| Show factor I sa r Smashes Ii Three 1 Tons frOnS of Worthless Old Drugs Eleven r ck load loads of old drugs and tnt p medicines weighing more than 23 tons w were re recently lo to 0 the city dumping ground at Dallas DallaR Tex There a ton 10 10 I tractor r ran over them until all I were destroyed I This was the largest quantity of such Euch products ever destro destroyed ed by Texas food-and-drug food officials who are cooperating with the Federal Food and Drug Administration in trying I trying to stop the activities o of tin un-I un- un scrupulous salvage drug dealers It included drugs and medicines i iI I bearing Spanish American war tax taxi i s stamps amps Somo Some were made in Indian Territory before Oklahoma was wag I ad-I ad I as ns a state in 1907 Lab Labels Labelson Labelson b on on bottles of Scientific Electric i Fluid guaranteed this product to i cure 37 different diseases Recommended mended for all the chief ailments known to the human system was printed on packages containing Dr Garys Gary's vegetable ointment Although class better-class druggists keep old products from their shelves shel shel- shelves shelves ves the salvage drug business be- be became became be became came unusually lly active last year in Texas and other southern southern states Much of the old m material picked I up at auctions of bankrupt fire fire- fire damaged damaged or distressed stocks I found its way into interstate com com- commerce commerce merce meree Cooperation of state auth auth- authorities authorities com I with the Federal Food and Drug has made andI it I possible to confiscate and destroy large qu quantities o of these worthless v I 1 drugs I |
