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PAGE NO. TWO.' MEDICINESJQNDEMNED. Courts Condemn Goods, or Fine Patent-Manufacturers-Proceeded Against for Fraudulent Claims as to Curative Powers. THE PALATKA NEWS. PALATKA, FLA. More than half a hundred legral ac tions have bean terminated successful ly under the Sherley Amendment to the Food and Drugs Act, which pro hibits false and fraudulent claims as to the curative or therapeutic effects of drugs or medicines. Criminal pros- ' , and on the paste. ecutions against the manufacture s belson , containing the bottles were brougnt in to cases, uui m ox . . Satements regarding the curative stances the falsely and fraudulent y ,boi saelmedfcine tfat were false honied medicines were seized wniie in -- t n imo wpre made interstate commerce. Claims made ""aV W the medicine in the w the manufacturers for the curative by tne emcacy 1 . nuhs. safe and harmless, but positively ben- I eficial; it agrees with the most-tender child or feeble infant," were false and misleading in that they were oi such a nature as to mislead the pur ,.v,noI.,.a intr, tVio helief that the article contained no iharnlf ul or poisonous in gredient, wnereas, in iaet, il um i tain morphine and other opium alka loids of a poisonous and deleterious nature, such as might prove harmful and deleterious to the health of ten der children and feeble infants, and other persons, if consumed by them. The court nnea tne aeienuam. fi. Seized 4,092 Bottles of "Father John's Medicine." Four thousand and ninety-two bot tles of "Father John's Medicine :,o,i in PViilnrlclnhia. Pa., it being alleged in the libel that the la- OPPORTUNITY FOR by the manufacturers for the curative y . t consumption, coughs, powers of these preparations ranged treatment o chitis, SOre from tuberculosis, smallpox and diph- 'd'rUuP' in c0'ugh, pneumonia, theria to coughs, corns, ana scp -- - rickets, and a .-number or eases. A number of other criminal ?";lm1. ' A judgment of con prosecutions and seizures are pending othei a 'mems. j i s in various Federal courts throughout demnat the court that the United States because of alleged and it was o , violations of the Sherley . Amendmen J eH P'gJ., w,Uf Mass., upon pay similar to those which have aiie ment of all the costs in the proceed been tried. The officials charged with execution of a bond in the enforcement of the 1-ood and in ana t Drugs Act are of the opinion that the :the sum o , evils of the patent-medicine bus mess Rood s can be stopped only by the most dras- fV labeled. Misbr,Ildin,r tic action. . . , ljury Says "Guilty for Mibbrandm, It is pointed out that traffic in med- i "Bad-Em-Saltz." icines for which false and fraudii- verdict of "guilty" was rendered lent claims are made is not only an A American Laboratories, a economic fraud of the worst kind ,1.1 'J locafed at Philadelphia, that a worthless preparation that portion 10 inte,.state com. costs but a few cents is fre quentl 1 Ia.io "Bad-Em-sold for a dollar or more a bottle, meice a P falge but that health and even life are en- l jentiv abeled. An an dangered by failure to secure .the 'y ts of a Cmple oit the product show service of a physician in such serious aysis ot a samp 1 n diseases as tuberculosis, diptneria , ed that 't 0 u kj god anda pneumonia, and scarlet fever un d Uau ber s Ut 0 J. u too late, because reliance " ri.,imed bv the manuiacturers been placed in the curative powers l ' mprepa ation reproduced the . ,.