0701. Misbranding of Hall's Texas Wonder. U. S. * * * v. 3 Dozen 
Bottles * * * of The Texas Wonder. Default decree of con- 
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 13099. I. S. No. 
1727-t.     S. No. C-2052.)
On July 22, 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 condemna- 
tion of 3 dozen bottles, more or less, of Hall's Texas Wonder, remaining unsold 
at Cincinnati, Ohio, consigned by E. W. Hall, St. Louis, Mo., on or about July 
15, 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: (Carton) " * * * Recommended For Kidney and Blad- 
der Troubles When Operation Not Required. Weak or Lame Backs. Rheuma- 
tism, Gravel and Bladder Troubles in Children"; (circular) "Read Care- 
fully * * * 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 consisted essentially of copaiba, rhubarb, colchicum.. 
guaiac, oil of turpentine, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the above-quoted statements appearing in the circular surrounding the 
bottles and on the cartons containing the said 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 pro- 
ducing the effects claimed and in that it was insufficient of itself for the suc- 
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cessful treatment and cure of the ailments and diseases for which it was pre- 
scribed and recommended in the said statements.
On February 19,1921, 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.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.