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The Maker

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
May
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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The followki'g correcpondence betwecn Mr. HeMenamin, the well known producer of hermetically sealed sea food, of Hampton, Va., and the Postum Cereal Co., niay interest mie, as it touches a point npon ■vhich there have been some queries : "Hampton, Va.. - Postum Cereal Co. Battle Creek, Mic.li.- Gentlemen : Eeplying to your lefctar I beg to say that your health eoffee lias a ïlavor, f:o far a's I eau remomber, of the best oofïee, and tJüs coffee flavor was so pronounced tfliat I suspected that cofPes was mixed with the other Rralne. 1 sei-vpd it t,o some of hit guestswitho ut telling tiuem wliat it -was, nnd tbey pronouinoed it very excellent coffee. One of tihem was a coffee diinker iio had to have it three times a ilay. I -vould like to know if tteere te any coffee in it. Very truly your.-, James McMenainiin." "Battle Creok. Mr. .Ta.mes McMenamin, Hampton, Va., Dear Bir: We have yooir asteemed fa,vor of the 28tlh, and ia reply to your inquiry as to the tngrediemts, wlll say that we are willing: to state every penny we can get tog-othor, that Postum not only does not conta.m coffee, but that i! is compoee'd strictly and cntirely f pure ceroals of the field, the srreater portioö betngt üie various parta of wlven .t. It took us nearly a year of expertauentting toroduce Postura the lvealth co'ffee. It is a.n easy matter to nuike a. weak Kort of drink from browniMl rye, Avlieat or malt, but to produce a liquid from the cereals that lias the color, taste and nourishine1 proporties of oiu' present ptroduct, tnxed our best eoepgies and that tf one of the most expert analytical ertvemists in America. H'e feit a deslre bo tlnnonstrate tlie principal tliat mian's drink at meals sh5uld tw made from gratas, -vvitíiout any soirt of a.dulteratlon or ical preparation. asirte {rom simple cookinsr. unir be furthor explainp.d. fhnt in order to produce Postum tlie cereals are cooked in different wars and the final mixing of tho proper proportions In ivhat g'ives us the desired resul t. There is no possihle argument that can be brouglit forwaxd that wHl na.ise the questton for a moment rep-arding tlio fixed fnct of the healthful and fattening proporties of tlie cereals furnished by the all-wise creator for man's natural use. We tlvank you for your kind letter. Tours respectfully, Postum Cereal Co, Iiim." There is but one genuine original Postum Cereal coffee, with a multitude of imitations offered as "just ns eood.". In some localities cut worms are so numerous tliat flelds of oats are betng destroyed by tin-m. Prof. Au tin George, of Ypsilanti has been secured to deliver the Decorati-on Day oration. Preparations are being made for am obser vanee of this day u tlir wa.y il should le. All soetei les oí tive village will be asked, to particípate and take a place in the procession. The schoof children -ill ;ili take par,t. - Dfexter Leader. e Enterprtee reade a set of nurly erante a gwxl lesson in this: "Some of our bicyclers are complalntag alout the manner in wliich somp drivers impoise upan them in not rívÈng half the rwad in passing. Perliajis many do not know it, but ib is ,a fact ttoat bicyclers hare the saine privilege on the raad as other ve'hicles and thus liave a legal right to demand one-lialf the road, which some of our riders have 'been obliged to ido in a cae "wluere the driver has a natural hiatred for the wheel. Riders are appreciative belngs and oiten you will hear 'thamk you sir,' wiien au obliging driver pulls outto give them the only track when they would otherwise be obliged to walk. The tvheej has come to stiay and cannot be kept off the lghway by crankiness, and besides you may get toto trouble if fcrou dioin't s5iow it the same courtesy jou would a fellow driver."

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