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250 the iikalth bulletin. GOLD BRICKS IN HEALTH How Fools are Soon Parted from their Money, Lives and Health Warren H. Booker, C.E. What do you think of a fellow that bites on a gold brick swindle these days? Feel kind o' sorry for him in a way, don't you? And yet, when he loses his money, we just say, "A fool and his money are soon parted/' But what about the scoundrel that gets away with this poor fellow's hard earned cash? What do we think of him? What do we think of all his accomplices? The prison is too good for them, and they are rarely ever sent there, any way. __________ But where there is one gold brick in business there are a dozen in health. Where there is one fellow selling mining stock that will never mine, or real estate that is not real (lots in Long Island Sound, out in the ocean, or in some river bed), there are a score of scoundrels and their accomplices, several shades blacker than the gold brick shark, who are not only filching the hard earned money from our people and giving them nothing for it in return, but they are actually robbing them of their most precious personal possession, their lives and health. Whom do I mean by the scoundrels and their accomplices? I refer to th? great host of patent medicine frauds and fakes, and the accomplices are none other than a great lot of the newspapers and religious papers which exploit the advertisements of these frauds. Of all papers that should be clean from cover to cover, that should bend every effort to make sure that LOOK OVER THE ADS IN YOUR FAMILY PAPERS THIS EVENING. IF YOU FIND PATENT MEDICINE ADVERTISEMENTS, JUST DROP A LINE TO THE EDITOR AND TELL HIM WHAT YOU THINK OF SUCH ADVERTISEMENTS. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP SUCH THINGS IS TO LET THE FOLKS PUBLISHING THESE PAPERS KNOW WHERE YOU STAND ON SUCH MATTERS. what is advertised in their papers is what it is claimed to be, it certainly devolves upon the religious press to set an example and, above all, to be honest with their readers. You would never think of letting some one thrust a loaded revolver into your hand, put your finger to the trigger, aim the gun at one of your friends and commit murder for you, while you deliberately turned your head in another direction. Did it ever occur to you that that is just what takes place when a paper, religious or secular, sells its advertising space to such frauds? It is the modern way of selling our birthright for a mess of pottage. Was Judas much more to be blamed for betraying innocent blood for thirty pieces of silver than we are, ; if we betray our fellow man by being ; party to a plot to rob him of his money | and give him, at best, some worthless drugs? Perhaps we also give him a ^ shove and a kick down the road of ill * health toward a premature grave— sometimes from the dangerous character of the drug, more often because : the promises made delude the victim and keep him from getting genuine medical relief. To be concrete, witness the follow- ' ] ing incident. The accompanying pic-11 ture shows a man who saw "Nature's ! Creation" advertised in a paper. Ac- j , cording to the advertisement, the! J medicine will cure consumption. It! | sells for $5.00 a bottle. The poor,H
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1913-1914 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-028 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 28 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Fixed Title * | Page 250 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1913-1914 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-028-0158 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article; article title |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Filename | healthbulletinse28nort_0158.jp2 |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 28 |
Issue Number | 12 |
Page Number | 250 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 250 the iikalth bulletin. GOLD BRICKS IN HEALTH How Fools are Soon Parted from their Money, Lives and Health Warren H. Booker, C.E. What do you think of a fellow that bites on a gold brick swindle these days? Feel kind o' sorry for him in a way, don't you? And yet, when he loses his money, we just say, "A fool and his money are soon parted/' But what about the scoundrel that gets away with this poor fellow's hard earned cash? What do we think of him? What do we think of all his accomplices? The prison is too good for them, and they are rarely ever sent there, any way. __________ But where there is one gold brick in business there are a dozen in health. Where there is one fellow selling mining stock that will never mine, or real estate that is not real (lots in Long Island Sound, out in the ocean, or in some river bed), there are a score of scoundrels and their accomplices, several shades blacker than the gold brick shark, who are not only filching the hard earned money from our people and giving them nothing for it in return, but they are actually robbing them of their most precious personal possession, their lives and health. Whom do I mean by the scoundrels and their accomplices? I refer to th? great host of patent medicine frauds and fakes, and the accomplices are none other than a great lot of the newspapers and religious papers which exploit the advertisements of these frauds. Of all papers that should be clean from cover to cover, that should bend every effort to make sure that LOOK OVER THE ADS IN YOUR FAMILY PAPERS THIS EVENING. IF YOU FIND PATENT MEDICINE ADVERTISEMENTS, JUST DROP A LINE TO THE EDITOR AND TELL HIM WHAT YOU THINK OF SUCH ADVERTISEMENTS. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP SUCH THINGS IS TO LET THE FOLKS PUBLISHING THESE PAPERS KNOW WHERE YOU STAND ON SUCH MATTERS. what is advertised in their papers is what it is claimed to be, it certainly devolves upon the religious press to set an example and, above all, to be honest with their readers. You would never think of letting some one thrust a loaded revolver into your hand, put your finger to the trigger, aim the gun at one of your friends and commit murder for you, while you deliberately turned your head in another direction. Did it ever occur to you that that is just what takes place when a paper, religious or secular, sells its advertising space to such frauds? It is the modern way of selling our birthright for a mess of pottage. Was Judas much more to be blamed for betraying innocent blood for thirty pieces of silver than we are, ; if we betray our fellow man by being ; party to a plot to rob him of his money | and give him, at best, some worthless drugs? Perhaps we also give him a ^ shove and a kick down the road of ill * health toward a premature grave— sometimes from the dangerous character of the drug, more often because : the promises made delude the victim and keep him from getting genuine medical relief. To be concrete, witness the follow- ' ] ing incident. The accompanying pic-11 ture shows a man who saw "Nature's ! Creation" advertised in a paper. Ac- j , cording to the advertisement, the! J medicine will cure consumption. It! | sells for $5.00 a bottle. The poor,H |
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Article Title | Gold Bricks in Health |
Article Author | Booker, Warren H. |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-04-028 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-04 |
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