-,-tV,lnss nrenaration which l1- .ttn.t tnis piejm 1 claimed to be a never-failing remedy. ti, ,i.,i,iofl victim mav not realize Government Filling Vacan cies in Public Health Service. ' Young medical men between the ages of 23 and 32 will be given an ... t;t nn November 1st. 1915. according to a circular just issued by Surgeon General Rupert Blue, to aemonstrate their fitness for admis sion to the grade of Assistant Sur geon in the U. S. Public Health Ser vice. There are several vacancies in the government's mobile sanitary corps, which is now in the 118th year of its existence, but in order to be recommended to the President for a commisssion, a physicial and profes sional examination must first be pass ed. As the tenure of office is perma nent and the Public Health officers are liable to duty in all parts of the world, they are required to certify that they believe themselves free from any ailment which would dis qualify them for service in any cli mate. Boards will be convened, at Washington, Boston, New York, Chi cago, St. Louis, Louisville, New Or leans a id SanFrancisco, but permis sion to take the examination must first be obtained from the Surgeon General. The examination is search ing and includes, in addition to the various branches of medicine, sur gery ar.d hygiene, the subjects of the preliminary education, history, litera ture and the natural sciences. Com missions will be issued as Assistant Surgeon and, alter four years ot ser vice, the young officers are entitled to examination for promotion to the grade of Passed Assistant Surgeon, and after twelve years ot service to another examination for promotion to the grade of Surgeon. The annual salaries are; Assistant Surcoon, $2000; Passed Assistant Surgeon, $2400; Surgeon,$3000; Senior Sur cean. $3500: Assistant Surgeon Gener al, $4000. When the Government does not provide quarters, commuca- 4.: t 4-V.o ..to o.f SSn !UO nnH SK0 a month according to grade is allowed. All grades receive longevity pay, inat is, 10 per cent in addition to the regular salary for every five years un til the maximum of 40 per cent is reached. When officers travel on of ficial duties they are reimbursed their actual traveling expenses. NUMBER 40 FOR THE BLOOD Number 40 for the Blood is com pounded of ingredients set down i:i the U. S. Dispensatory as follows: "Employed in diseases of trie glandu lar system in. syphilis , and lead poinsoning. One of our best reme dies for scaly skin affections, chronic rheumatism, scrofula and glandular enlargements, such as goitre, lupus and tumors." Number 40 for the Blood is sold by J. H. Haughton, Druggist. More men are kicked by the mule of adversity than ever ride the hors? of prosperity. TRAVELING iHHEAP. American Railroad Rates Are Very Low, Compared With Conditions In Europe. Do people realize how much they receive for their money when they purchase a railroad or steamship tick et? There appears to be a prevalent idea that American railroad rates are high. Statistics show tnat ine avei age disance traveled by every reve nue passenger who boards a train is ia .I.J tVint fnr rarrving this passenger the railroad receives 67 cents, or less wan l kiim ""- as against an average of 3 1-2 cents charged abroad in ordinary times. At this low rate of less than 2 cents the tourist in America wants good roau beds, oiled in summer in sections ,..v,OM tha Mimnto is rfrv and the bed sandy; steady, easy-riding cars not built 01 wood HKe mosi 01 uie xauii--pean cars, but of steel; the protection of intricate and costly safety devices, the fastest engines and the best ser vice. He wants passage on the most palatial steamers with all the com forts of home, at prices that are a source of wonder to the person who traveled in other countries, says ivaui leen Hills in Leslie's. The American tourist is provided with free time tables and booklets of information. The latter, while not necessary, make the iourney Pl anter and the traveler's comfort . FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1915- miles or more. In Europe i tne nortat on ot an uaKee-. ," L-ra & by the PaMX for according to weight Here must be electric-.