Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1908 — SINKS AND DRAINS A FREQUENT CAUSE OF TYPHOID [ARTICLE]

SINKS AND DRAINS A FREQUENT CAUSE OF TYPHOID

Purify These and You Will Be Safe from Contagion. • --- f • : DISINFECTING THE ONLY PREVENTIVE. Borax, a Simple, Safe and Sure Method. How to keep our homes clean, sweet and free from germ influences Is a question. While there is no occasion for alarm, it is,always well to be forearmed on the theory that “An Ounce of Prevention la Better Than a Pound of Cure,” and no ounce of prevention has- yet been discovered that is more simple, more direct and more effective, yet harmless to the human system, than Borax. Borax has been known and used for generations as a purifier and preventive against epidemic Influences originating from uncleanly conditions resulting from unsanitary sinks and drains, and when used as a hot solution In the proportion of two tablespoonfuls to a gallon of hot water flushed through the offending locations, removes every trace of disease germs and renders the pipes clean and wholesome. Borax in addition to its hygienic qualities, is a household necessity, and ban be used for numberless domestic purposes. It softens the water, makes linen dazzling white, will cleanse every article In the kitchen or dining room and make It bright, will prevent moths, soften and whiten the skin, remove dandruff and cleanse the Bcalp, and for cleansing and sterilizing baby’s milk bottle and nipple has no equal. > Borax, unlike every other cleanser and disinfectant, is absolutely harmless to the system, and is safe, simple, economical, and can-be ’ purchased at any druggist or grocery. A dainty book in colors, called the “Jinyle Book," will be sent free to any Mother sending name and address of her baby and tops from two one-pound cartons of il 2o-Mule-Tcam ” Borax, with 5c In stamps. Address Pacific Coast Borax Co., Chicago, 111. mm