not be sold unless truthfully relab-
eled.
Jury Says Guilty"
A verdict of guilty" was render
ed against the American Laborator.l
les. corporation located at Phila-
delphia. Pa, for shipping into inter-
state commerce product called BAD
EN- SALE" which 1t was alleged was
falsely and fraudulently labeled. An
analysis of sample Of the product
showed that it consisted of common
salt, Glauber salt, baking soda and
a small amount Of tartaric acid. It
was claimed by the manufacturers
that this preparation reproduced the
medicinal properties Of the great Eu-
ropean springs famous for centuries
for the cuse Of disease OF the stom-
ach, intestines, liver, kidneys or blad-
der. and that it represented the me.
diciQaI aRents obtained nv the evan