Millard County Chronicle | 1932-01-14 | Page 5 | Mail Order Quack Still Flourishes

MAIL ORDER QUACK STILL flourishes post office department reports fakers busy washington ilie elixir of life the chemist chemists s secret p on the magic ring and the miracle n biking necklace still are popular with the american people during the last few months the post ifft ce department after investigating ala cements cements has put the vendors of n of t these wonder workers out of ass ss so far as using the malls Is arned by issuing fraud orders put tl e mall mail order doctor boundless in his claims Is still functioning the department believes the usual procedure Is for a post inspector to answer anser an adier ging g ving the symptoms of some chronic or incurable disease or some dl disease eise that never existed when the remedy Is rec receded elied it is submitted to flip proper government laboratory tor for analysis and tests tien comes the fraud order but the business goes on in other channel channen and its profits are evidenced by large sums spent in advertising the inspectors find most of the claims ridiculous A southern pro fessor was selling two ord nary pieces of zinc which he said had electrical ties to cure hardening of the ar tenes teries high blood pressure heart trou brou ble and most any other malady of man or beast another had a surefire sure fire remedy for tuberculosis warned against exposing ones self to fresh air and guaranteed a cure within ten days powdered leaves of wood garlic to be taken dur ing a full moon a necklace to cure cancer and even sugar pills and plain drinking water to be taken a spoonful at a time all hive have been found recen recently to have a contina ng popular sale val ue in america