- The Pullman car traveler pays but . Jmall addTtional fee for his .ncreas- ed comfort. For 25 cents per u.. during which time one or 40 miles, the passenger can ride n a luxuriously appointed car equip ped with every convenience. He can journey across the continent n su perb sleeping cars with the privilege nf pnioving. by day, a free liDrary, wriUng and smoking rooms, and is wnuiif, iu service, all enXinnal "expenditure of a iiTtleTvei -W cent a mile .It safe to assume that tne p"6y ""- makes a complaint ecu " "j trifling incivility or ina tent.on on a railroad or swam " f thought to the many ui s - ratuiuslyfor, o ort ful that he is traveling ... Good Batement a Necessity. No farm home should be without a large, roomy, dry and cool bae ment; of the kind in which you can stow away a furnace, as well as serr ing a comfortable workroom. Be sides, any other kind Is not sanitary, to Bay the least. tuueu viv.i"ii -- his danger until the disease lias lean ed a stage too far advanced for even the ablest physicians to cope wit,i it. Effective treatment depends in most cases on applying it during the early stages ot tne disease. Suggestive Name of "Family Physi cian" Fails to Save. The Houchens Medicine Co., of Bal timore, Md., pleaded guilty to tnj charge that a preparation called "Family Physician" and shipped by them into interstate commerce was falsely and fraudulently labeled. Among the many diseases for whic.i this medicine was recommended by the manufacturers in statements ap pearing on the labels and accompa nying circulars were dipthena, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, smallpox, bron chitis, neuralgia, croup, and all dis eases of the throat and lungs. the following quotations from the label, carton, or circular are interesting "The Public is hereby assured ttmt. tVs is the Genuine and Original fam il'v Physician. For fever you need not give anything else Imv this AI-'.U-T.e, it will keep the ins it out it l,if For cases ri .Jinan Vox' take plcnt-- and often. Use freelv. Give no hot teas, just give yie medicine and what pimples are under ihe skin will come out. the rest will be curried off bv the medicine. p Also a wonderful and positive remedy for dysnepsia, keeps measels out nii-elv, regulates the bowels with out trouble, and by purifying the blood prevents your liability to dis ea.se. Analysis of the product, which wan claimed by the manufacturer to be ef fective in the treatment of so many virulent and contagious diseases, as v.e'l as a variety of miner ills, showed that it was a sirup containing 192 per cent non-volatile matter, 8.'.' pet cent alcohol, anise, and a vegetal). e cathartic ilrus. The Cover -iment. therefore, charged that the medicine did not. contain iiv."-odients or medici nal agent? effective for the relief and cure of the diseases which it claimed to cure. The court imposed a fine of $75. Dr. H .A. Ingham's Vegetable Expec ' loianl Nervine Pain Extractor. A plea of guiltv was entered by H. ' Ingham & Co., of Vergennes, t to the charge that statements and claims as to curative powers of a prod uct called "H. A. Ingham's egetaWi Expectorant Nervine Pain Extractoi were false and fraudulent. An an alysis of a sample of the product oy the Bureau of Chemistry showed tn same to contain aiconm. ii opium alkaloids, camphor, capsicum, and vegetable extractive matter. 1 h Government, therefore, alleged 1-y.t the medicine did not contain ingredi ents or medicinal agents effective, as the labels or circulars asserted, to subdue raging fever, 6r to cure ty nboid fever. K.ng fever s k-t fever, rheumatic fever, chole ii. (" enterv, sunstroke, dinhthena, bleeding at the lungs, nervous exh'iu-tion or in. or to prevent tits of apoplexy and epilep-y when coming on. or to hcM without intlar.iation or sutlering all wounds. swnm. or burrs, or ,o break up a felon, or to euro conges tion of the !u:i, rleinis;-, f.t.- o. apr.pUxv. chronic rheumatism, rai 'alv?ed lin'bs. and croup. It w-s also alleged by the Govern, mert that the statements "Vor teeth ing ar.cl restless children, it is not only WO&i ALL EUli ZZf Made Strong and 7iU Zj Vnol Vvuynosboro.ra. " I v.-as-.i. r.nvlown after a hard spell of lu,ciaoi was hard fc-me to k.;- about. 