Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1891 — A MILLION A YEAR. [ARTICLE]

A MILLION A YEAR.

Lottery and Prize Schemes Used to Sell Alum and Ammonia Bakiug Powders. A New York concern, manufacturers of an ammonia baking powder boasts that its yearly profits are over a million dollars. While, perhaps, none of the makers of alum powders individually can show so large earnings yet their profits are enormous. A business so profitable will always attract to itself those whose greed will cause them to utterly disregard the effect their traffic may have upon the health or life of others. Alum baking powders are introduced largely by gilts, prizes and lottery sohomes A piece of glasswaie or china, a child’s wagon, sled, a pewter spoon or some other article of attractive appearance, but of small intrinsic value oi cost is given wi th each purchase or a number is attached to the can which entitles the customer to a similaily numbered article or to a prize of some kind. It is in some such way as this that the trade in alum and ammonia eking powders, which has now attaine auch giant proporti ms and their consumption by the public which has reached hn extent which is truly alarming 1 The highest authorities of all countries condemn the use of alum in bread without reserve. In America the most distinguished physicians, chemists and hygienists have declared that the traffic n alum baking powders should be suppressed by law. In England and France where the subject of pure food, and its effeot upon the system, has been more fully considered and made the subject of extended experiments by the scientists, so serious a matter is the use of alum in bread or other food considered to be. that moat stringent laws have been enacted to prevent it. These laws are rigidly enforced, and the sale of alum baking powders would not be permitted for an hour. Any one who attempted to make them for use in food, or attempted to use them for raising bread, biscuit or cake would suffer severe penalties. The ill effects upon the system of food raised by alum baking powders are the more dangerous because of tbeir insid ous character.. It would be less dangerous to the community were it fatal at onoe, for then such food would be avoided; but their deleterious aotiou because imperceptible at first is no less oertain. The puckering effect which alum has wh en taken t th is familiar to r-ve- one. .Physicians say this same effect is produced by it upon the delicate coats of the stomach and intestines.

What housewife would take home to her family a can of alum or ammonia bakiug ] powder if she knew it. Such powders not only undermine the system but it is ointed out that ammonia taken into the system in infinitesimal doses day after dav, imparts to the complexion a sallow and a blotched appearance. It is safe to discard all baking powders sold with a prize or gift. Wnat amisnom r are the words “Absolutely Pure,” as applied to bakiDg powders. Two of the largest selling brands; one made from alum, the other containing ammo ia, and both of these drugged ba kjng powders have stamped upon their -labels %nd c rp tiers these words absolutely pure, aua ma ter of fapt they are “Ah S'dntely Poor,” as shown*by official examinations. «. ■ ■- - Bee the Ellis & Murray Cloak department.

Charley Blue has bought the King restaurant. Overcoatvilie. Chicago Bargain Store. Dr. Washburn will complete his special course in the Chicago Me's ical College this wee... Men’s handsome fur and blush caps. Chicago Bargain Store. Recorder Antrim, after a few weeks absence, has returned home looking much improved in health. Felt boot with rubber, $1,50 up Chicago Barga n .store. Mrs. 1. I. Gorby is visiting r elatives and friends in Ohio. The only place for the Mishawaka knit wool boot, that will out“ wear 3 pairs of felt boots, is at the Chicago Bargain Store. C. IT. Y ick, of Chicago, son of our news man, is visaing parents and friends in Rensselaer. The only house that buys rubber boots and shoes in 50 case lots, d.rect f. om factory, and will save v<. u 10 to 20 per ent. Chicago Bargain Store. The. children of Mrs. Charles Rhoades gave her a surprise party Wednesday evening of last week, she having reached her 77th year. Tbe W roughi Iron School SLoe, and the Miller & Gokey boot are ■ do. it ted to be the best ever sold in Rensselaer. A full line at the Chicago Rargain Store. Charles E. Loshbaugh, of California, formerly i resident of this county, is visiting lelatives and friends in this vicinity.

A number of Wood Choppers wanted. A| ply to or address Thomas A. Crockett, Rensselaer, Ind. Mr. Al>-x»nder Mills, of Osceola, Nebraska, nephew of John and Muton Mnkeever, is visiting old scenes, relatives and friends in this vicinity. Happy and content isa home with “The Ro. Chester;” alamp with the light of the morning. For catalogue write Rochester Lamp Co. New York Our neighbor evidently didn’t buy any calico back in the 50’s, under the tariff of ’4O, .judging from his astonishment at the price of some cheap stuff to which hi 6 attention was ca led a few days since. t * Ellis & Murray have one room 80x30 feet full of men’s clothing. Will Hears is coron J r of Otero county, Colorado. Ellis & Muriay have the nest lighted store in town. F. 13. Lyon and ‘Bert’ Bartoo have purchased a Republican paper in California Missouri.

Itoh on human and horses and nil anim»ls cured in 30 minutss by Woolford s Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. So d y Long & Eoeb, Druggists, b Rensselaer, In Out of sight! and no competitors can afford to mee* the cut prices on clothing, boots and shoes, at the Chicago Bahgain Stork. We are pleased to note that our young friend Jesse Roberts has been appointed assistaut|li.’ brarian in liie Law Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has also been elected Valedictori ,n of his class of 275 members. The Gokey and the Miller hand-made boots, the best in the world, anil nearly a , cheap as machine sewed. Chicago Bargain Store. .1. _ ” J 1 L. Mrs. Sarah A. Irwin, mother of cle r k James F. Irwin and Mrs. J. C Porter, died Tuesday afternoon at the re idotiee f her daughter. Mot dav m rning she slipped and fell, breaking her left thigh bore at the hip joint. Aged and feeble, death resulted from the accident. Her age was about 75 vears. — Funeral services were held at the M.E. cliurch Th arsday at 2 o’clock p. m.