Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1905 — Mischievous Legislation Threatened. [ARTICLE]

Mischievous Legislation Threatened.

Legislation Is threatened In many States during this coming winter for the suppression of the so-called “patent” medicines. The success of such legislation would mean the abolition of the home medicine chest and would force persons, no matter how remote their homes from a physician, to call In a doctor for every minor ailment. The legislation as proposed would mean frequent long delays awaiting the arrival of a physician, when a simple remedy administered by a member of the household would accomplish the result desired, or at least give temporary relief.