1 I.. , in mv chest and took co.d e. S - A asked mo to try Vin?l. 1 mtl and BOUGH, Waynesboro. Pa. Vinol creates an appetite, a,-.U tligis tion. make pure blood an ! creates Btrength. Your money Ut.. u it lai... medicinal properties ot the great imi- , ropean springs famous for centuries , for the cure of diseases of the stom ach intestines, liver, kidneys or blad- de'r and that it represented the medi cinal agents obtained by the evaporat- j ir of the water from famous Euro-j apen springs. The uovernmeni. .-. leged, among other things, that these claims were laise ami uiiMts' - i was also alleged that the statements j in the circular indicating that the , preparation contained ingredients or edicinal agents enective iu. , ing gall stones, ior inc. (,ic--..i.u.. j itritis, for curing uiaueies, lu. r'-- . venting or checking cnroinc ; tion of the Kidneys, anu tut : atarvh n( the bladder were n.t-t .i.'.t . .luc'ulent. A fine of 100 was ;m-j posed by tne court. , Ire tollovnng nst 111111.1. ', . I mvi.a rations agamsi " ern.oort's charge that they ver; .a.se- lv or fraudulently laueic.u nn, ; tamed by the Federal courts fatato- ments were made on the labels of, 01 ; on ih't circulars accooijau. j r reparations intended to nut'; , -irehaser believe that the mememcs , were effective cures for a great var.e- j tv of diseases for which they were rec- ! o'mmended by the manufacturers or ,,. TV,o main allegations of ; !.. , ivoi-p nnheld bv the . courts and judgment accordingly cn 1 tered in connection wim c.. following preparations. Radam's Microbe K-iller. Hilton's Specific. Smith's Agricultural Liniment. Dr. Sullivan's Sure Solvent. Russell's White Drops, sttrnmoline. Wild Cherry Pepsin. 1 eau's Wine 01 -iiuse. Herman Koch's Brand m- , i,. r.in Comnound. nnate, tticij .in.. . . Swissco Hair and Scalp Remedy. Cod Liver Oil with Svrup of iai. Dr. Mozlev's Lemon Elixir. Sa-Yo Mint Jujubes. Grav's Glycerine Tonic Compound. Dr 'Martel's Female Pills. Ouickstep, Frye's Remedy. Seawright's Magnesian L.thia Wa- Hiirs Aromatic Ext. Cod Liver Oil (Hollander-Koshland Co.) Flack's Pulmonic Syrup. Tetterine. Laxative Quinine Tablets. Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy. Maignen Antiseptic Powder. Cranitonic Scalp Food-Hair Food Dr. David Kennedy's Cal-tura Sol vent. , Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup. Keller's Flaxseedine. Tutt's Pills. . Universal Rheumatic Remedy. Green Mountain Oil. Weber's Genuine Almne Herb lea. Montague's Liniment. Cop's Cough Balsam. White Stone Lithia Water. Kalamazoo Celery and Sarsapanlla Comnound. Oualitv r:imi:ma Compound. Dennis Eucclyntus Ointment. C-sidv's IX, The Great Dlood Tu- riher. . Rm-tor's Antiseptic Lenin Dr. Shoon's Night Cure. Pr, Shorm's Congh Pern Shoon's Restorative. Rheomaeido. Rice's Mother's Joy Sulv Milan. ! Old Jim Fields Phosphate Dill and C.in. RtunvtV Buchu and Jumper Com- pound. I Ozomu'.sion. j Junes' P.reak Un. j OrsweH's Liver Aid. j Dr. Shoon's Twenty Minute Croup .f Remedy. 1 Rogers' Consumption Cure and ; Cough l.oc.enges. i R gc:s' Inhitla-.t. ! Mort Dr. Oil. Interested at Once. I "My dear, you ought to pass up frlv- ( olous thinss and take an interest In dot p subjects. Take history, for In- stance. Uesslcr, the tyrant, put up a hat for the Swiss to saiuie. tu lady was a triP.e interested. "How was it trimmed?" she inquired. Louisville Courier-Journal. MM S3. ' . i. r.w. tm uttf - -ttfi.Ai. Xi. . 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All storm curtains can be put on in a few minutes, without getting out of the car. They are arranged so that they almost fall in place. These few tilings are indicative of Overland comforts and con veniences. Y our wife will appreciate them. Compared with other popular-priced cars, the Overland has many decided advantages. Our dealer will be glad to go into detail. ' Model 83 Roadster $725 Model 86 Six Cylinder 7 Passenger $1145 trio, f. I. k tMt pallatka by Palatka Automobile & Supply Co. Ihe Willys-Uverland Company, Toledo, Oh 1 r Wilt... V:Lt ... I.. AISO manuiaciurcri ui t iii-iiuih vutwtuwuuc: MCMOt" c WW IO Made in U. S A