8205.?Misbranding of Texas Wonder. U.S. * * * v. 56 Bottles * * * of *?* * Texas Wonder, Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 11887. I. S. No. 9093-r. S. No. C-1688.) On January 14, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of? Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the? District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and? condemnation of 56 bottles of drugs, labeled in part "Texas Wonder," con?? signed by E. W. Hall, St. Louis, Mo., remaining unsold in the original unbroken? packages at Cairo, 111., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about? December 11, 1919, and transported from the State of Missouri into the State? of Illinois, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,? as amended. Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de?? partment showed that it consisted essentially of copaiba, oil of turpentine, rhu?? barb, colchicum, guaiac, alcohol, and water. It was alleged in substance in the libel and found by the court in the decree? that the article was misbranded for the reason that the following statements? regarding the therapeutic and curative effects thereof, appearing on the labels? and on the cartons in which the bottles were contained, were false and fraudu?? lent because said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients? capable of producing the therapeutic and curative effects claimed in said labels,? Avhich were in the words and figures following, " Texas Wonder a remedy for? kidney and bladder troubles, * * *," and in that the following statements? regarding the therapeutic and curative effects of the article, appearing in the? small circular contained in the carton, were false and fraudulent because said? article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of pro?? ducing the therapeutic and curative effects claimed in said circular as follows,? " Read Carefully Special Directions * * * the Texas Wonder, Hall's Great? Discovery * * * gravel and rheumatic troubles. It should be taken every? night in twenty-five drop doses until relieved. * * *." On April 20, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment? of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court? that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal. E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.