#694. Misbranding of The Texas Wonder. U. S. * * * v. 53 Bottle* 
* * * of The Texas Wonder. Default decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 12875'. I. S. No. 9655-r. 
S.  No.  C-1961.)
On June 10, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, 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 con- 
demnation of 53 bottles of The Texas Wonder, remaining unsold at Cincinnati, 
Ohio, consigned by E. W. Hall, St. Louis, Mo., on or about May 21,1920, alleging 
that the article had been shipped from St. Louis, Mo., and transported from 
the State of Missouri into the State of Ohio, and charging misbranding in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in 
part: (Bottle) "The Texas Wonder * * * E. W. Hall, Sole Manufacturer, 
* * * St. Louis, Mo."; (carton) "A Remedy For Kidney and Bladder Trou- 
bles, Weak and Lame Backs, Rheumatism and Gravel. Regulates Bladder 
Trouble in Children "; (circular) " Read Carefully   *   *   *   In cases of Gravel
and Rheumatic troubles it should be taken every night in 25-drop doses until 
relieved    *    *    *."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it contained copaiba, rhubarb, colchicum, guaiac, tur- 
pentine, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the above-quoted statements appearing on the cartons and in the circulars 
surrounding the bottles containing the article, regarding the curative and. 
therapeutic effects thereof, were false and fraudulent in that the said article 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the 
effects claimed and in that it was insufficient of itself for the successful treat- 
ment and cure of the ailments and diseases for which it was prescribed and 
recommended.
On February 19, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.