Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1888 — The Teeth. [ARTICLE]

The Teeth.

Millions of dollars are spent yearly upon dentifrices. They lead to the spending of millions more upon dentists. A large percentage of this vast outlay is unavoidable. The remainder could be saved if mankind, after reaching the age of reason and its last teeth, would not persist in, continu ng fresh. Common table salt is all that is needed. There is no manufactured tooth powder more harmless. There is none so simple and efficacious. It will actually

retard decay after we have filed off the enamel by using a fool’s tooth-pick, which is a quill, instead of a sliver of soft wood—or, better still, a thread.— New York Times.