Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1917 — A Cure-All 400 Years Old. [ARTICLE]

A Cure-All 400 Years Old.

The Indian “swallow stick” is 400 years old. In Indian ceremonies, it was customary for the priest to thrust the stick down his throat, causing the reaction, thought by the natives to purge him of all Impurities.