Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1909 — Interesting Facts Regarding the Laboratory of the Chamberlain Medicine Co., DesMoines, Iowa. [ARTICLE]

Interesting Facts Regarding the Laboratory of the Chamberlain Medicine Co., DesMoines, Iowa.

A person purchasing a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy lias no conception of the magnitude of the laboratory where this medicine is manufactured. The machinery and apparatus used in Its preparation was designed especially for the purpose and cost several thousand dollars. Europe, South America and the United States supply the various ingredients of this remedy, and on 1 / the highest obtainable quality is used. No pains or expense has been sp'.red in making it as nearly perfect ar, possible. A force of helpers icpresenting homes enough to populate an average lowa town are regularly employed at the plant of the Chamberlain Medicine Company at Des Moines, lowa. Their printing department, which is usually overlooked in calculating the expense of a business of this kind, ranks as one of the best in the state, and is thoroughly equipped with automatic presses and folders of the latest Improved type. Here enough print paper Is used In one year to spread over ten farms of 160 acres each, upon which is printed advertising matter, directions and labels in twenty-eight different languages and dialects. Enough lumber is used in making the cases in which the medicines are shipped to build an eight room house on each of these ten farms every three months. The bottles used by this firm every year, which are filled by machinery at the rate of 2,000 per hour, if placed end to end would reach across the United States seven times or almost encircle the globe.

Twenty-nine Lake county saloon keepers were refused licenses by the county commissioners at their meeting Monday, because of certain errors than tyere made in the pubiicaLiu ot the notices. T*-3 error wnt pointed out by me Anti-Saloon League attorney. The saloon keeper-* who expected to open their places of business the same month, will now be compelled to take a vacation until the county commissioners meet again. ,